Rules of Procedure

41 Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. The Rules of Procedure. Effective 1 Dec. 2018. Updated 16 Aug. 2023. 10-4 Parties to Application to Disregard (1) The parties to the application to disregard are the public body and the applicant. (2) The commissioner’s office will not consider the application to disregard received by the commissioner’s office 30 days after the date of the access to information request or request for correction, unless the commissioner’s office is satisfied there are extraordinary circumstances as to why the application is late. (3) The commissioner’s office will notify the applicant that the public body has applied to the commissioner to disregard the access to information request or the request for correction and the applicant may respond to the commissioner’s office within 10 days. 10-5 Commissioner’s Office will Make Inquiries In an application to disregard, the commissioner’s office will make inquiries of any person or organization it considers necessary, to do a complete and accurate analysis. 10-6 Priority of Application to Disregard The commissioner’s office will give applications to disregard priority in the office and all efforts will be taken to make inquiries, do the analysis and provide a decision within 30 days. 10-7 Form of Commissioner’s Response (1) The commissioner will issue a decision with reasons for the decision and a statement as to whether the application to disregard has been granted or refused. (2) The report with the decision of the commissioner will be sent to the head of the public body and FOIP Coordinator or designate(s) and the applicant. 10-8 Decision will be Posted Unless the commissioner directs otherwise, in seven days after the decision is sent to the parties, the decision will be: • Posted on the commissioner’s office website. • Forwarded to CanLll. • Forwarded to the Saskatchewan Legislative Library. • Forwarded to other commissioners or ombudsmen across Canada who are responsible for overseeing federal, provincial or territorial access or privacy legislation.

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