Application to Disregard an Access to Information Request or Request for Correction 2 Application to Disregard An application made by a public body to the Commissioner to disregard an access to information request or request for correction pursuant to section 45.1 of FOIP or section 43.1 of LA FOIP. Grant an Application to Disregard The Commissioner agrees that an access to information request or request for correction should be disregarded. Public Body For the purpose of this resource, a public body is a government institution or a local authority. Request for Correction A request for a correction to personal information to a public body pursuant to section 32(1) of FOIP or section 31(1) of LA FOIP. Refuse an Application to Disregard The Commissioner disagrees that an access to information request or request for correction should be disregarded. Request for Review A request to the Commissioner to evaluate a public body’s decision. A “review” is the process by which the Commissioner evaluates this decision. III. What is an application to disregard? The 2017 amendments to FOIP and LA FOIP allow a public body to ask the Commissioner for approval to disregard an access to information request or request for correction of personal information. The result would be that a public body would not have to reply to the applicant’s access to information request, request for correction or a group of such requests. The Commissioner would then consider whether the access to information request or the request for correction: • would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the public body because of the repetitious or systematic nature of the access to information request or the request for correction; • would amount to an abuse of the right of access or right of correction because of the repetitious or systematic nature of the access to information request or the request for correction; or • is frivolous or vexatious, not in good faith or concerns a trivial matter. See section 45.1 of FOIP or section 43.1 of LA FOIP.
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