PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2 OF 2000 Page 14 of 70 (3) The Human Rights Commission must, if necessary, update and publish the guide at intervals of not more than two years. (4) The guide must be made available as prescribed. [Date of commencement of s. 10: 15 February 2002.] [NB: S. 10 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.] PART 2 ACCESS TO RECORDS OF PUBLIC BODIES (ss 11-49) CHAPTER 1 RIGHT OF ACCESS, AND SPECIFIC APPLICATION PROVISIONS (ss 11-13) 11 Right of access to records of public bodies (1) A requester must be given access to a record of a public body if(a) that requester complies with all the procedural requirements in this Act relating to a request for access to that record; and (b) access to that record is not refused in terms of any ground for refusal contemplated in Chapter 4 of this Part. (2) A request contemplated in subsection (1) includes a request for access to a record containing personal information about the requester. [NB: Sub-s. (2) 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.] (3) A requester's right of access contemplated in subsection (1) is, subject to this Act, not affected by(a) any reasons the requester gives for requesting access; or (b) the information officer's belief as to what the requester's reasons are for requesting access. 12 Act not applying to certain public bodies or officials thereof This Act does not apply to a record(a) of the Cabinet and its committees; (b) relating to the judicial functions of(i) (ii) (iii) a court referred to in section 166 of the Constitution; a Special Tribunal established in terms of section 2 of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act 74 of 1996); or a judicial officer of such court or Special Tribunal; (c) of an individual member of Parliament or of a provincial legislature in that capacity; or (d) relating to a decision referred to in paragraph (gg) of the definition of 'administrative action' in section 1 of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act 3 of 2000), regarding the nomination, selection or appointment of a judicial officer or any other person by the Judicial Service Commission in terms of any law. [S. 12 substituted by s. 25 of Act 42 of 2001 (wef 7 December 2001) and by s. 21 of Act 55 of 2003 (wef 31 March 2005).] 13 Body determined to be part of another public body For the purpose of this Act, the Minister may, on his or her own accord or on the request of the relevant public body or bodies or a body referred to in paragraph (c), by notice in the Gazette(a) determine that a public body is to be regarded as part of another public body; http://juta/nxt/print.asp?NXTScript=nxt/gateway.dll&NXTHost=juta&functio... 2016/12/02