Section 62 — Privacy Act 2020: Transfer of correction request

62 Transfer of correction request (1) This section applies if an agency that receives a correction request— (a) does not hold the information to which the request relates, but believes that the information is held by another agency; or (b) believes that the information to which the request relates is more closely connected with the functions or activities of another agency. (2) The agency must promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the day on which the correction request is received, transfer the request to the other agency and inform the requestor accordingly. (3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the agency has good cause to believe that the requestor does not want the request transferred to another agency. (4) If, in reliance on subsection (3), the agency does not transfer the request, the agency must promptly, and in any case not later than 10 working days after the day on which the correction request was received, inform the requestor— (a) that this section applies in respect of the request; and (b) that, in reliance on subsection (3), the request has not been transferred; and (c) which agency the request could be transferred to. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 39