Section 4Part 1 — Preliminary
Objects of this Act
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The objects of this Act are to reinforce and give further effect to certain fundamental principles underlying the system of constitutional democracy, namely —
governmental accountability;
transparency; and
public participation in national decision-making,
by granting to the public a general right of access to records held by public authorities, subject to exemptions which balance that right against the public interest in exempting from disclosure governmental, commercial or personal information.