Guide to LA FOIP-Chapter-5

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 5, Third Party Information. Updated 22 February 2023. 91 notice was issued. However, the section 37 notice issued by Health to the applicant appeared to contain all the required elements for a section 7 decision. The Commissioner determined that there was nothing in FOIP that prevented a government institution from combining its section 7 decision with its section 37 response. The Commissioner indicated that procedurally, this process makes sense as the applicant can end up requesting a review within 20 days, as the applicant did in this case, before the final section 7 decision is issued. Subsection 36(2) Decision 36(2) A notice given pursuant to clause (1)(b) is to include: (a) a statement that the third party and applicant are entitled to request a review pursuant to section 38 within 20 days after the notice is given; and (b) in the case of a decision to give access, a statement that the applicant will be given access to the record or to the part of it specified unless, within 20 days after the notice is given, the third party requests a review pursuant to section 38. When the local authority has made the decision on access to the record, written notice is sent to both the applicant and the third party and should contain the following: 1) Local authority decides to deny access. The notices must: • State that the local authority has decided to deny access to the record in full or in part; and • Include information about the applicant’s right to request a review by the Commissioner within one year of the notice of decision being given pursuant to section 38 of LA FOIP. 2) Local authority decides to give full or partial access. The notices must: • State that the local authority has decided to grant full or partial access to the record; and

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