PART IV

 Right of Access to Personal Information


   24. Right of access to personal information---(1) Subject to this Part
 of this Act, to sections 10 and 52 of this Act, and to subsections (2)
 and (5) of this section, every person has a right to and shall, on
 request, be given . . . access to any personal information which---
   (a) Is about that person; and
   (b) Is held in such a way that it can readily be retrieved.


   [(2) The right conferred by subsection (1) of this section may be
 exercised only by a person who is---
   (a) A body corporate which is incorporated in New Zealand; or
   (b) A body corporate which is incorporated outside New Zealand but
         which has a place of business in New Zealand]


   (3) Sections 12 (3), 13 to 17, and 19 of this Act shall apply, with
 all necessary modifications, to a request made under subsection (1) of
 this section.


   [(3A) Where any person is given access to personal information under
 this section, that person shall be advised of that person's right, under
 section 26 of this Act, to request the correction of that information.]


   (4) Nothing in this section requires, or imposes any responsibility
 on, any Department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to compile
 files or data banks of personal information.


   (5) Nothing in this section gives any person the right to be given
 access to any personal information about him which is held by the Public
 Trustee or the Maori Trustee---
   (a) In his capacity as a trustee within the meaning of the Trustee Act
         1956; or
   (b) In any other fiduciary capacity.

       In subs. (1) words were omitted by s. 5 (1) of the Official
     Information Amendment Act 1993.
       Subs. (2) was substituted for the original subs. (2) by s. 5 (2)
     of the Official Information Amendment Act 1993.
       Subs. (3A) was inserted by s. 13 of the Official Information
     Amendment Act 1987.