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.
(5)
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may at any time be withdrawn or amended in writing by that person.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.
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Form of requests
(1) A request for access must be made in the prescribed form to the information officer of the public body
concerned at his or her address or fax number or electronic mail address.
(2) The form for a request of access prescribed for the purposes of subsection (I) must at least require the
requester concerned(a)
to provide sufficient particulars to enable an official of the public body concerned to identify(i)
the record or records requested; and
(ii)
the requester;
(b)
to indicate which applicable form of access referred to in section 29 (2) is required;
(c)
to state whether the record concerned is preferred in a particular language;
(d)
to specify a postal address or fax number of the requester in the Republic;