PART II

 Requests for Access to Official Information


   12. Requests---[(1) Any person, being---
   (a) A New Zealand citizen; or
   (b) A permanent resident of New Zealand; or
   (c) A person who is in New Zealand; or
   (d) A body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
   (e) A body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand but
         which has a place of business in New Zealand,---


 may request a Department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to
 make available to him or it any specified official information.]


   [(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a request made,
 on or after the date of commencement of this subsection, by or on behalf
 of a natural person for access to any personal information which is
 about that person shall be deemed to be a request made pursuant to
 subclause (1) (b) of principle 6 of the Privacy Act 1993, and shall be
 dealt with accordingly, and nothing in this Part or in Part V of this
 Act shall apply in relation to any such request.]

   (2) The official information requested shall be specified with due
 particularity in the request.


   (3) If the person making the request asks that his request be treated
 as urgent, he shall give his reasons for seeking the information
 urgently.

       Subs. (1) was substituted for the original subs. (1) by s. 6 of
     the Official Information Amendment Act 1987.
       Subs. (1A) was inserted by s. 3 of the Official Information
     Amendment Act 1993.