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The Access to Information
Bill, 2015
(e) a decision relating to imposition of a fee or the
amount of the fee;
(f) a decision relating to remission of
application
prescribed fee;
(g) a decision to grant access to information only to
specified person; or
a
(h) a decision refusing to correct, update or annotate
a record of personal information in accordance
with an application made under section 13.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be made
within thirty days, or such further period as
Commission may allow, from the day on which
the
the
decision is notified to the applicant.
(3) The Commission may, on its own initiative or
upon request by any person, review a decision by a public
entity refusing to publish information that it is required to
publish under this Act.
(4) The procedure for submitting a request for a
review by the Commission shall be the same as the
procedure for lodging complaints with the Commission
stipulated under section 22 of this Act or as prescribed by
the Commission.
15.In reviewing a decision in terms of this Act, the
Commission may, where necessary, give notice to any third
party to whom the information relates unless the necessary
steps to locate the third party have been unsuccessful.
(1) A person shall not be penalized in relation to
any employment, profession, voluntary work, contract,
membership of an organization, the holding of an office or
in any other way, as a result of having made or proposed to
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make a disclosure of information which the person obtained
in confidence in the course of that activity, if the disclosure
is of public interest.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1), a disclosure which
is made to a law enforcement agency or to an appropriate
public entity shall be deemed to be made in the public
interest.
(3) A person shall make a disclosure under subsection
(1) or (2) where the he or she has reasonable belief in the
veracity of the information.
Notice to
interested party.
Protection
of
person making
disclosure.