ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) 52A Power of Commission to issue orders30 (1) Subject to sections fifty two B and ninety A, the Commission shall have power— (a) to issue orders in relation to any matter referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) or (g) of subsection (1) of section fifty-two B; (b) on its own initiative or at the request of any person, to issue orders— (i) requiring that a duty imposed by or under this Act be performed; (ii) extending a time limit in terms of section eleven or extending any other time limit in terms of this Act; (iii) confirming, exempting or reducing a fee, or ordering a refund, in the appropriate circumstances; (iv) confirming a decision not to correct personal information or specify how personal information is to be corrected; (v) requiring a public body to stop collecting, using or disclosing personal information in contravention of this Act; (vi) requiring the head of a public body to destroy personal information collected in contravention of this Act. (2) The Commission may specify any terms or conditions subject to which an order is issued in terms of this section, including the time within which the person to whom the order is issued shall comply with the order. 52B Determinations and inquiries by Commission 31 (1) The Commission shall, in relation to the determination by it of the following matters⎯ (a) a request for a review in terms of Part X; (b) an application for registration of a mass media service, in terms of Part XI; (c) whether to suspend or cancel any registration certificate or make any other order in terms of section seventy-one; (d) whether to exercise any power referred to in subsection (2) of section eighty-five; (e) an appeal received by it in terms of section eighty-six or eighty-seven; (f) whether to issue an order in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section fiftytwo A; (g) any other matter in terms of this Act which it is required or empowered to determine; do either of the following— (i) if it considers that the matter involves no substantial dispute of fact or law, and after affording any party concerned an opportunity to make written representations to it within the time it specifies, determine the matter and give notice of its determination orally or in writing to the party or the parties concerned; or (ii) if it considers that the matter involves any substantial dispute of fact or law, conduct an inquiry in terms of the following provisions of this section. 30 Section inserted by s. 7 of Act 5/2003. 31 Section inserted by s. 7 of Act 5/2003. 27

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