Guide to LA FOIP-Chapter 6

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Guide to LA FOIP, Chapter 6, Protection of Privacy. Updated 27 February 2023. 180 IPC Findings As of the issuing of this Chapter, the Commissioner has not considered this provision in a Report yet. This section will be updated accordingly when it is considered. Subsection 28(2)(g) Disclosure of personal information 28(2) Subject to any other Act or regulation, personal information in the possession or under the control of a local authority may be disclosed: … (g) to a prescribed law enforcement agency or a prescribed investigative body: (i) on the request of the law enforcement agency or investigative body; (ii) for the purpose of enforcing a law of Canada or a province or territory or carrying out a lawful investigation; and (iii) if any prescribed requirements are met; Subsection 28(2)(g) of LA FOIP permits a local authority to disclose personal information without consent to a “prescribed” law enforcement agency or “prescribed” investigative body where the enumerated circumstances exist at subsections 28(2)(g)(i) through (iii) of LA FOIP. Section 9 of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulations (LA FOIP Regulations) defines the bodies that are considered law enforcement agencies and investigative bodies for purposes of subsection 28(2)(g) of LA FOIP. The list is extensive and includes subsections 9(a) through (aa) of the LA FOIP Regulations. The purpose of this provision is to assist law enforcement or investigative bodies. Subsection 28(2)(g) of LA FOIP requires that the law enforcement agency or investigative body be “prescribed”. Subsection 2(i) of LA FOIP provides: 2 In this Act: … (i) “prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations;

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