Section 50 | Right of access to records of private bodies

  1. A requester must be given access to any record of a private body if –
    1. that record is required for the exercise or protection of any rights;
    2. that person complies with the procedural requirements in this Act relating to a request for access to that record; and
    3. access to that record is not refused in terms of any ground for refusal contemplated in Chapter 4 of this Part.
  2. In addition to the requirements referred to in subsection (1), when a public body, referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)(i) of the definition of “public body” in section 1, requests access to a record of a private body for the exercise or protection of any rights, other than its rights, it must be acting in the public interest.
  3. A request contemplated in subsection (1) includes a request for access to a record containing personal information about the requester or the person on whose behalf the request is made