certificate issued under that subsection in respect of that document shall identify that part or those parts of the document by reason of which the certificate is issued. (3) A certificate issued under subsection (1) shall be conclusive that the document is exempt. PART IV. Amendment and Annotation of Personal Records 24.—(1) Where a person claims that an official document contains personal information about the person that— (a) is incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading; and (b) has been used, is being used or is available for use by a public authority for administrative purposes, Application for amendment or annotation of personal records. the person may apply to the public authority for an amendment or an annotation, as the case may be, of that document. (2) An application under this section shall be in writing and shall specify as far as practicable, the document claimed to be the personal record requiring amendment or annotation, as the case may be, and shall— (a) (b) in the case of an application for amendment, specify— (i) whether information in the record is claimed to be incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading and the information in respect of which that claim is made; (ii) the applicant’s basis for making that claim; and (iii) the nature of the amendment required by the applicant; in the case of an application for annotation, be accompanied by a statement specifying— (i) the matters referred to in paragraph (a) (i) and (ii); and (ii) the information that would make the record complete, correct, up to date and not misleading. 25.—(1) Where, in relation to any application under section 24, a public authority is satisfied as to the truth of the matters stated in the application, it shall amend the document concerned in the prescribed manner. Amendment of records (2) Where a public authority decides not to amend an official document it shall— (a) take such steps as are reasonable to enable the applicant to provide a statement of the kind referred to in section 24 (2) (b); and (b) annotate the document by adding thereto the statement referred to in paragraph (a). 26. Where, in relation to an application for annotation of an official document containing personal information,Annotation of the public authority— personal records Prepared by the Access to Information Unit Jamaica Archives & Records Department Office of the Prime Minister © Government of Jamaica 2003