PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2 OF 2000
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of the other individual; and
(i)
the name of the individual where it appears with other personal
information relating to the individual or where the disclosure of the
name itself would reveal information about the individual,
but excludes information about an individual who has been dead for more than
20 years;
'personal requester' means a requester seeking access to a record
containing personal information about the requester;
'prescribed' means prescribed by regulation in terms of section 92;
'private body' means(a)
a natural person who carries or has carried on any trade, business or
profession, but only in such capacity;
(b)
a partnership which carries or has carried on any trade, business or
profession; or
(c) any former or existing juristic person,
but excludes a public body;
'public safety or environmental risk' means harm or risk to the
environment or the public (including individuals in their workplace) associated
with(a)
a product or service which is available to the public;
(b)
a substance released into the environment, including, but not limited to,
the workplace;
(c)
a substance intended for human or animal consumption;
(d)
a means of public transport; or
(e)
an installation or manufacturing process or substance which is used in
that installation or process;
'public body' means(a)
any department of state or administration in the national or provincial
sphere of government or any municipality in the local sphere of
government; or
(b)
any other functionary or institution when(i)
(ii)
exercising a power or performing a duty in terms of the
Constitution or a provincial constitution; or
exercising a public power or performing a public function in
terms of any legislation;
'record' of, or in relation to, a public or private body, means any recorded
information(a)
regardless of form or medium;
(b)
in the possession or under the control of that public or private body,
respectively; and
(c)
whether or not it was created by that public or private body,
respectively;
'relevant authority', in relation to(a)
a public body referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'public
body' in the national sphere of government, means(i)
(ii)
(b)
in the case of the Office of the Presidency, the person
designated in writing by the President; or
in any other case, the Minister responsible for that public body
or the person designated in writing by that Minister;
a public body referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'public
body' in the provincial sphere of government, means-
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