Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 82 provision to apply there must be objective grounds for believing that disclosing the information could result in the harm alleged. Endanger means exposure to peril or harm.306 Physical safety means to be protected from any physical injury or impairment to the human body.307 Endanger the life or physical safety refers to situations in which disclosure of information could threaten, or put in peril, someone’s life or physical well-being. An individual’s physical safety can be threatened as a result of a physical attack or an attack against property that is likely to cause casualties.308 When there is a review by the IPC, the government institution is invited to provide a submission (arguments). The government institution should describe how and why disclosure of the information in question could endanger the life or physical safety of the person. A government institution cannot rely on subsection 15(1)(k.1) of FOIP for a record that: a) Provides a general outline of the structure or programs of a law enforcement agency; or b) Reports, by means of statistical analysis or otherwise, on the degree of success achieved in a law enforcement program (see subsection 15(2)). Subsection 15(1)(k.2) Law enforcement and investigations 15(1) A head may refuse to give access to a record, the release of which could: … (k.2) reveal any information relating to or used in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion; … (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a record that: 306 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 667. 307 Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 861. 308 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador resource, Access to Information: Policy and Procedures Manual, October 2017 at p. 128.
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