Section 62
Interpretation
Part 3 · Access to Records of Private Bodies · Chapter 4 — Grounds for Refusal of Access to Records
A provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused, must not be construed as— (a) limited in its application in any way by any other provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused; and (b) not applying to a particular record by reason that another provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused, also applies to that record.
Source: SAFLII — Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (consolidated, updated 11 October 2024) — cross-checked verbatim before publishing.
Beyond the text
What this means in practice
- A framing rule for the refusal grounds: each ground stands on its own and is not narrowed just because another ground also applies.
- In practice, more than one refusal ground can apply to the same record — and you assess each independently.
Relevant tool
PopiGuard maps each request against every applicable Chapter 4 ground — so nothing is missed and nothing is over-applied.