Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter3, Access to Records. Updated 5 May 2023. 172 The Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan consists of a Chief Justice, an Associate Chief Justice and currently 36296 other judges. Each King’s Bench judge is assigned to a specific judicial centre, but because the Court is an itinerant297 court, the judges also travel to and sit in other judicial centres.298 In Saskatchewan, there are court locations in: • Battleford • Estevan • La Ronge • Meadow Lake • Melfort • Moose Jaw • Prince Albert • Regina • Saskatoon • Swift Current • Weyburn • Yorkton When the Commissioner concludes a review, an applicant, individual or third party can appeal the decision of the head of the local authority to the Court of King’s Bench. The steps for this are as follows:299 1. The Commissioner issues report with recommendations. 2. The head of the local authority has 30 days from the date of the Commissioner’s report to make a decision in regard to the Commissioner’s recommendations or any other decision the head decides. The head’s decision must be sent to the applicant (if 296 Courts of Saskatchewan at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/court-of-queen-sbench/judges. Accessed February 4, 2020. 297 “Itinerate” (of a judge) means to travel on a circuit for the purpose of holding court - Garner, Bryan A., 2019. Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 997. 298 Courts of Saskatchewan at https://sasklawcourts.ca/index.php/home/court-of-queen-sbench/judges. See also The Queen's Bench Act, 1998, RSS c Q-1.01 at s. 4. 299 Modified from SK OIPC Resource, Guide to Appealing the Decision of a Head of a Government Institution, or a Local Authority, or a Health Trustee. Available at https://oipc.sk.ca/assets/guide-toappealing-to-the-decision-of-a-head.pdf.
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