Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000

The deadline for submission of the PAIA Section 51 Manual for existing Private Bodies is due for publication by not later than 31 August 2005. Any new Private Body must prepare and publish the manual within 6 months after coming into existence.

A Private body is described as :

	a natural person who carries or has carried on any trade, business or profession, but only in such capacity;
	a partnership which carries or has carried on any trade, business or profession; or
	any former or existing juristic person, excluding a public body, such as a Ltd Company, national, provisional or local government.

The meaning of this is that any Sole Proprietor, Partnership, Close Corporation, Private Company or Trust is regarded as a Private Body.

Failure to publish the PAIA manual can result in penalties or imprisonment or both if a Private Body is found guilty.

We offer the following services to any Private Body:

	Preparation of the Manual in terms of the prescribed legislation;
	Submission to the relevant authorities on or before the deadline;
	We will prepare the manual in the following formats, Word; Acrobat & HTML;
	The manual will be in a long and short format;
	Update the manual for you after 6 months if any of the information has changed. Any changes after the 6 month period will be charged for.

Our fees for preparing the manual are R400.00.

For more information or assistance please contact us.

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Last updated : 28 March 2011