S T A T U T O R Y
I N S T R U M E N T S
2011 No. 17. The Access to Information Regulations, 2011.
(Made under section 47 of the Access to Information Act, 2005, Act No. 5 of2005)
of the powers conferred on the Minister responsible for Information by
section 47 of the Access to Information Act, 2005, these Regulations are made this
10th day of March, 2011.
In exercise
PART I—PRELIMINARY
1. Title
These Regulations may be cited as the Access to Information Regulations, 2011.
2.
Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires“Act” means the Access to Information Act, 2005;
“authorised officer” includes a person who has been empowered to perform a
function under these Regulations or to whom functions under the
Regulations have been delegated;
“currency point” has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1;
“public body” includes a government ministry, department, statutory
corporation, authority or commission;
“requester” means a person who has requested for access to a record from a public
body under these Regulations.
PART II—ACCESS TO RECORDS
3.
Request
(1) A request for access to a record shall be in Form 1 set out in Schedule 2.
(2) A public body may provide the form referred to in subregulation (1) in
electronic format.
(3) The form referred to in sub-regulation (1), shall be obtained from the
public body which is in possession of the record to which a person is seeking
access.
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