YOUR RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION Simplified Guide

YOUR RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION A Simplified Guide to Namibia’s Access to Information Act 8 of 2022 INFORMATION OFFICER An initiative of BOOKLET 2 HOW TO REQUEST INFORMATION Booklet 1 in this series outlines the scope and principles of the Access to Information Act and introduces the officials who administer it. [...] 2 YOUR RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATIONA Simplified Guide to Namibia’s Access to Information Act 8 of 2022 STEP 1 THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Who does the request go to? INFORMATION OFFICERS You must make your request to the information officer of the public or private The head of every entity that holds the information. [...] The information officer must then consider the request for access to the information in the usual manner within 14 days of finding the information. [...] Additional ways to overcome the exemption: This category of information can be disclosed – if disclosure would advance accountability and transparency or reveal misconduct or deception if the information relates to the expenditure of public funds if the third party who would be affected consents to the disclosure if the information is already available to the public. [...] If the information officer or cannot be located, the decided to grant access even though the third information officer may decide on party motivated non-disclosure, the information the request without the third party’s officer must give the third party a written notice input.