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- Section 26 Prohibition on processing of special personal information
- Section 27 General authorisation concerning special personal information
- Section 28 Authorisation concerning data subject’s religious or philosophical beliefs
- Section 29 Authorisation concerning data subject’s race or ethnic origin
- Section 30 Authorisation concerning data subject’s trade union membership
- Section 31 Authorisation concerning data subject’s political persuasion
- Section 32 Authorisation concerning data subject’s health or sex life
- Section 33 Authorisation concerning data subject’s criminal behaviour or biometric information
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- Section 39 Establishment of Information Regulator
- Section 40 Powers, duties and functions of Regulator
- Section 41 Appointment, term of office and removal of members of Regulator
- Section 42 Vacancies
- Section 43 Powers, duties and functions of Chairperson and other members
- Section 44 Regulator to have regard to certain matters
- Section 45 Conflict of interest
- Section 46 Remuneration, allowances, benefits and privileges of members
- Section 47 Staff
- Section 48 Powers, duties and functions of chief executive officer
- Section 49 Committees of Regulator
- Section 50 Establishment of Enforcement Committee
- Section 51 Meetings of Regulator
- Section 52 Funds
- Section 53 Protection of Regulator
- Section 54 Duty of confidentiality
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- Section 60 Issuing of codes of conduct
- Section 61 Process for issuing codes of conduct
- Section 62 Notification, availability and commencement of code of conduct
- Section 63 Procedure for dealing with complaints
- Section 64 Amendment and revocation of codes of conduct
- Section 65 Guidelines about codes of conduct
- Section 66 Register of approved codes of conduct
- Section 67 Review of operation of approved code of conduct
- Section 68 Effect of failure to comply with code of conduct
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- Section 73 Interference with protection of personal information of data subject
- Section 74 Complaints
- Section 75 Mode of complaints to Regulator
- Section 76 Action on receipt of complaint
- Section 77 Regulator may decide to take no action on complaint
- Section 78 Referral of complaint to regulatory body
- Section 79 Pre-investigation proceedings of Regulator
- Section 80 Settlement of complaints
- Section 81 Investigation proceedings of Regulator
- Section 82 Issue of warrants
- Section 83 Requirements for issuing of warrant
- Section 84 Execution of warrants
- Section 85 Matters exempt from search and seizure
- Section 86 Communication between legal adviser and client exempt
- Section 87 Objection to search and seizure
- Section 88 Return of warrants
- Section 89 Assessment
- Section 90 Information notice
- Section 91 Parties to be informed of result of assessment
- Section 92 Matters referred to Enforcement Committee
- Section 93 Functions of Enforcement Committee
- Section 94 Parties to be informed of developments during and result of investigation
- Section 95 Enforcement notice
- Section 96 Cancellation of enforcement notice
- Section 97 Right of appeal
- Section 98 Consideration of appeal
- Section 99 Civil remedies
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- Section 100 Obstruction of Regulator
- Section 101 Breach of confidentiality
- Section 102 Obstruction of execution of warrant
- Section 103 Failure to comply with enforcement or information notices
- Section 104 Offences by witnesses
- Section 105 Unlawful acts by responsible party in connection with account number
- Section 106 Unlawful acts by third parties in connection with account number
- Section 107 Penalties
- Section 108 Magistrate’s Court jurisdiction to impose penalties
- Section 109 Administrative fines
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Section 45 Conflict of interest
- If any member of the Regulator or any person appointed by the Regulator in terms of this Act has a material interest in any matter which could conflict with the proper performance of his or her duties in terms of this Act or the Promotion of Access to Information Act, he or she must disclose that interest, as prescribed, as soon as practicable after the relevant facts came to his or her knowledge.
- If a member of the Regulator or person referred to in subsection (1)—
- is present at a meeting of the Regulator or committee referred to in section 49 or 50 at which a matter contemplated in that subsection is to be considered, the member or person concerned must disclose the nature of his or her interest to the meeting before the matter is considered; or
- fails to make a disclosure as required by this subsection and is present at a meeting of the Regulator or committee, as the case may be, or in any other manner participates in the proceedings, such proceedings in relation to the relevant matter must, as soon as the non-disclosure is discovered, be reviewed and be varied or set aside by the Regulator or the committee, as the case may be, without the participation of the member or person concerned.
- A member of the Regulator or person referred to in subsection (1) who is obliged to make a disclosure in terms of this subsection may not be present during any deliberation, or take part in any decision, in relation to the matter in question.
- Any disclosure made in terms of this subsection must be noted in the minutes of the relevant meeting of the Regulator or committee.
- If a member of the Regulator or person referred to in subsection (1)—
- A member of the Regulator or person referred to in subsection (1) who has disclosed a conflict of interest in terms of subsection (1)—
- may perform all duties relating to the matter in question if a decision has been taken that the interest is trivial or irrelevant; or
- must be relieved of all duties relating to the matter in question and such duties must be performed by another member of the Regulator or by another person referred to in subsection (1), as the case may be, who has no such conflict of interest.