Guide to FOIP Chapter-5

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, CHAPTER 5, Third Party Information. Updated 9 March 2023. 91 Subsection 34(3) Notice to third party 34(3) Section 12 applies, with any necessary modification, to the extension of the period set out in clause (2)(b). Subsection 34(3) of FOIP provides further clarification for subsection 34(2)(b) of FOIP above. If an extension is authorized by section 12 of FOIP, the notice to the third party must be provided within the extension period (a total of 60 days from date access to information request was received). This is consistent with subsection 12(1)(c) of FOIP. For more on section 12, see Chapter 3: Access to Records. For assistance on calculating the initial 30 days, see The Legislation Act which 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

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