Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 52 (ii) an Act of the Parliament of Canada or a regulation made pursuant to an Act of the Parliament of Canada; or (iii) a resolution or bylaw; … (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to 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. Subsection 14(1)(b) of LA FOIP is a discretionary harm-based exemption. It permits refusal of access in situations where release of a record could be injurious to the enforcement of an Act or regulation provincially or federally or a resolution or bylaw. The following two-part test can be applied: 1. Which Act, regulation, resolution or bylaw is being enforced? The main question is under which power was the enforcement conducted. If the local authority cannot advance any Acts or regulations in force in any part of Canada under which the enforcement was conducted, the exemption cannot be claimed.191 Enforcement is the act or process of compelling compliance with a law, mandate, command, decree or agreement.192 An Act or a regulation means an Act of the Legislature together with any regulations issued thereunder and includes an Ordinance of the Northwest Territories in force in Saskatchewan.193 191 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, Investigator’s Guide to Interpreting the ATIA, https://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/investigators-guide-interpreting-act/section-16-law-enforcementinvestigations-security, accessed on June 14, 2019. Definition relied on in SK OIPC Review Report F2014-001 at [127]. 192 Garner, Bryan A., 2009. Black’s Law Dictionary, Deluxe 10th Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group at p. 645. 193 See subsection 2-29 of The Legislation Act, S.S. 2019, Chapter L-10.2.
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