New Zealand Legislation: Acts

25 Correction of information

• (1) Every person who is given access under section 23(1) to personal information may, by letter addressed to the local authority,—

  • (a) request correction of the personal information where the person believes that the information—

    • (i) is inaccurate; or

    • (ii) is incomplete and gives a misleading impression; and

  • (b) require that a notation be attached to the information indicating the nature of any correction requested but not made.

  (2) Where a local authority receives a letter pursuant to subsection (1), it shall inform the person by whom or by which the letter was sent of the action taken by the local authority as a result of the letter.

  Compare: 1982 No 156 s 26