Guide to FOIP-Chapter 1

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 1, Purposes and Scope of FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023 39 Subsection 4(e) Existing rights preserved 4 This Act: … (e) does not prohibit the transfer, storage or destruction of any record in accordance with any other Act or any regulation; FOIP does not prohibit the transfer, storage or destruction of any record in accordance with any other Act or any regulation. This provision permits the orderly disposition of records by government institutions in accordance with records retention and disposition schedules.68 The Archives and Public Records Management Act (APRMA) sets out obligations for government institutions to manage records in their possession or control. In order to comply with the APRMA, government institutions must establish a records management program. For more information, see the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan. Subsection 4(f) Existing rights preserved 4 This Act: … (f) does not prevent access to a registry operated by a government institution where access to the registry is normally allowed to the public. FOIP does not prevent access to a registry operated by a government institution where access to the registry is normally allowed to the public. Registry means a registry established or continued pursuant to a public registry statute and includes information provided to, and the data created or maintained in the operation of, a 68 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 1 at p. 6.

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