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

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Promotion of Access to Information Manual in terms of Section 14 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000

B. Prescribed Fees for records held by a Public Body, as stipulated in the current Regulations to the Act

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The fees payable for access to records in terms of Regulation 8 of the PAIA Regulations 2021, are as follows:

 

Description

Amount

The request fee payable by every requester

R100.00

Photocopy of A4-size page

R1.50 per page or part thereof.

Printed copy of A4-size page

R1.50 per page or part thereof.

For a copy in a computer-readable form on:

(i) Flash drive (to be provided by requestor)
(ii)Compact disc
If provided by requestor
If provided to the requestor

 

R40.00

 

R40.00

R60.00

For a transcription of visual images per A4-size page

Service to be outsourced. Will depend on quotation from Service provider.

Copy of visual images

Transcription of an audio record, per A4-size page

R24.00

Copy of an audio record on:

(i) Flash drive (to be provided by requestor)
(ii)Compact disc
If provided by requestor
If provided to the requestor

 

R40.00

 

R40.00

R60.00

To search for and prepare the record for disclosure for each hour or part of an hour, excluding the first hour, reasonably required for such search and preparation.

R100.00

To not exceed a total cost of

R300.00

Deposit: If search exceeds 6 hours

One third of amount per request calculated in terms of items 2 to 8.

Postage, e-mail or any other electronic transfer

Actual expense, if any.

 

For the purposes of Section 22(2) of the Act, the following applies:

 

If the IRBA’s Information Officer or Deputy Information Officer believes that the collection and reproduction of the requested records will take longer than six hours, a third of the access fee may be payable upfront as a deposit, and the requester will be notified accordingly.

 

If the record is not provided in the originally requested format, the access fee charged will not exceed the fee that would have been charged had access been granted in the originally requested format