1. Identity

Authority name:

Authority name (official):

Jurisdiction:

Country (if different from jurisdiction):

Current Head of Authority:

Official title of Head of Authority:

2. Legal basis

Is your authority responsible for protecting, promoting and ensuring the respect of access to public information legislation in your jurisdiction?
SiNo
Are there other authorities in jurisdiction which are also responsible for the protection and promotion of the respect to Access to Public Information legislation?
SiNo
If yes, please identify the other authorities.

Authority's founding Act:

If different, indicate the relevant access to information legislation in your jurisdiction:

Please provide links to the relevant legislation (if available, please provide link to an English/French/Spanish translation of the legal text):

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Please name any other legislation your authority regulates:

The authority does not oversee any other legislation.

3. Independence

3.1 General

Is the authority an independent body and is its independence explicitly cited in the law?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

3.2 Regulatory independence

Is your authority able to set rules or guidelines which prescribe how public bodies should apply the legislation?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

Can your authority issue binding decisions?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

Which body, other than a court, can overturn the decisions of your authority?

3.3 Supervisory independence

Does your authority have any discretion as to how it uses its powers to perform its functions? Does it have any power to control its own structure, processes and procedures and how it will fulfil its regulatory obligations?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

Does the executive have power to give the authority directions on how it should perform its functions? If so, are these directions published?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

How is your authority held accountable for how it uses its delegated powers and manages its budget?

3.4 Institutional independence

How are staff recruited?

Which body has the legal authority to make the final appointment of the authority head or board members?

May the head of authority, or its board members, hold other appointments/offices in the government or the private sector during their term of office?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

How long is the term of office of the head of authority, or its board members?

Are members of your authority appointed in a manner that is protected against political interference and have security of contract so that they are protected against arbitrary dismissal once appointed?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

Is your authority and its members of staff granted immunity for acts undertaken, in good faith, in the exercise or performance of any power, duty or function exercised under the Law?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

How can the head of authority, or its board members, be dismissed from their office?

3.5 Budgetary independence

How is your authority funded?

Does your authority have the budgetary freedom to hire staff as it sees fit and to respond quickly to emerging requirements?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

If funding comes from the government budget, is the supervisory budget proposed and justified by the authority itself, following an objective assessment?
SiNo
Please elaborate further:

4. Adherence to the values, goals and missions of the International Conference

Please confirm that you adhere to the values, goals and missions of the International Conference as enshrined in the Johannesburg Charter:

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5. Contact details

Contact name:

Contact email:

Job title/role in the authority:

Contact telephone number: