Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 1, Purposes and Scope of LA FOIP. Updated 7 March 2023. 18 When relying on this provision, the local authority should ensure the publicly available record is the record or information being requested by an applicant. Further, applicants should not be required to compile small pieces of information from a variety of sources to obtain a complete version of a record that could be disclosed.37 Information Services Corporation (ISC) Information Services Corporation (ISC) oversees several public registries for the Government of Saskatchewan. Subsection 2(1)(a) of The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act establishes the relationship between the Government of Saskatchewan and a “contractor”: 2(1) In this Act: (a) “contractor” means, with respect to a public registry statute, a person with whom the minister has entered into a service agreement; ISC is a “contractor” as defined above. However, ownership of the information in the registries remains with the Government of Saskatchewan as per subsection 11(1) of The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act which provides: 11(1) All information and records in the registries are the property of the Government of Saskatchewan. The Ministry of Justice is the administrator of The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act and has established the Office of Public Registry Administration within the ministry. A summary of The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act is as follows: The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act: • Created the Office of Public Registry Administration. • Allowed the Government of Saskatchewan to enter into a service agreement with a business corporation, Information Services Corporation (ISC), to operate and manage the public registries on behalf of the Government. • Maintained Government ownership of all registry data. • Continued Government guarantee of title and assurance coverage for certain 37 ON IPC Order MO-3191-F at [86], [87] and [88].
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