PAIA Draft Regulations

07 May 2021
South African Accounting Academy

The amendments to PAIA are bringing the provisions of PAIA in line with similar provisions in POPIA, which result in the fact that the Regulations already promulgated in terms of PAIA must also be brought in line with the regulations promulgated in terms of POPIA. To prevent confusion, it was deemed appropriate to repeal the existing regulations and repromulgate it together with the proposed amendments.

The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000) (PAIA) was enacted in response to the constitutional mandate, and most of the provisions came into force in March 2001. Since its enactment, PAIA was mainly amended by, inter alia, section 110 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) (POPIA). The remaining sections of POPIA will, in accordance with Proclamation No. R.21 of 2020, come into operation on 30 June 2021.

Gazetted on 23 April 2021.

Click here to download the Draft Regulations:

https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/legal/20210423-PAIA-Regulations-Draft-April2021.pdf

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