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. 299 Subsection 32(2) Right of Correction 32(2) Within 30 days after a request pursuant to clause (1)(a) is received, the head shall advise the individual in writing that: (a) the correction has been made; (b) a notation pursuant to clause (1)(b) has been made; or (c) the request has been disregarded, setting out the reason for which the request was disregarded pursuant to section 45.1. Subsection 32(2) of FOIP provides government institutions with the options for responding to a request for correction. Within 30 days, the government institution must respond in writing giving its decision. The decision on how to proceed must be made and the individual advised in writing of the decision within 30 days of receiving the correction request. When determining the 30-day timeline for sending the response, 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.

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