The Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000 requires most entities to provide an information manual setting out the documents which are readily available to anyone seeking information from the entity. The number of businesses, including private companies, required to prepare a manual is inestimable. Some private companies have now been exempted from the
Political parties will soon be required to make private funding information public when the May 2020 law in this regard comes into force.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 (PAIA) gives effect to the constitutional right of access to information. PAIA recognises that the pre-1994 government system resulted in a secretive and unresponsive
According to section 7(1) of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the act does not apply to a record requested for the purpose of civil proceedings which have already commenced.
Where a potential claimant requests information from the other party to pursue the claim, the rule of thumb is whether the records requested are
The Minister has again exempted certain private bodies from the obligation to compile a manual under the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 (PAIA) until 31 December 2020.
This extends the period granted under the previous notice which expires on 31 December 2015.
Section 51 of PAIA requires the head of a private body