No. 31 of 2016
Access to Information
subsection (1) as they apply in relation to any statement made by a person in the
course of giving evidence before the Commission.
(4) The public officer or agency whose services are utilized under subsection
(1) shall investigate into any matter pertaining to the inquiry and submit a report
thereon to the Commission in that behalf.
(5) The Commission shall satisfy itself on the correctness of the facts stated
and the conclusion, if any, arrived at in the report submitted to it under subsection
(4) and for that purpose, the Commission may make such inquiry, including the
examination of any person who conducts or assists in the investigation, as it
considers necessary.
PART VI — PROVISIONS ON DELEGATED POWERS
25. Regulations
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may, in consultation with the Commission, make
regulations, prescribing anything required by this Act to be prescribed or generally
for the better carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may
provide for—
(a) the manner in which applications under this Act shall be made;
(b) the form in which information requested under this Act shall be
supplied;
(c) the making of an application for personal information by
representatives of the person to whom the information relates;
(d) the measures to be taken by public entities to facilitate the exercise
by persons of their rights under this Act;
(e) the measures to be taken by public entities to ensure that adequate
records are created and maintained by the entities;
(f) the procedures for the making of an application by a complainant for
the review by the Commission, of a decision made by a public entity
relating to access to information;
(g) the procedure to be followed by a public entity in consulting with a
third party before giving access to information obtained by it from that
party;
(h) the procedures requiring a public entity to ensure that personal
information is accurate;
(i) compensation to be sought by an individual who has suffered
damage as a result of the holding of inaccurate information about the
individual's personal affairs by a public entity;
(j) the records that public entities shall be required to keep; or
(k) such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect
to this Act and for its due administration.
(3) For the purposes of Article 94 (6) of the Constitution—
(a) the purpose and objective of the delegation under this section is to
enable the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations for better carrying
into effect the provisions of this Act;