“subversive or hostile activities” means—
“third party”, in relation to a request for access to—
but, for the purposes of sections 34 and 63, the reference to “person” in paragraphs (a) and (b) must be construed as a reference to “natural person”;
“this Act” includes any regulation made and in force in terms of section 92;
“transfer”, in relation to a record, means transfer in terms of section 20(1) or (2), and “transferred” has a corresponding meaning;
“working days” means any days other than Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays, as defined in section 1 of the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act No. 36 of 1994).
Interpretation of Act
2. (1) When interpreting a provision of this Act, every court must prefer any reasonable interpretation of the provision that is consistent with the objects of this Act over any alternative interpretation that is inconsistent with those objects.
(2) Section 12 must not be construed as excluding—
from the operation of the definition of “requester” in relation to a private body in section 1, section 49 and all other provisions of this Act related thereto.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, the South African Revenue Service, established by section 2 of the South African Revenue Service Act, 1997 (Act No. 34 of 1997), and referred to in section 35(1), is a public body.
Chapter 2
General application provisions
Act applies to record whenever it came into existence
3. This Act applies to—
regardless of when the record came into existence.
Records held by official or independent contractor of pubUc or private body
4. For the purposes of this Act, but subject to section 12, a record in the possession or under the control of—
is regarded as being a record of that public body or private body, respectively.
Application of other legislation prohibiting or restricting disclosure
5. This Act applies to the exclusion of any provision of other legislation that—