(You can, if you want, renew your passport immediately on receiving it. Itâs your money.) If your passport is nearing expiration and you anticipate traveling in the near future, you should renew your passport far enough before your travels that you will have the renewed passport in hand before you depart.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000) is commonly referred to as PAIA. PAIA gives legislative effect to the right of access to information in accordance with section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution).Both private and public bodies have a duty to provide the access to the requested records, unless specifically refused in terms of PAIA.AIA gives legislative effect to the right of access to information in accordance with section 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution). Both private and public bodies have a duty to provide the access to the requested records, unless specifically refused in terms of PAIA.
PUBLIC INFORMATION [OPEN RECORDS] REQUESTS. Requests for access to or copies of county government public records should be made in writing directly to the department that has custody of the records. In county government, each elected official is the public information administrator of his department. No department has control, possession or authority over the records of any other department. A request made to the wrong department can cause unnecessary delay.