Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 2, Administration of FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023. 2 Minister of Justice and Attorney General – Roles & Responsibilities The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan designates the Minister responsible for the administration of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) by Order in Council. This responsibility has been given to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. While the nature of FOIP requires that decisions with respect to access to records and the management of personal information be made within each government institution, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General retains overall responsibility for its administration.1 The Minister is required by FOIP to prepare and submit an Annual Report to the Speaker of the Assembly on the administration of FOIP and The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations. Minister’s Annual Report Minister’s report 63(1) The minister shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Speaker of the Assembly on the administration of this Act and the regulations within each government institution during the year, and the Speaker shall cause the report to be laid before the Assembly in accordance with section 13 of The Executive Government Administration Act. (2) The annual report of the minister is to provide details of: (a) the number of applications received by each government institution during the year; (b) the number of times during the year that the head of each government institution refused an application for access to a record, and the specific provisions of this Act or the regulations on which the refusals were based; and (c) the fees charged and collected by each government institution for access to records during the year. (3) The minister may require government institutions to produce the information or records that, in the opinion of the minister, are necessary to enable the minister to fulfil the requirements of this section. 1 Ministry of Justice, Annual Report 2001-2002, The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act at p. 4.
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