Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 4, Exemptions from the Right of Access. Updated 24 July 2025. 92 (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)(m) of LA FOIP is a discretionary class-based exemption. It permits refusal of access in situations where release of a record could reveal the security arrangements of particular vehicles, buildings or other structures or systems, including computer or communication systems, or methods employed to protect those vehicles, buildings, structures or systems. The following questions should be considered. However, note that only one of the questions needs to be answered in the affirmative for the exemption to apply. There may be circumstances where both questions apply and can be answered in the affirmative: 1. Could release reveal security arrangements (of particular vehicles, buildings, other structures or systems)? Section 14 of LA FOIP uses the word could versus “could reasonably be expected to” as seen in other provisions of LA FOIP. The threshold for could is somewhat lower than a reasonable expectation. The requirement for could is simply that the release of the information could have the specified result. There would still have to be a basis for the assertion. If it is fanciful or exceedingly remote, the exemption should not be invoked.348 For this provision to apply there must be objective grounds for believing that disclosing the information could reveal security arrangements of particular vehicles, buildings, other structures, or systems. Reveal means to make known; cause or allow to be seen.349 Security means a state of safety or physical integrity. The security of a building includes the safety of its inhabitants or occupants when they are present in it. Examples of information relating to security include methods of transporting or collecting cash in a transit system; plans for security systems in a building; patrol timetables or patterns for security personnel; and the access control mechanisms and configuration of a computer system.350 Security means sufficient security.351 348 SK OIPC Review Reports LA-2007-001 at [117], LA-2013-001 at [35], F-2014-001 at [149]. 349 Pearsall, Judy, Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th Edition at p. 1224 (Oxford University Press). 350 Service Alberta, FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition, Chapter 4 p. 155. 351 The Legislation Act, S.S. 2019, Chapter L-10.2 at ss. 2-29.
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