Form B can be found on the website of the relevant bodies and are also available at every office of the South African Human Rights Commission. If the internal appeal involves any third party, the public body that has received the internal appeal is responsible for contacting all of the relevant third parties. The requirements for notification and representation are the same as those required for the original PAIA request. Third parties are also allowed to file internal appeals against the decision made by a public body to grant access to a specific record. 3.4.1.2 When may you lodge an internal appeal? A requester may lodge an internal appeal against the decision of a public body for the following reasons: The requester is not satisfied with the fees required for the request. The requester is not satisfied with the decision to grant a 30 day extension to the public body to respond to the request. South African Human Rights Commission The requester is not satisfied when the form in which the records are provided are not the same as the form that was requested, and the requester believes that it would not have been unreasonably burdensome for the public body to provide the records in the requester’s preferred form. 40

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