The purpose of the manual is to inform members of the public about the functions of Parliament, information that can be obtained and services available from Parliament.
English | Afrikaans | isiXhosa | isiZulu | isiNdebele | Sepedi | Sesotho | Setswana | siSwati | Tshivenda | XitsongaGuide on How to Use the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000
The purpose of this Guide is to provide information that is needed by any person who wishes to exercise any right contemplated in the Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000 (PAIA) and Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ("POPIA").
English | Afrikaans | isiXhosa | isiZulu | isiNdebele | Sepedi | Sesotho | Setswana | siSwati | Tshivenda | XitsongaRecords Automatically Available to Members of the Public Without Using the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000
Parliament subscribes to and promotes the principles of transparency and accountability and as such most of its information is open for access by anyone. It is for this reason that records of Parliament are freely available to the public and are placed on the website for easy access.
It may be necessary when one wishes to access a record which is not listed here to first contact the Clerk of the Papers to enquire whether such record could be provided without having to resort to an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act. This is because most of the records in Parliament are automatically available to members of the public as most of the work of Parliament is held in the open.
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Notice of Records of Parliament of RSA Automatically Available to the Public
Complaints to the Information Regulator
Parliament is not included in the definition of a Public Body in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (the Act). Consequently, Parliament is not authorised to establish an internal appeal mechanism.
Therefore, in terms of section 77A of the Act, the requester aggrieved by a decision of Parliament, among others, to refuse the request for access, require the requester to pay fees, or request to extend the period of dealing with the request, may submit a complaint directly to the Information Regulator within 180 days of the decision in the prescribed form.
The complaint form is obtainable from the Information Regulator website https://inforegulator.org.za/ and once completed submit to email: PAIAComplaints@infoRegulator.org.za
To complete the form online please use the URL: https://tinyurl.com/mr36rdtt
Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) Forms
Below are the forms to use for obtaining a Guide on how to use the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000, and to request access to a record.
Form 1 – Request for a copy of the GuideForm 2 – Request for Access to Record
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