Can I have documents amended?
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If you have had access to a document from an agency or Minister containing information relating to your 'personal affairs', or the 'personal affairs' of a deceased person to whom you are next of kin, you can apply to an agency or Minister for amendment or correction of any part of the information if it is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date or misleading.
Requests for amendment or correction must:
- be in writing;
- specify an address to which notices may be sent;
- give particulars of the matters in relation to which you believe the information kept by the department or the Minister is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date or misleading; and
- specify the amendments you wish to be made.
A 
Freedom of Information amendment of personal information application form (30Kb) can be used. All applications for amendment of information should be sent to the Freedom of Information Coordinator.
You will be notified of a decision within 30 days from the date on which the application was received by the department.
An amendment is made by altering the information or adding a notation to the information.
Last updated 05 December 2007
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