Tag: investigation proceedings of regulator

Section 77E | Pre-investigation proceedings of Regulator

Before proceeding to investigate any matter in terms of this Chapter, the Information Regulator must, in the prescribed manner, inform – 

(a) the complainant of the Information Regulator’s intention to conduct the investigation; and 

(b) the information officer of the public body or the head of the private body, as the case may be, to whom the complaint relates of the – 

(i) details of the complaint; and 

(ii) right of the information officer or the head to submit to the Information Regulator, within a reasonable period, a written response in relation to the complaint. 

Section 77G | Investigation proceedings of Regulator

(1) For the purposes of the investigation of a complaint the Information Regulator has powers similar to those of the High Court in terms of section 80 relating to the disclosure of records to it and non-disclosure of records by it. 

(2) Section 81 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, applies to the investigation of complaints in terms of this Chapter.