information;
“professional legal adviser” means any legally qualified person, whether in private
practice or not, who lawfully provides a client, at his or her or its request, with
independent, confidential legal advice;
“public body” means
(a) Any department of state or administration in the national sphere of
government or any council 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
(ii) exercising a public power or performing a public function in terms of
any legislation;
“public communications network” means an electronic communications network
used wholly or mainly for the provision of publicly available electronic
communications services;
“public record” means a record that is accessible in the public domain and which is
in the possession of or under the control of a public body, whether or not it was
created by that public body;
“record” means any recorded information –
(a) regardless of form or medium, including the following –
(i) writing on any material;
(ii) information produced, recorded or stored by means of any taperecorder, computer equipment, whether hardware or software or