PAIA Act definition

PAIA Act means Promotion of Access to Information Act No.2 of 2000, as amended from time to time, including the regulations promulgated in terms of the PAIA Act;
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PAIA Act means the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000.
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PAIA Act means the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000, as amended from time to time;
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Examples of PAIA Act in a sentence

  • The Manual also explains how to submit requests for access to these records in terms of the PAIA Act.

  • The objective of the PAIA Act is to give effect to the constitutional right to access to information, which information is held by a public or private body and which information is required for the exercise or protection of any rights.

  • The PAIA Act recognises the right entrenched in section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and aims to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in public and private bodies by giving effect to the right of access to information.

  • Where a request is made in terms of the PAIA Act, the body to whom the request is made is obliged to release the information, except where the PAIA Act expressly provides that the information may or must not be released.

  • If the request is declined for any reason the notice must include adequate reasons for the decision, together with the relevant provisions of the PAIA Act relied upon and provide the procedure to be followed should the requester wish appeal the decision.

  • In terms of the PAIA Act, the Company is regarded as a “private body” and therefore the requirements regarding access must be in compliance with the provisions of the PAIA Act relevant to private bodies and more in particular Section 51 of the PAIA Act.

  • Section 9 of the PAIA Act dictates that the right to access to information is not an unlimited right and is subject to certain limitations, which include limitations which balance the rights which data subjects have to access information against other rights which data subjects and interested parties have, whether it be in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 or otherwise.

  • Section 71 of the PAIA Act requires that the Information Officer take all reasonable steps to inform a third party to whom the requested record relates of the request, informing him/her that he/she may make a written or oral representation to the Information Officer why the request should be refused or, where required, give written consent for the disclosure of the Information.

  • Records of the Company which are not automatically available must be requested in terms of the procedure set out in section 8 of this PAIA Manual or the Regulations as set out in terms of POPIA and which may be subject to the restrictions and right of refusal to access as provided for in the PAIA Act and in POPIA.

  • The prescribed forms and fee tariffs are dealt with in Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the PAIA Act, as well as in section 5 below.

Related to PAIA Act

  • FOI Act means the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and any subordinate legislation made under that Act or any code issued pursuant to sections 45 or 46 of that Act or any guidance issued by the Information Commissioner;

  • SEBI Act or “Act” means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992;

  • FDI Act means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended or recodified.

  • 2012 Act means the Health and Social Care Act 2012;

  • 2000 Act means the Local Government Act 2000;

  • 1990 Act means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

  • EP Act means the Environmental Protection Xxx 0000;

  • POPI Act means the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013;

  • FW Act means the Fair Work Act 2009, as amended from time to time.

  • Education Act means the Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, as amended.

  • the 2002 Act means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

  • 2006 Act means the National Health Service Act 2006;

  • the 2000 Act means the Local Government Act 2000;

  • S.A.F.E. act means the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act of 2008, Title V of the housing and economic recovery act of 2008 ("HERA"), P.L. 110-289, effective July 30, 2008.

  • GLB Act means the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-102, 113 Stat. 1138)

  • ACNC Act means the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cth).

  • PBR Act means the Plant Breeder’s Rights Xxx 0000 (Cth) as amended from time to time.

  • FMC Act means the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

  • Liquor Act means the Liquor Act 2007 and any regulation made under the Liquor Act 2007. Any reference to a provision of the Liquor Act includes a reference to the same or similar provision in any legislation replacing, amending or modifying the Liquor Act however that provision may be amended in that legislation.

  • Investment Company Act of 1940 means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

  • IBC Code means Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 as amended from time to time;

  • Partnership Act means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 17-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

  • MCIP Act means Title 4, Chapter 1, of the Code, and all future acts successor or supplemental thereto or amendatory thereof.

  • the 1991 Act means the Water Industry Act 1991(a);

  • 40 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

  • Delaware LP Act means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.