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No. 37067
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 November 2013
Act No. 4 of 2013
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
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(b) subject to subsection (5), publish the regulations in final form in the Gazette.
(5) (a) The Minister or the Regulator, as the case may be, must, within 30 days before
publication of the regulations in the Gazette, as referred to in subsection (2)(b) or (4)(b),
table them in Parliament.
(b) Subsection (1) or (3) does not apply in respect of any amendment of the
regulations as a result of the process referred to in paragraph (a).
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Transitional arrangements
114. (1) All processing of personal information must within one year after the
commencement of this section be made to conform to this Act.
(2) The period of one year referred to in subsection (1) may be extended by the 10
Minister, on request or of his or her own accord and after consultation with the
Regulator, by notice in the Gazette in respect of different class or classes of information
and bodies by an additional period which period may not exceed three years.
(3) Section 58(2) does not apply to processing referred to in section 57, which is
taking place on the date of commencement of this Act, until the Regulator determines 15
otherwise by notice in Gazette.
(4) The South African Human Rights Commission must, in consultation with the
Information Regulator, finalise or conclude its functions referred to in sections 83 and 84
of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, as soon as reasonably possible after the
amendment of those sections in terms of this Act.
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Short title and commencement
115. (1) This Act is called the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, and
commences on a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.
(2) Different dates of commencement may be determined in respect of different
provisions of this Act or in respect of different class or classes of information and bodies. 25
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