Freedom of Information Act, 2020 (2) (3) (4) Zimbabwe Where a request relates to information which reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the responsible person or holder of a statutory office shall, within fortyeight hours of the submission of the request— (a) determine whether or not the request may be granted; and (b) notify the applicant of the decision whether to grant the request, in writing; and (c) if the request is granted, give the applicant access to the information within the same fortyeight-hour period. If a request is granted, the notification referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must specify— (a) the form in which access to the information will be given; and (b) the fees due, including any reproduction, translation or transcription fees, if any, payable before the further processing of the request. Subject to subsection (6), where an information officer notifies that a request has been granted, an information officer shall— (a) if any prescribed fee is payable, upon payment of the fee by the applicant; or (b) if no fee is payable, immediately; give access to the information to the applicant. (5) Any information provided to an applicant in terms of this Act shall be presumed to be true and accurate in every respect and the applicant shall be entitled to rely on and use it on that basis. (6) Subject to subsection (5) when an information officer produces an updated or corrected version of any information previously provided, all other previous versions of such information shall cease to be presumed true and accurate in every respect. (7) Where the information requested contains third party information, the applicant may not be given access to such information until any right of the third party to appeal the release of the information has expired or until any appeal lodged by the third party has been finally determined in terms of section 38. (8) Notwithstanding subsection (7), an information officer may, as soon as possible, provide information to an applicant after having severed and redacted all relevant third party information in accordance with section 14: Provided that such third party information is immaterial to the information being requested. (9) (10) If a request is refused, the notification referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall— (a) state adequate reasons for the refusal, based on the contents and substance of the request and the information considered by the information officer; and (b) contain a reference to specific provisions of this Act upon which the refusal is based; and (c) inform the applicant of the right to appeal against the decision in terms of section 35. If upon considering a request for access to information that is the subject of the request in terms of subsection (2), the responsible person or holder of a statutory office does not consider that the information requested reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, he or she shall, within forty-eight hours of the submission of the request for access— (a) notify the applicant accordingly; and (b) inform the applicant that he or she has the right to appeal the decision on an urgent basis to the Commission in terms of section 36(5). By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 5