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Amendment of personal affairs information

If a document containing information about a person's personal affairs, or the personal affairs of a deceased individual to whom that person is next-of-kin, is considered to be inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date or misleading, that person can apply for admendment of the information.

Applications for amendment (under section 53 of the FOI Act) must:

  • be in writing
  • specify an address to which correspondence may be sent to the applicant
  • give particulars about the informaton the applicant believes is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date or misleading
  • specify the amendments required by the applicant. (It is often easiest to do this by including a copy of the document containing the information, showing the amendments the applicant wants made.)

A person applying for amendment must first have had access to the document or documents. It is not possible to request amendment of information which a person believes or suspects is in a document.

Once the FOI Unit receives an application for amendment, it is required to notify the applicant of a decision on the application within 30 days. There is no fee payable for an amendment application, and no charges apply.

Freedom of information amendment applications should be posted to:

Freedom of Information & Privacy Unit
Queensland Corrective Services
GPO Box 1054
BRISBANE QLD 4001


Last updated: 07 September 2007