Section 49 — Freedom of Information Act 1982: Requirements of an application for amendment

An application for amendment must: (a) be in writing; and (b) as far as practicable, specify: (i) the document or official document containing the record of personal information that is claimed to require amendment; and (ii) the information that is claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and (iii) whether the information is claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and (iv) the applicant’s reasons for so claiming; and (v) the amendment requested by the applicant; and (c) specify an address in Australia to which a notice under this Part may be sent to the applicant; and (d) be sent by post to the agency or Minister, or delivered to an officer of the agency or a member of the staff of the Minister, at the address of the office of the agency or Minister (as the case may be) determined in accordance with paragraph 15(2)(d).