ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) ACT To provide members of the public with a right of access to records and information held by public bodies; to make public bodies accountable by giving the public a right to request correction of misrepresented personal information; to prevent the unauthorised collection, use or disclosure of personal information by public bodies; to protect personal privacy; to provide for the regulation of the mass media; to establish a Media and Information Commission and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental to the foregoing. ENACTED by the President and Parliament of Zimbabwe. PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27]. 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act— “accredited”4 means accredited in terms of section 79; “applicant” means a person requesting access in terms of section six to a record or information held by a public body; “code”5 means the code of conduct and ethics for journalists and mass media services developed in terms of section 42B(1); “Commission” means the Zimbabwe Media Commission established by section 386; “Committee on Standing Rules and Orders” 7 means the Committee of Parliament referred to in section 57(2) of the Constitution; “controlling interest”, in relation to a mass media service company, means⎯ (a) the majority of the shares in the company; or (b) shares representing more than half the share capital of the company; or (c) shares of a value in excess of half the share capital of the company; or 4 Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 20/2007. 5 Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 20/2007. 6 Definition substituted by s. 2 of Act 20/2007. 7 Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 20/2007. 6