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14th January, 2021
REGULATION
PART VI—EXTERNAL REVIEW OF DECISION OF INFORMATION HOLDER
25. External review of a decision of an information holder
26.
Right to be heard
27.
Determination
PART VII—MISCELLANEOUS
28.
29.
30.
31.
Prevention of disclosure of information
Misuse of disclosed information
Budget allocation
Administrative guidelines
FIRST SCHEDULE FEES
SECOND
SCHEDULE-
FORMS
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 55 of the Access to Information Act,
1, GOSPEL KAZAKO, Minister of Information make the following Regulations—
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Citation
1. These Regulations
Regulations, 2021.
Interpretation
2.
may
be
cited
as the Access
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires——
“information seeker” means a person who
information to an information holder.
PART II—INFORMATION
Appointment
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submits a request for
OFFICERS, ORGANIZATION AND DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION
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3.—(1) The head of an information holder shall appoint or designate an
officer in middle to senior management, as an information officer.
(2) The head of the information holder shall submit the name of the
information officer to the Minister.
(3) The Minister shall publish names of information officers in at least
two newspapers of nationwide circulation at the beginning of each financial
year.
(4) Notwithstanding the publication made pursuant to subregulation (3),
an information holder shall publish the name and contact details of its
information officer on its website.
(5) An information holder may have more than one information officer
provided that where this is the case, there shall be clear demarcation of roles
and hierarchy of the information officers.
Functions of
information
officers
4.—(1) An information officer shall—
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(a) ensure that an information holder attends to all requests for
information within the prescribed time frame;