Guide to FOIP-Chapter 6

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 208 For subsection 29(2)(h)(ii) of FOIP to apply, the agencies in question must qualify as a “government of another province or territory of Canada, or its agencies, Crown corporations or other institutions”. Because of the possessive pronoun in this clause, “agencies” and “other institutions” should be understood as provincial or territorial agencies and institutions. For “other institutions”, it should be provincial or territorial government institutions as defined by those provinces and territories.593 (iv) The government of a foreign jurisdiction or its institutions. For subsection 29(2)(h)(iii) of FOIP to apply, the agency in question must qualify as a “government of a foreign jurisdiction or its institutions”. A foreign jurisdiction refers to a government or its institutions of any foreign nation or state outside of Canada.594 (v) An international organization of states or its institutions. For subsection 29(2)(h)(iv) of FOIP to apply, the agency in question must qualify as a “international organization of states or its institutions”. An international organization of states refers to any organization with members representing and acting under the authority of the governments of two or more states. Examples include the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund.595 (vi) A local authority as defined in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations. For subsection 29(2)(h)(v) of FOIP to apply, the agency in question must qualify as a “local authority as defined in the regulations”. Subsection 2(2) of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations (FOIP Regulations) points to the definition of a “local authority” found in subsection 2(f) of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). 593 Adapted from SK OIPC Review Report F-2006-002 at [23] and [32]. 594 Adapted from Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 at p. 162. 595 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 at p. 162.

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