RIGHT OF ACCESS, AND SPECIFIC APPLICATION PROVISIONS (ss11-13)
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Right of access to records of public bodies
(1) A requester must be given access to a record of a public body if(a)
that requester complies with all the procedural requirements in this Act
relating to a request for access to that record; and
(b)
access so that record is not refused in terms of any ground for refusal contemplated in
Chapter 4 of this Part.
(2)
A request contemplated in subsection ( 1) includes a request for access to a record containing
personal information about the requester.
(3)
A requester's right of access contemplated in subsection (I) is, subject to this Act, not affected by-
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(a)
any reasons the requester gives for requesting access; or
(b)
the information officer's belief as to what the requester's reasons are for requesting
access.
Act not applying to certain public bodies or officials thereof
This Act does not apply to a record of-
(a)
the Cabinet and its committees;
(b)
the judicial functions of(i)
a court referred to in section 166 of the Constitution;
(ii)
a Special Tribunal established in terms of section 2 of the Special
Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act 74 of 1996); or
(iii)
a judicial officer of such court or Special Tribunal; or
(c)
an individual member of Parliament or of a provincial legislature in that capacity.
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Body determined to be part of another public body
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), in the prescribed manner and 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