Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 18 Oct 2023. 104 Section 16: Advice from Officials Advice from officials 16(1) Subject to subsection (2), a head may refuse to give access to a record that could reasonably be expected to disclose: (a) advice, proposals, recommendations, analyses or policy options developed by or for the local authority; (b) consultations or deliberations involving officers or employees of the local authority; (c) positions, plans, procedures, criteria or instructions developed for the purpose of contractual or other negotiations by or on behalf of the local authority, or considerations that relate to those negotiations; (d) plans that relate to the management of personnel or the administration of the local authority and that have not yet been implemented; or (e) information, including the proposed plans, policies or projects of the local authority, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to result in disclosure of a pending policy or budgetary decision. (2) This section does not apply to a record that: (a) has been in existence for more than 25 years; (b) is an official record that contains a statement of the reasons for a decision that is made in the exercise of a discretionary power or an adjudicative function; (c) is the result of product or environmental testing carried out by or for a local authority, unless the testing was conducted: (i) as a service to a person, a group of persons or an organization other than the local authority, and for a fee; or (ii) as preliminary or experimental tests for the purpose of: (A) developing methods of testing; or (B) testing products for possible purchase; (d) is a statistical survey; (e) is the result of background research of a scientific or technical nature undertaken in connection with the formulation of a policy proposal; or (f) is: (i) an instruction or guide-line issued to the officers or employees of a local authority; or
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