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

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Promotion of Access to Information, 2021

Chapter 3 : Access to Information

8. Outcome of request and fees payable

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(1) The information officer must, if a request for access to a record referred to in regulation 7 of the Regulations is granted or refused, inform the requester of—
(a)his or her decision; and
(b)the fees payable as provided for in Annexure B to the Regulations,

on a form that corresponds substantially with Form 3 of Annexure A to the Regulations:  Provided that a request for a copy of the guide may not be refused.

 

(2)A person who requests—
(a)a copy of a record contemplated in regulation 4 or 5 of the Regulations; or
(b)access to a record as contemplated in regulation 7 of the Regulations,

may be charged the fee for reproduction and postage as prescribed in Annexure B to the Regulations, if the request is granted.

 

(3)lf—
(a)   the search for a record in respect of which a request for access has been made; and
(b)the preparation of the record for disclosure, including any arrangements contemplated in section 29(2)(a) and (b)(i) and (ii)(aa) of the Act,

would, in the opinion of the information officer, require more than six hours for these purposes, the information officer must, on a form which corresponds substantially with Form 3 of Annexure A to the Regulations, inform the requester to pay as a deposit, a portion of the access fee: Provided that the amount payable as a deposit, must not exceed one third of the amount payable, if the request is granted.

 

(4) The fee for the search for and preparation of the record contemplated in section 29(2)(a) and (b)(i) or 54(2)(a) and (b)(i) of the Act is as provided for in item 9 of Annexure B to the Regulations.