Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 3, Access to Records. Updated 5 May 2023. 174 SECTION 65: ACCESS TO MANUALS Access to manuals 65(1) Every government institution shall take reasonable steps to: (a) make available on its website all manuals, policies, guidelines or procedures that are used in decision-making processes that affect the public by employees of the government institution in administering or carrying out programs or activities of the government institution; or (b) provide those documents when requested in electronic or paper form. (2) Any information in a record that a head would be authorized to refuse to give access to pursuant to this Act or the regulations may be excluded from manuals, policies, guidelines or procedures that are made available or provided pursuant to subsection (1). Subsection 65(1) Access to manuals 65(1) Every government institution shall take reasonable steps to: (a) make available on its website all manuals, policies, guidelines or procedures that are used in decision-making processes that affect the public by employees of the government institution in administering or carrying out programs or activities of the government institution; or (b) provide those documents when requested in electronic or paper form. Subsection 65(1) of FOIP requires government institutions to take reasonable steps to make available its manuals, policies, guidelines, or procedures used in decision-making where they affect the public in terms of administering or carrying out its programs or activities. The manuals, policies, guidelines and procedures should be made available on the government institution’s website. The principle underpinning this provision is one of open government. The availability of material that guides decision-making allows members of the public to understand how decisions that affect them are made and opens up the decision-making process to public scrutiny.297 297 Service Alberta, Bulletin No. 3: Access to Manuals and Guidelines at p. 1 and Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 2, at p. 42.
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