Guide to FOIP-Chapter 4

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 8 April 2024. 165 way of fine, penalty or imprisonment to enforce an Act or a regulation made pursuant to an Act.607 Section 18: Economic and Other Interests Economic and other interests 18(1) A head may refuse to give access to a record that could reasonably be expected to disclose: (a) trade secrets; (b) financial, commercial, scientific, technical or other information: (i) in which the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution has a proprietary interest or a right of use; and (ii) that has monetary value or is reasonably likely to have monetary value; (c) scientific or technical information obtained through research by an employee of a government institution, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to deprive the employee of priority of publication; (d) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with contractual or other negotiations of the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution; (e) positions, plans, procedures, criteria or instructions developed for the purpose of contractual or other negotiations by or on behalf of the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution, or considerations that relate to those negotiations; (f) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice the economic interest of the Government of Saskatchewan or a government institution; (g) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the ability of the Government of Saskatchewan to manage the economy of Saskatchewan; or (h) information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to result in an undue benefit or loss to a person. (2) A head shall not refuse, pursuant to subsection (1), to give access to a record that contains the results of product or environmental testing carried out by or for a government institution, unless the testing was conducted: 607 The Evidence Act, SS 2006, c E-11.2 at subsection 10(1). This definition is similar to the definition in subsection 15(1)(d) of FOIP but is drawn from The Evidence Act as this is the context in which the phrase appears.

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