A Introduction to the Company
The company is engaged in the hotel accommodation, food and
beverage industry. It is situated in Bloubergstrand.
B Particulars in terms of the section 51 manual
1. Contact Details (section 51 (1) (a) )
Business: Blue Peter Hotel (Pty) Ltd
The Head: M.L.P. Rattray
Address: 7 Popham Street, Bloubergstrand 7436
Postal: P. O. Box 1, Bloubergstrand, 7441
Telephone: (021) 554-1956
Facsimile: (021) 554-1364
E-mail: info@bluepeter.co.za
2. Guide on how to use the Act (Section 51 (1) (b) )
The Promotion of Access to Information Act grants a requested access to records of a company,
if the record is required for the exercise or protection of any rights.
If a public body lodges a request, the public body must be acting in the public interest.
Requests in terms of the Act are required to be made in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
A guide on how to use the Act has been compiled by the South African Human Rights Commission.
Please direct any queries to:
The South African Human Right Commission: PAIA Unit
The Research and Documentation Department
Postal Address: Private Bag 2700, Houghton, 2041
Telephone: +27 11 484-8300
Fax: +27 11 484-0582
Website: www.sahrc.org.za
E-mail: PAIA.sahrc.org.za
3. Records available in terms of any other legislation (Section 51 (1) (d) )
Records are kept and are available upon specified conditions in accordance with such other
legislation as is applicable to: Blue Peter Hotel (Pty) Ltd
Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 as amended
Companies Act No. 69 of 1984
Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act 130 of 1993
Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998
Income Tax Act No. 95 of 1967
Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 as amended
Occupational Health & Safety Act No. 85 of 1993
Regional Services Councils Act 109 of 1985
Skills Development Act No. 97 of 1998
Skills Development Levies Act No. 9 of 1999
Unemployment Contributions Act No. 4 of 2002
Unemployment Insurance Act No. 63 of 2001
Value Added Tax No. 89 of 1991
4. Access to the records held by the Blue Peter Hotel (Pty) Ltd (Sections 51 (1) (c) and 51 (1) (e) )
4.1 The categories of records and documentation which are available without a person having
to request access in terms of the Act (Section 51 (1) (c) )
Brochures
Menus
4.2 Records that may be requested (Section 51 (1) (e) )
Personnel
Staff Records
Employment Contracts
Employment Equity Plan
Remuneration records and policies
Financial & Legal
Asset register
Banking details
Building plans
Business registration
Contracts
Financial statements
Liquor License
Purchasing & Stock records
Regional Services registration
Samro License
Registration certificate in terms of Act 36 of 1947
Sales records
Skills Development registration
Stats S A Returns
Tax registration
Taxation records
UIF registration
Workmans Compensation registration
General
Correspondence
4.3 The request procedure. To facilitate the processing of your request, kindly use the prescribed form.
Address your request to: M.L.P. Rattray
P. O. Box 1, Bloubergstrand, 7436
Form of request:
4.3.1 The requested must use the prescribed form to make the request fort access to a record.
This must be made to the head of the private body. This request must be made to the address,
fax number or electronic mail address of the body concerned. (s53(1) ).
4.3.2 The requester must provide sufficient detail on the request form to enable the head of the
private body to identify the record and the requester. The requester should also indicate
which form of access is required. The requester should indicate if any other manner is to
be used to inform the requester and state the necessary particulars to be so informed
(s53 (2) (a) and (b) and (c) ).
4.3.3 The requester must identify the right that is sought to be exercises or to be protected and
provide and explanation of why the requested record is required for the exercise or protection
of that right (s 53 (2) (d) ).
4.3.4 If a request is made on behalf of another person, the requester must submit proof of the
capacity in which the requester is making the request to the satisfaction of the head of the
private body. (s 53 (2) (f) ).
5. Other information as may be prescribed (Section 51 (1) (f) ).
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development has not made any
regulations in this regard.
6. Availability of the manual
The manual is available for inspection at the registered address of the company.
Popham Street, Bloubergstrand, 7441
7. Fees:
A requester who seeks access to a record containing personal information about that requester
is not required to pay a request fee. Every other requester, who is not a personal requester,
must pay the required request fee:
7.1 The head of a private body must notify the requester (other than a personal requester) by notice,
requiring the requester to pay the prescribed fee (if any) before processing the request (254 (1) ).
7.2 The fee that the requester must pay to a private body is R50. The requester may lodge an
application to the court against the tender or payment of the request fee (s53 (3) (b) ).
7.3 After the head of the private body has made a decision on the request, the requester must
be notified in the required form.
7.4 If the request is granted then a further access fee must be paid for the search, reproduction,
preparation and for any time that has been exceeded the prescribed hours to search and
prepare the record for disclosure (s 53 (6) ).
Fees in respect of private bodies
(1) (i) The fee for a copy of the manual as contemplated in regulation 9 (2) (c) is R1.10 for
every photocopy of an A4 size page or part thereof.
(ii) The fees for reproduction referred to in regulation 11 (1) are as follows:
(a) For every photocopy of an A4 size page or part thereof R1.10.
(b) For every printed copy of an A4 size page or part thereof held on a computer or in
electronic or machine readable form R0.75.
(c) For a copy in a computer-readable form on
(i) stiffy disc R7.50
(ii) Compact Disc R70.00
(d) (i) For a transcription of visual images, for an A4 size page of part thereof
R40.00.
(ii) For a copy of visual images R60.00
(e) (i) For a transcription of audio record, for an A4 size page or part thereof
R20.00
(ii) For a copy of an audio record R30.00.
(iii) The request fee payable by a requester, other than a personal requester,
referred to in regulation 11 (2) is R50.00
(iii) The access fees payable by a requester referred to in regulation 11 (3) are as follows:
(a) For every photocopy of an A4 size page or part thereof R1.10
(b) For every printed copy of an A4 size page or part thereof held on a computer or
in electronic or machine readable form R0.75.
(c) For a copy in a computer-readable form on
(i) stiffy disc R7.50
(ii) Compact Disc R70.00
(d) (i) For a transcription of visual images, for an A4 size page of part thereof
R40.00.
(ii) For a copy of visual images R60.00
(e) (i) For a transcription of audio record, for an A4 size page or part thereof
R20.00
(ii) For a copy of an audio record R30.00.
(f) To search for and prepare the record for disclosure, R30.00 for each hour
or part of an hour reasonably required for such search and preparation.
(2) For purposes of section 54 (2) of the Act, the following applies:
(a) Six hours as the hours to be exceeded before a deposit is payable.
(b) One third of the access fee is payable as a deposit by the requester.
(3) The actual postage is payable when a copy of a record must be posted to a requester.
8. Prescribed forms