New IPOLA guidelines focus on procedural changes

OIC continues to deliver resources to help public sector agencies prepare for the IPOLA reforms due to start from 1 July 2025.

Five new guidelines are now available detailing the procedural changes brought about by the reforms to the Right to Information Act and Information Privacy Act.

New RTI guidelines:

• Amendment applications   (PDF, 295.93 KB)
• Providing access to documents   (PDF, 251.28 KB)
• Refusal to deal – previous application for same documents (PDF, 217.93 KB)
• Timeframes under the RTI Act (PDF, 231.99 KB)

New IP guideline:

• Key privacy concepts – practicable and impracticable (PDF, 172.66 KB)

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