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Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000

9 March 2001

Download this Act (PAIA)

Recent amendments to PAIA

Judicial Matters Amendment Act 8 of 2017 (2 August 2017)

Rules and Regulations

Regulations Relating to the Promotion of Access to Information (GNR 757 in GG 45057 of 27 August 2021)
Rules for procedure for application to court (4 October 2019; to commence on 4 November 2019)
Rules of Procedure for Application to Court in terms of PAIA (9 October 2009)
- Form A: Form used when requesting access to records of a public body
- Form B: Notice of Internal Appeal: Forms to be filled in when lodging an internal appeal after 30 days of a decision by a public body
- Form C: Request for access to records of a private body
Regulations Regarding the Promotion of Access to Information (15 February 2002)

PAIA Manuals

PAIA Manual – Department of Water and Sanitation (2022)
PAIA Manual – Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (2021)
PAIA Manual – Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (2020)
Centre for Environmental Rights’ PAIA Manual (December 2015)
South African Weather Service (7 October 2016)
Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (27 September 2019)

Notices in terms of section 15 (automatically available documents)

Department of Mineral Resources (4 September 2015)
Free State Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (13 September 2019)
Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (20 October 2017)
Northern Cape Department of Environment and Nature Conservation (25 September 2016)
Western Cape Provincial Government (17 August 2018)
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (7 December 2018)

Other notices published under PAIA

Designation of courts (19 September 2019)