Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000)Part 2 : Access to Records of Public BodiesChapter 3 : Manner of Access17. Designation of deputy information officers, and delegation |
| (1) | For the purposes of this Act, each public body must, subject to legislation governing the employment of personnel of the public body concerned, designate such number of persons as deputy information officers as are necessary to render the public body as accessible as reasonably possible for requesters of its records. |
| (2) | The information officer of a public body has direction and control over every deputy information officer of that body. |
| (3) | The information officer of a public body may delegate a power or duty conferred or imposed on that information officer by this Act to a deputy information officer of that public body. |
| (4) | In deciding whether to delegate a power or duty in terms of subsection (3), the information officer must give due consideration to the need to render the public body as accessible as reasonably possible for requesters of its records. |
| (5) | Any power or duty delegated in terms of subsection (3) must be exercised or performed subject to such conditions as the person who made the delegation considers necessary. |
| (6) | Any delegation in terms of subsection (3)— |
| (a) | must be in writing; |
| (b) | does not prohibit the person who made the delegation from exercising the power concerned or performing the duty concerned himself or herself; and |
| (c) | may at any time be withdrawn or amended in writing by that person. |
| (7) | Any right or privilege acquired, or any obligation or liability incurred, as a result of a decision in terms of a delegation in terms of subsection (3) is not affected by any subsequent withdrawal or amendment of that decision. |