| (1) | A requester or third party referred to in section 74 may only submit a complaint to the Information Regulator in terms of this section after that requester or third party has exhausted the internal appeal procedure against a decision of the information officer of a public body provided for in section 74. |
| (a) | that has been unsuccessful in an internal appeal to the relevant authority of a public body; |
| (b) | aggrieved by a decision of the relevant authority of a public body to disallow the late lodging of an internal appeal in terms of section 75(2); |
| (c) | aggrieved by a decision of the information officer of a public body referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of ’public body’ in section 1— |
| (i) | to refuse a request for access; or |
| (d) | aggrieved by a decision of the head of a private body— |
| (i) | to refuse a request for access; or |
may within 180 days of the decision, submit a complaint, alleging that the decision was not in compliance with this Act, to the Information Regulator in the prescribed manner and form for appropriate relief.
| (a) | that has been unsuccessful in an internal appeal to the relevant authority of a public body; |
| (b) | aggrieved by a decision of the information officer of a public body referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘public body’ in section 1 to grant a request for access; or |
| (c) | aggrieved by a decision of the head of a private body in relation to a request for access to a record of that body, |
may within 180 days of the decision, submit a complaint, alleging that the decision was not in compliance with this Act, to the Information Regulator in the prescribed manner and form for appropriate relief.
[Section 77A inserted 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]
