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PR0310TIOX OF .\ CCESS TO INFORhl.ATION ,ACT. 2000
(l)) update any description so published.
(3) The only fee payable (if any) for access to a record described in a list so published
is a prescribed fee for reproduction,
(4) The head of a private body may delete any part of a record contemplated in
subsection (1)(a) which, on a request for access, may or must be refused in terms of 5
Chapter 4 of this Part.
(5) Section 50 and any other provisions in this Act related to that section do not apply
to any category of records included in a notice in terms of subsection (2).
CHAPTER 3
MANNER OF ACCESS
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Form of request
53. (1) A request for access to a record of a private body must be made in the
prescribed form to the private body concerned at its address, fax number or electronic
mail address.
(2) The form for a request for access prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) 15
must at least require the requester concemed—
(a) to provide sufficient particulars to enable the head of the private body
concerned to identify—
(i) the record or records requested; and
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(ii) the requeste~
(b) to indicate which form of access is required;
(c) to specify a postal address or fax number of the requester in the Republic;
(d) to identify the right the requester is seekng to exercise or protect and provide
an explanation of why the requested record is required for the exercise or
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protection of that right;
(e) if, in addition to a written reply, the requester wishes to be informed of the
decision on the request in any other manner, to state that manner and the
necessary particulars to be so informed; and
v) if the request is made on behalf of a person, to submit proof of the capacity in
which the requester is mting the request, to the reasonable satisfaction of the 30
head.
Fees
54. (1) The head of a private body to whom a request for access is made must by
notice require the requester, other than a personal requester, to pay the prescribed
request fee (if any), before further processing the request.
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(2) If—
(a) the search for a record of a private body in respect of which a request for
access by a requester, other than a personal requester, has been made; and
(b) the preparation of the record for disclosure (including any arrangements
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contemplated in section 29(2)(a) and (b)(i) and (ii)(aa)),
would, in the opinion of the head of the private body concerned, require more than the
hours prescribed for this purpose for requesters, the head must by notice require the
requester, other than a personal requester, to pay as a deposit the prescribed portion
(being not more than one third) of the access fee which would be payable if the request
is granted.
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(3) The notice referred to in subsection (1) or (2) must state—
(u) the amount of the deposit payable in terms of subsection (2), if applicable;
(b) that the requester may lodge an application with a court against the tender or
payment of the request fee in terms of subsection ( 1), or the tender or payment
of a deposit in terms of subsection (2), as the case may be; and
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(c) the procedure (including the period) for lodging the application.
(4) If a deposit has been paid in respect of a request for access which is refused, the
head of the private body concerned must repay the deposit to the requester.
(5) The head of a private body may withhold a record until the requester concerned
has paid the applicable fees (if any).
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(6) A requester whose request for access to a record of a private body has been granted
must pay an access fee for reproduction and for search and preparation contemplated in
subsection (7)(u) and (b), respectively, for any time reasonably required in excess of the