PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2 OF 2000 Page 37 of 70 (3) Each manual must be made available as prescribed. [NB: Sub-s. (3) has been substituted by s. 110 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.] (4) For security, administrative or financial reasons, the Minister may, on request or of his or her own accord, by notice in the Gazette, exempt any private body or category of private bodies from any provision of this section for such period as the Minister thinks fit. [Date of commencement of s. 51: 15 February 2002.] 52 Voluntary disclosure and automatic availability of certain records (1) The head of a private body may, on a voluntary and periodic basis, submit to the Minister a description of(a) the categories of records of the private body that are automatically available without a person having to request access in terms of this Act, including such categories available(i) (ii) for inspection in terms of legislation other than this Act; for purchase or copying from the private body; and [Sub-para. (ii) substituted by s. 38 (a) of Act 42 of 2001 (wef 7 December 2001).] (iii) (b) from the private body free of charge; and how to obtain access to such records. [NB: Sub-s. (1) has been amended by s. 110 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.] (2) If appropriate the Minister must, on a periodic basis and by notice in the Gazette(a) publish any description so submitted; and (b) update any description so published. [NB: Sub-s. (2) has been deleted by s. 110 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation.] (3) The only fee payable (if any) for access to a record included in a notice in terms of subsection (2) is a prescribed fee for reproduction. [Sub-s. (3) substituted by s. 38 (b) of Act 42 of 2001 (wef 7 December 2001).] [NB: Sub-s. (3) has been substituted by s. 110 of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.] (4) The head of a private body may delete any part of a record contemplated in subsection (1) (a) which, on a request for access, may or must be refused in terms of Chapter 4 of this Part. (5) Section 50 and any other provisions in this Act related to that section do not apply to any category of records included in a notice in terms of subsection (2). CHAPTER 3 MANNER OF ACCESS (ss 53-61) 53 Form of request (1) A request for access to a record of a private body must be made in the prescribed form to the private body concerned at its address, fax number or electronic mail address. (2) The form for a request for access prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) must at least require the requester concerned(a) to provide sufficient particulars to enable the head of the private body concerned to identify(i) (ii) the record or records requested; and the requester; http://juta/nxt/print.asp?NXTScript=nxt/gateway.dll&NXTHost=juta&functio... 2016/12/02