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Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000
Act 2 of 2000
- Published in Government Gazette 20852 on 3 February 2000
- Assented to on 2 February 2000
- There are multiple commencements
- [This is the version of this document from 30 June 2021.]
Provisions | Status |
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Part 1, Chapter 1 (section 1–2); Chapter 2 (section 3–8); Chapter 3, section 9; Part 2, Chapter 1 (section 11–13); Chapter 2, section 15; Chapter 3 (section 17–32); Chapter 4 (section 33–46); Chapter 5 (section 47–49); Part 3, Chapter 1 (section 50); Chapter 2, section 52; Chapter 3 (section 53–61); Chapter 4 (section 62–70); Chapter 5 (section 71–73); Part 4 (section 74–82); Part 5 (section 83–85); Part 6 (section 86–88); Part 7 (section 89–93) | commenced on 9 March 2001 by Proclamation R20 of 2001. |
Part 2, Chapter 3, section 32(f); Chapter 5, section 49(1)(c); Part 3, Chapter 5, section 73(1)(c) | commenced on 7 December 2001. |
Part 1, Chapter 3, section 10; Part 2, Chapter 2, section 14, section 16; Part 3, Chapter 2, section 51 | commenced on 15 February 2002 by Proclamation R9 of 2002. |
Part 7, section 91A | commenced on 15 January 2003. |
Part 2, Chapter 1, section 12(d); Part 7, section 90(1)–(3), section 92(4) | commenced on 31 March 2005. |
Part 4, Chapter 2, section 82(e) | commenced on 22 January 2014. |
Part 7, section 91A(8) | commenced on 8 January 2016. |
Part 3, Chapter 2, section 52A | commenced on 1 April 2021. |
Part 1, Chapter 3, section 10(2)(e)(i)–(iii); Part 2, Chapter 2, section 14(1)(a)(i)–(iv), (1)(b)(i)–(v), (1)(c)(i)–(v), (3)(a)–(d); Part 3, Chapter 2, section 51(1)(a)(i)–(ii), (1)(b)(i)–(iv), (1)(c)(i)–(v), (3)(a)–(d); Part 4, Chapter 1A (section 77A–77K); Chapter 2, section 78(1)(a)–(b), (3)(d) | commenced on 30 June 2021. |
Part 4, Chapter 2, section 78(2)(e) | not yet commenced. |
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2001 (Act 42 of 2001) on 7 December 2001]
- [Amended by Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Act, 2002 (Act 54 of 2002) on 15 January 2003]
- [Amended by Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act 38 of 2001) on 3 February 2003]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act, 2003 (Act 55 of 2003) on 31 March 2005]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 66 of 2008) on 17 February 2009]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2013 (Act 42 of 2013) on 22 January 2014]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2015 (Act 24 of 2015) on 8 January 2016]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2017 (Act 8 of 2017) on 2 August 2017]
- [Amended by Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Act, 2019 (Act 31 of 2019) on 1 April 2021]
- [Amended by Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 of 2013) on 30 June 2021]