“excluded information” means records excluded from the application of this Act in terms
of section four;
“Fund” means the Media and Information Fund established by section forty-three;
“head”, in relation to a public body, means—
(a) the person designated as the head of a public body in the second column of the
Second Schedule; or
(b) any other person whom the Minister may, from time to time, designate as the head
of a public body for the purposes of this Act;
“judicial administration record” means a record containing information relating to a
presiding officer or a justice of the peace, including—
(a) scheduling of presiding officers and trials;
(b) the content of judicial training programmes;
(c) statistics of judicial activity prepared by or for a judge;
“law enforcement” includes—
(a) policing, including criminal intelligence operations; or
(b) investigations that lead to a penalty or sanction being imposed; or
(c) proceedings that result in a penalty or sanction being imposed; or
(d) control of immigration; or
(e) national defence and security; or
(f) maintenance of public order;
“local government body” means—
(a) a municipality as defined in the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15];
(b) a council as defined in the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13];
(c) a catchment council or subcatchment council established in terms of the Water Act
[Chapter 20:24];
(d) a board of cemetery trustees established under the Cemeteries Act [Chapter 5:04];
(e) any board , committee, commission, panel, agency or corporation that is created or
owned by a body referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and all the members or
officers of which are appointed or chosen by or under the authority of that body;
“mass media owner” means⎯
(a) in the case of a mass media service company, the person who holds a controlling
interest in the company; or
(b) in the case of a mass media service that is not a company, the person who owns or
co-owns the service;
“mass media service” or “mass media” includes any service or media consisting in the
transmission of voice, visual, data or textual messages to an unlimited number of
persons, and includes an advertising agency, publisher or, except as otherwise excluded

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