ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
(SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003)
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Transitional provisions
(1) Any person who, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, was lawfully operating a mass media service shall be deemed to be registered for the purpose of providing the same service for a period of three months from the date of commencement of this Act,
and any application for registration made after that date in terms of this Act for a certificate of
registration to provide that service shall be treated as an application for a new certificate and not
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(2) Any journalist who was accredited before the coming into operation of this Act shall be
deemed to be accredited for the remainder of the year 2002.
FIRST SCHEDULE (Section 4)
RECORDS EXCLUDED FROM APPLICATION OF ACT
(a) A personal note, communication or draft decision of a person who is acting in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity;
(b) any record that is protected in terms of the Privileges, Immunities and Powers of Parliament Act [Chapter 2:08];
(c) a record that is created by or for, or is in the custody or control of a person in terms of
the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06] and relates to the exercise of that person’s functions
under that Act;
(d) a record of a question that is to be used in an examination or test;
(e) a record containing teaching materials or research information of employees of a postsecondary educational body;
(f) material placed in the National Archives or the archives of a public body by or for a
person or agency other than a public body;
(g) any record or information relating to any matter or issue referred to in section 31K of
the Constitution, and any matter or issue relating to the exercise of the functions and
powers of the President.
SECOND SCHEDULE (Section 2)
PUBLIC BODIES AND HEADS OF PUBLIC BODIES
PART I
Public Body
Head
Any government department
The Permanent Secretary
Any statutory corporation, authority, board,
The chairperson, chief executive officer, direc-
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Subsection amended by s. 24 of Act 5/2003.
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