The Access to Information (General) Regulations
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"Act" means the Access to Information Act (Cap. 7M);"applicant" means a person who has made a request for review of a decision of a public entity or private body to the Commission under these Regulations;"child" has the meaning assigned to it under the Children Act (Cap. 141);"disseminate" means to make known or communicate information to the public through notice boards, newspapers, public announcements, media broadcasts, the internet or any other means, including making the information available for inspection at the offices of any public entity or private body;"incapacitated person" includes any person who is impaired by reason of mental illness or physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs or chronic intoxication to the extent of lacking sufficient understanding or capacity to make or communicate responsible decisions;"information holder" means a public entity or a private body that is the custodian of information required for disclosure or requested to be disclosed under the Act and these Regulations;"machine readable" means a structured arrangement of information that can be processed by a computer;"private body" has the meaning assigned to it under the Act and includes the private bodies specified under the Second Schedule of these Regulations;"proactive disclosure" means routine and systematic dissemination of information, without the requirement of a request for that information;"procurement records" means the records kept pursuant to section 68 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, (Cap. 412C);"reactive disclosure" means making information available in response to a request for that information by a requester;"requester" means a person who has requested access to information from a public entity or private body under the Act and these Regulations;"Secretary of children services" means the Secretary of children services appointed under section 37 of the Children Act (Cap. 141).Source: Kenya Law