New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEAVY VEHICLE NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 429

429 Making individuals aware of personal information held

(1) TCA must prepare, and make publicly available, a document setting out its policies on the management of personal information held by it.

Examples of how a document is made publicly available--:

• making a document available at TCA's office

• making a document available on TCA's website

: Maximum penalty--$6000.

Editorial note--: See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(2) If asked by an individual about whom TCA holds personal information, TCA must, within 28 days after receiving the request, give the individual the following information if it can reasonably give the information--

(a) the kind of information it holds about the individual;

(b) the purpose for which the information is held;

(c) the way in which it collects, holds, uses and discloses the information;

(d) the entities to whom the information may be disclosed;

(e) that, under this Chapter, the individual has rights of access to the information or to have the information changed to ensure it is accurate, complete and up to date;

(f) how the rights mentioned in paragraph (e) can be exercised.

: Maximum penalty--$6000.

Editorial note--: See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).

(3) Subsection (2) does not require TCA to inform an individual that a report under section 422, 423, 438, 451 or 452 exists or has been made.