Freedom of Information Act, 2020 (2) If the preparation of the information, including any arrangements provided for in section 13 or section 16 would, in the opinion of the information officer of an entity, require more than the time prescribed for this purpose in terms of subsection (4), the information officer may notify the applicant in writing to pay as a deposit an amount not more than one third of the access fee payable. (3) An applicant shall pay, in addition to the access fees prescribed in terms of this section, an additional fee for any time reasonably required in excess of the prescribed hours to search for and prepare the information requested. (4) Fees prescribed in terms of this section may reasonably allow for— (5) 18. Zimbabwe (a) the cost of making a copy of the information in any form referred to in section 13; (b) the time reasonably required to search for information and preparation of information; (c) the costs of translation where a request is made that information released be made available in a language other than a language in which it is already held by the entity; (d) payment for the inspection of any records. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette— (a) exempt any person or class of persons from paying any fee referred to in this section; (b) determine that any fee referred to in this section is not to exceed a certain maximum amount; (c) determine the manner in which any fee referred to in this section is to be calculated; (d) determine that any fee referred to in this section does not apply to a particular class of information or records. Reports to Commission Every responsible person or holder of a statutory office must annually submit to the Commission a report stating the number of— 19. (a) requests for access to information received; (b) requests for access granted in full; (c) requests for access refused in full or partially and the number of times a specified provision of this Act was relied on to refuse access in full or partially; (d) cases in which the periods stipulated in section 8(1) were extended in terms of section 9; (e) the number of times that a request for access was regarded as having been refused in terms of section 10; (f) such other matters as may be prescribed. Entities may grant greater access to information Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing or discouraging any entity from publishing or giving access to information, including information exempt from disclosure in terms of this Act, where they can properly do so or are required by law to do so. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 9