Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, CHAPTER 5, Third Party Information. Updated 9 March 2023. 89 Unless an extension is applied pursuant to section 12 of FOIP, a government institution must provide notice to the third party within 30 days of receiving an access to information request. See subsection 34(3) of FOIP below for more information or Chapter 3: Access to Records for more on section 12. The Legislation Act establishes general rules that govern the interpretation of all statutory instruments in the province of Saskatchewan. Section 2-28 of The Legislation Act provides the following for the computation of time: 2-28(1) A period expressed in days and described as beginning or ending on, at or with a specified day, or continuing to or until a specified day, includes the specified day. (2) A period expressed in days and described as occurring before, after or from a specified day excludes the specified day. (3) A period described by reference to a number of days between two events excludes the day on which the first event happens and includes the day on which the second event happens. (4) In the calculation of time expressed as a number of clear days, weeks, months or years or as “at least” or “not less than” a number of days, weeks, months or years, the first and last days are excluded. (5) A time limit for the doing of anything that falls or expires on a holiday is extended to include the next day that is not a holiday. (6) A time limit for registering or filing documents or for doing anything else that falls or expires on a day on which the place for doing so is not open during its regular hours of business is extended to include the next day the place is open during its regular hours of business.201 Based on this, the following can be applied for calculating “within 30 days after the application is made” under FOIP: • The first day the access request is received is excluded in the calculation of time [s 228(2)]; • If the due date falls on a holiday, the time is extended to the next day that is not a holiday [s 2-28(5)]; • If the due date falls on a weekend, the time is extended to the next day the office is open [s 2-28(6)]; and 201 The Legislation Act, SS 2019, c L-10.2 at s. 2-28.
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