ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) 91 Regulatory powers of Minister (1) The Minister may, by regulation, order or notice, prescribe matters that, by this Act, are required or permitted to be prescribed or that in the opinion of the Minister are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1), regulations, orders or notices made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for— (a) the form, manner and period in which applications for registration shall be made; (b) the form, manner and period in which complaints against public bodies, mass media services and journalists shall be dealt with; (c) the amount of annual levy payable to the Fund; (d) the manner in which moneys held in the Fund may be invested; (e) the fees to be paid for applications, accreditation and registration and the manner of their payment; (f) the form, manner and period in which requests for information from public bodies shall be made; (g) the standards to be observed by employees of public bodies when responding to requests for information; (i) the procedures to be followed when disclosing information; (j) persons, organisations or institutions exempted from the provisions of this Act; (k) the fee to be paid to a public body to access information or a record; (l) personal information that may be disclosed by a public body; (m) the information to be contained in an application for registration of a mass media service; (n) information to be disclosed for research or statistical purposes; (o) the form and manner of publisher’s imprints; (p) the qualifications for accreditation as a journalist; 73 (q) the period for when contributions to the Fund will be made; (r) periodicals or publications exempt from registration. 92 Amendment of section 4 of Cap. 11:09 The Official Secrets Act [Chapter 11:09] is amended in section 4 by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection⎯ “(1a) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that subsection (1) shall not apply to the disclosure in accordance with the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27] (Act No. 5 of 2002) of any document or information by a person who, being the head of a public body as defined in that Act, has lawful access to that document or information.”. 73 Paragraph amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 42