ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) PART XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS 90A. Appeals to Administrative Court. 90B. Offences and penalties. 91. Regulatory powers of Minister. 92. Amendment of section 4 of Cap. 11:09. 93. Transitional provisions. FIRST SCHEDULE: Records Excluded from Application of Act. SECOND SCHEDULE: Public Bodies and Heads of Public Bodies. THIRD SCHEDULE: Ancillary Powers of Commission. FOURTH SCHEDULE: Provisions Applicable to Commission. FIFTH SCHEDULE: Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions relating to Commission. 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— “applicant” means a person requesting access in terms of section six to a record or information held by a public body; 5