Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000)

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

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(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) excludes a request for access to a record containing personal information about the requester.

[Section 11(2) substituted by the Schedule: Laws Amended by Section 10, Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013), Notice No. 912, dated 26 November 2013]

 

(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.