Section 51A — Freedom of Information Act 1982: Requirements of an application for annotation

An application for annotation must: (a) be in writing; and (b) as far as practicable, specify the document or official document containing the record of personal information that is claimed to require annotation; and (c) be accompanied by a statement by the applicant that specifies: (i) the information that is claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and (ii) whether the information is claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and (iii) the applicant’s reasons for so claiming; and (iv) such other information as would make the information complete, correct, up to date or not misleading; and (d) specify an address in Australia to which a notice under this Part may be sent to the applicant; and (e) 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).