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

13. Body determined to be part of another public body
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For the purpose of this Act, the Minister may, on his or her own accord or on the request of the relevant public body or bodies or a body referred to in paragraph (c), by notice in the Gazette—

(a)determine that a public body is to be regarded as part of another public body;
(b)determine that a category of public bodies is to be regarded as one public body with such information officer as the Minister designates; and
(c)if there is doubt as to whether a body is a separate public body or forms part of a public body, determine that the body—
(i)is a separate public body; or
(ii)forms part of a public body.

 

[Section 13 substituted by section 26 of Act No. 42 of 2001]