POPIA
Chapters 4 and 5: Exemptions, the Information Regulator and the information officer – POPIA

POPIA 55-56: Information officer and deputy information officers

What does 55-56 require?

Every public and private body's information officer (its head or a designated person) must encourage compliance with the conditions for lawful processing, deal with requests under the Act, work with the Regulator on investigations, otherwise ensure compliance, and, under regulation 4, ensure that a compliance framework is developed, implemented, monitored and maintained, a personal information impact assessment is done, the PAIA manual is developed and made available, internal measures and systems exist to process requests, and internal awareness sessions are conducted; officers take up their duties only after the responsible party has registered them with the Regulator (through its portal); each body must provide for the designation of deputy information officers and delegation to them in the manner of section 17 of PAIA.

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