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Act No. 2, 2000 mediation, conciliation or negotiation;

advising, where necessary, any complainant regarding appropriate remedies; or

any other means that may be expedient in the circumstances.

Regulations

92. (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, make regulations regarding—

any matter which is required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed;

any matter relating to the fees contemplated in sections 22 and 54;

any notice required by this Act;

uniform criteria to be applied by the information officer of a public body when deciding which categories of records are to be made available in terms of section 15; and

any administrative or procedural matter necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2) Any regulation in terms of subsection (1) must, before publication in the Gazette, be submitted to Parliament.

(3) Any regulation in terms of subsection (1) which—

relates to fees; or

may result in financial expenditure for the State,

must be made by the Minister acting in consultation with the Minister of Finance.

Short title and commencement

93. (1) This Act is the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000, and takes effect on a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.

(2) Different dates may be so determined in respect of—

different provisions of this Act;

different categories of public bodies, including, but not limited to, different public bodies contemplated in—

paragraph (a);

paragraph (b)(i); and

paragraph (b)(ii),

of the definition of “public body” in section 1; and

different categories of private bodies.