PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2 OF 2000 1 Definitions 2 Interpretation of Act Page 3 of 70 CHAPTER 2 GENERAL APPLICATION PROVISIONS 3 Act applies to record whenever it came into existence 4 Records held by official or independent contractor of public or private body 5 Application of other legislation prohibiting or restricting disclosure 6 Application of other legislation providing for access 7 Act not applying to records requested for criminal or civil proceedings after commencement of proceedings [S. 7 amended by s. 20 of Act 42 of 2001 (wef 7 December 2001).] 8 Part applicable when performing functions as public or private body CHAPTER 3 GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 9 10 Objects of Act Guide on how to use Act PART 2 ACCESS TO RECORDS OF PUBLIC BODIES CHAPTER 1 RIGHT OF ACCESS, AND SPECIFIC APPLICATION PROVISIONS 11 Right of access to records of public bodies 12 Act not applying to certain public bodies or officials thereof 13 Body determined to be part of another public body CHAPTER 2 PUBLICATION AND AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS 14 Manual on functions of, and index of records held by, public body 15 Voluntary disclosure and automatic availability of certain records 16 Information in telephone directory CHAPTER 3 MANNER OF ACCESS 17 Designation of deputy information officers, and delegation 18 Form of requests 19 Duty to assist requesters 20 Transfer of requests 21 Preservation of records until final decision on request 22 Fees 23 Records that cannot be found or do not exist 24 Deferral of access 25 Decision on request and notice thereof 26 Extension of period to deal with request 27 Deemed refusal of request 28 Severability 29 Access and forms of access 30 Access to health or other records 31 Language of access http://juta/nxt/print.asp?NXTScript=nxt/gateway.dll&NXTHost=juta&functio... 2016/12/02