Guide to Submissions

Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. A Guide to Submissions. Effective Sept. 2020. Updated Dec. 2022. 27 or HIPA. You may wish to refer to the tests outlined in the Guide to FOIP (Chapter 4), Guide to LA FOIP (Chapter 4) or Guide to HIPA to support your arguments. 5. Records at issue If since you requested a review by the Commissioner’s office, you have received additional records or no longer are interested in receiving certain records, please indicate that here. 6. Reasons why the search was inadequate If you believe the public body/trustee has missed locating records, give reasons why you believe there are more records that exist or why you believe the public body/trustee did not do an adequate search. Providing supporting evidence is helpful, such as emails or other documents that show the likelihood of the existence of the record requested. You may also wish to refer to or cite the IPC Guide to FOIP (Chapter 3), IPC Guide to LA FOIP (Chapter 3) or IPC Guide to HIPA. 7. Reasons why the fee is too high If a fee was charged, reasons why you think the fee was too high. For example, perhaps the number of records calculated by the public body/trustee is not what was requested. See section 6 of the FOIP Regulations, section 5 of the LA FOIP Regulations and section 39 of HIPA. You may also wish to refer to or cite the Guide to FOIP (Chapter 3), Guide to LA FOIP (Chapter 3) or Guide to HIPA. 8. Reasons why the fee should be waived If you did request a waiver of fees, give reasons why you believe the fee should be waived, including documents showing your financial position. See section 9 of the FOIP Regulations and section 8 of the LA FOIP Regulations. You may also wish to refer to or cite the Guide to FOIP (Chapter 3), Guide to LA FOIP (Chapter 3) or Guide to HIPA. Attach any documents you provided to the public body/trustee to support your request to waive the fee. 9. Conclusion Optional, an opportunity to focus the Commissioner’s office on the important issues.

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