Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 51 by the investigating body to qualify but can be referred to another body to impose the penalty or sanction (e.g., RCMP).187 Prevention means the stopping of something, especially something bad, from happening; to hinder or impede.188 In the context of subsection 14(1)(a.1) of LA FOIP, it means the stopping of an act or omission that might constitute a terrorist activity. Omission means a failure to do something.189 Terrorist activity is defined at section 83.01 of the Criminal Code of Canada. It includes, for example, an act or omission that is committed in or outside Canada that is committed in whole or in part for a political, religious, or ideological purpose, objective, or cause.190 When there is a review by the IPC, the local authority is invited to provide a submission (arguments). The local authority should describe the harm in detail to support the application of the provision. Local authorities should not assume that the harm is self-evident on the face of the records. A local authority cannot rely on subsection 14(1)(a.1) of LA FOIP for a record that: a) Provides a general outline of the structure or programs of a law enforcement agency; or b) Reports, by means of statistical analysis or otherwise, on the degree of success achieved in a law enforcement program (see subsection 14(2) of LA FOIP). Subsection 14(1)(b) Law enforcement and investigations 14(1) A head may refuse to give access to a record, the release of which could: … (b) be injurious to the enforcement of: (i) an Act or a regulation; or 187 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4, p. 146. 188 Garner, Bryan A., 2009. Black’s Law Dictionary, Deluxe 10th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1380. 189 Garner, Bryan A., 2009. Black’s Law Dictionary, Deluxe 10th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 1260. 190 Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46, Subsection 83.01(b)(i)(A).
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