This manual is for the SOUTH AFRICAN MUNICIPAL WORKERS UNION NATIONAL MEDICAL SCHEME, registration number: 394; hereinafter referred to as SAMWUMED.
The Promotion of Access to Information Act, No.2 of 2000 (“the Act”) is an Act that was passed to give effect to the constitutional right held by South African citizens, of access to any information held by the State or by another person, which is required for the exercise or protection of any right. Where a request is made in terms of the Act, the body to which the request is made is obliged to give access to the requested information, except where the Act expressly provides that the information may or must not be released. Therefore, the right of access to information and this Manual is only applicable to South African citizens, as defined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996.
