The Access to Information Act, 2016
(h)
a decision refusing to correct, update
or annotate a record of personal
information in accordance with an
application made under section 13.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made
within thirty days, or such further period as the Commission
may allow, from the day on which the decision is notified to
the applicant.
(3) The Commission may, on its own initiative or
upon request by any person, review a decision by a public
entity refusing to publish information that it is required to
publish under this Act.
(4) The procedure for submitting a request for a
review by the Commission shall be the same as the procedure
for lodging complaints with the Commission stipulated under
section 22 of this Act or as prescribed by the Commission.
Notice to
interested
party.
15. In reviewing a decision in terms of this Act, the
Commission may, where necessary, give notice to any third
party to whom the information relates unless the necessary
steps to locate the third party have been unsuccessful.
Protection of
person making
disclosure.
16. (1) A person shall not be penalized in relation to
any employment, profession, voluntary work, contract,
membership of an organization, the holding of an office or in
any other way, as a result of having made or proposed to
make a disclosure of information which the person obtained
in confidence in the course of that activity, if the disclosure is
of public interest.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1), a disclosure which
is made to a law enforcement agency or to an appropriate
public entity shall be deemed to be made in the public
interest.
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