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No. 20852
Act NO. 2,2000
GOVERNMENT GAZE~E. 3 FEBRL):\R}’ 2000
PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORNIATION ACT. 2000
(3) Subject to subsection (4). the information officer to whom a request for access is
transferred, must give priority to that request in relation to other requests as if it were
received by him or her on the date it was received by the information officer who
transfemed the request.
(4) If a request for access is transferred, any period referred to in section 25( 1 ) must 5
be computed from the date the request is received by the information officer to whom the
request is transferred.
(5) Upon the transfer of a request for access, the information officer making the
transfer must immediately notify the requester of—
(a) the transfer;
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(b) the reasons for the transfer; and
(c) the period within which the request must be dealt with,
Preservation of records until final decision on request
21. If the information officer of a public body has received a request for access to a
record of the body, that information officer must take the steps that are reasonably 15
necessary to preserve the record, without deleting any information contained in it, until
the information officer has notified the requester concerned of his or her decision in
terms of section 25 and—
(a) the periods for lodging an internal appeal, an application with a court or an
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appeal against a decision of that court have expired; or
(b) that internal appeal, application or appeal against a decision of that court or
other legal proceedings in connection with the request has been finally
determined,
whichever is the later.
Fees
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22. (1) The information officer of a public 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.
(2) If—
(a) the search for a record of a public body in respect of which a request for access 30
by a requester, other tian a personal requester, 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)),
would, in the opinion of the information officer of the body, require more than the hours
prescribed for this purpose for requesters, the information officer must by notice require 35
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.
(3) The notice referred to in subsection (]) or (2) must state—
(a) the amount of the deposit payable in terms of subsection (2), if applicable; 40
(b) that the requester may lodge an internal appeal or an application with a court,
as the case may be, 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
(c) the procedure (including the period) for lodging the internal appeal or 45
application, as the case may be.
(4) If a deposit has been paid in respect of a request for access which is refused, the
information officer concerned must repay the deposit to the requester.
(5) The information officer of a public body must 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 public 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
prescribed hours to search for and prepare (including making any arrangements
contemplated in section 29(2)(a) and (b)(i) and (ii)(aa)) the record for disclosure.
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(7) Access fees prescribed for the purposes of subsection (6) must provide for a
reasonable access fee for—
(a) the cost of making a copy of a record, or of a transcription of the content of a