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N(I. 20852
Act No. 2, 2000
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 3 FEBRLIARY 2000
PRO> IOTION OF .4 CCESS TO INFORM,4TION ACT. 20M)
but excludes information about an individual who has been dead for more than 20
years;
“personal requester” means a requester seeking access to a record containing
personal information about the requesten
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation in terms of section 92;
“private body” means—
(a) a natural person who carries or has carried on any trade, business or
profession, but only in such capacity;
(b) a partnership which carries or has carried on any trade, business or profession;
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(c) Xy former or existing juristic person,
but excludes a public body;
“public safety or environmental risk” means harm or risk to the environment or
the public (including individuals in their workplace) associated with—
(a) a product or service which is available to the public;
(b) a substance released into the environment, including, but not limited to, the
workplace;
(c) a substance intended for human or animal consumption;
(d) a means of public transport; or
(e) an installation or manufacturing process or substance which is used in that
installation or process;
“public body” means—
(a) any department of state or administration in the national or provincial sphere
of government or any municipality in the local sphere of government; or
(b) any other functionary or institution when—
(i) exercising a power or performing a duty in terms of the Constitution or
a provincial constitution; or
(ii) exercising a public power or performing a public function in terms of any
legislation;
“record” of, or in relation to, a public or private body, means any recorded
information—
(a) regardless of form or medium;
(b) in the possession or under the control of that public or private body,
respectively; and
(c) whether or not it was created by that public or private body, respectively;
“relevant authority”, in relation t~
(a) a public body referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “public body”
in the national sphere of government, means—
(i) in the case of the Office of the Presidency, the person designated in
writing by the President; or
(ii) in any other case, the Minister responsible for that public body or the
person designated in writing by that Minister;
(b) a public body referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “public body”
in the provincial sphere of government, means—
(i) in the case of the Office of a Premier, the person designated in writing by
the Premier; or
(ii) in any other case, the member of the Executive Council responsible for
that public body or the person designated in writing by that member, or
(c) a municipality, means—
(i) the mayor;
(ii) the speaker; or
(iii) any other person,
designated in writing by the Municipal Council of that municipality;
“request for access”, in relation t~
(a) a public body, means a request for access to a record of a public body in terms
of section 11; or
(b) a private body, means a request for access to a record of a private body in
terms of section 50;
“requester”, in relation t~
(a) a public body, means—
(i) any person (other than a public bdy contemplated in paragraph (a) or
(h)(i) of the definition of “public body”, or an official thereo~ making a
request for access to a record of that public body; or
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