Guide to FOIP-Chapter 2

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 2, Administration of FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023. 7 Minister is a member of the Executive Council appointed to head a ministry of the Government of Saskatchewan.10 Section 4 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations provides further definitions as follows: Heads prescribed 4(1) For the purpose of subclause 2(1)(e)(ii) of the Act: (a) the chief executive officers of Crown corporations that are prescribed as government institutions pursuant to clause 3(a) are prescribed as the heads of their respective Crown corporations; (b) the chief executive officers of Crown corporations that are the parent corporations of subsidiaries that are prescribed as government institutions pursuant to clause 3(b) are prescribed as the heads of the respective subsidiaries; (b.1) the Chief Coroner for Saskatchewan is prescribed as the head of the Office of the Chief Coroner; (c) the chairpersons of all other bodies that are prescribed as government institutions pursuant to clause 3(a) or the chairpersons of the boards of those bodies, as the case may be, are prescribed as the heads of their respective government institutions; and (d) in the case of a corporation sole prescribed as a government institution pursuant to clause 3(a), the individual that constitutes the corporation sole is prescribed as the head of that government institution. The head of a government institution can delegate some or all of the responsibilities to another individual. In most cases, it is the deputy minister or another senior official who will be delegated this authority. Such delegation should be done in compliance with section 60 of FOIP. For more on delegation, see Section 60: Delegation, later in this Chapter. The FOIP Coordinator or Privacy Officer Probably the most important person in managing access and privacy issues in any government institution is the designated FOIP Coordinator or Privacy Officer. The FOIP Coordinator may have different titles such as an Access Coordinator. It is also possible the 10 Adapted from British Columbia Government Services, FOIPPA Policy Definitions at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/services-for-government/policiesprocedures/foippa-manual/policy-definitions. Accessed April 23, 2020.

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