LAW ON FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. Subject of the Law Article 1 (1) The present Law shall regulate the conditions, manner and procedure of exercising the right to free access to information of public character disposed by state administration bodies and other bodies and institutions established by law, municipal bodies, bodies of the City of Skopje and of the City of Skopje's municipalities, public institutions and services, public enterprises, legal and natural persons performing public competences and activities of public interest, determined by law (hereinafter referred to as information holders). (2) The right to free access to information of public character shall be exercised in accordance with the present Law and other laws. (3) The Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public Character shall adopt the Instructions on the manner and procedure of implementation of the present Law. 2. The goal of the Law Article 2 (1) The present Law shall provide for publicity and openness in the operation of information holders, and shall enable natural and legal persons to exercise their right to free access to information of public character. (2) Information holders shall be bound to provide for public information throughout their operation. Article 3 Certain expressions in the present Law shall have the following meanings: - “information holders” shall refer to state administration bodies and to other bodies and institutions specified by law, municipal bodies, bodies of the City of Skopje and to municipalities comprising the City of Skopje, public institutions and services, public enterprises, and to legal and natural persons performing public competencies and activities of public interest determined by law; - “information of public character” shall refer to information in any form whatsoever, created and disposed by an information holder i.e. disposed by the information holder only in line with its competencies (hereinafter referred to as “information”); - “information requester” shall refer to any legal or natural person without discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, in a manner and under conditions