Bill C-264
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22. Section 31 of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Written
complaint
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31. A complaint under this Act shall be
made to the Information Commissioner in
writing unless the Commissioner authorizes
otherwise and shall, where the complaint
relates to a request for access to a record, be
made within one year from the time when the
request for the record in respect of which the
complaint is made was received or within such
further time as the Commissioner may fix or
allow.
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23. Section 38 of the Act is renumbered as
subsection 38(1) and is amended by adding
the following:
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Naming
government
institutions
that fail to
take action
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(2) The Information Commissioner shall set
out in the annual report the name of every
government institution, if any, the head of
which, in the opinion of the Information
Commissioner, failed in the year, without
valid excuse, to take any action required by
this Act.
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Opportunity
to make
represen- tations
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(3) Before naming a government
institution, the Information Commissioner
shall provide the head of the government
institution with an opportunity to make
representations in respect of the failure to take
the required action.
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24. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 67:
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Obstructing
right of access
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67.1 (1) A person who wilfully obstructs
any person's right of access under this Act to
any record under the control of a government
institution is guilty of an offence.
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Defence
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(2) No person who destroys information in
accordance with the National Archives Act
commits an offence under subsection (1).
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Offence and
punishment
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(3) Every person who contravenes
subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable
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25. Paragraph 68(a) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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26. Section 69 of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Confidences
of the Queen's
Privy Council
for Canada
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69. (1) This Act does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada.
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Definitions
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(2) The definitions in this subsection apply
in this section.
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``confi- dences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada'' « renseigne- ments confidentiels du Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada »
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``confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada'' means any information that would
reveal the substance of deliberations
between ministers of the Crown in respect
of the making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy,
including decisions of Council before they
are implemented.
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``Council''
« Conseil »
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``Council'' means the Queen's Privy Council
for Canada, committees of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Cabinet and
committees of Cabinet.
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Exception
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada that have been in existence for more
than twenty years.
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27. Paragraph 77(1)(d) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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28. Schedule II of the Act is repealed.
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RELATED AMENDMENTS |
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R.S., c. C-5
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Canada Evidence Act |
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29. (1) Section 39 of the Canada Evidence
Act is replaced by the following:
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Objection
relating to a
confidence of
the Queen's
Privy Council
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39. (1) Where a minister of the Crown or the
Clerk of the Privy Council or, in the absence
of the Clerk, the Deputy Clerk of the Privy
Council objects to the disclosure of
information before a court, person or body
with jurisdiction to compel the production of
information by certifying in writing that the
information constitutes a confidence of the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada, disclosure
of the information shall be refused without
examination or hearing of the information by
the court, person or body.
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Definitions
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(2) The definitions in this subsection apply
in this section.
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``confi- dences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada'' « renseigne- ments confidentiels du Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada »
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``confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada'' means any information that would
reveal the substance of deliberations
between ministers of the Crown in respect
of the making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy,
including decisions of Council before they
are implemented.
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``Council'' « Conseil »
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``Council'' means the Queen's Privy Council
for Canada, committees of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Cabinet and
committees of Cabinet.
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Exception
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada that have been in existence for more
than twenty years.
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1992, c. 20
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Corrections and Conditional Release Act |
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30. Section 196 of the Corrections and
Conditional Release Act is replaced by the
following:
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Confidences
of the Queen's
Privy Council
for Canada
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196. (1) The powers of the Correctional
Investigator under sections 172, 173 and 174
do not apply with respect to confidences of the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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Definitions
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(2) The definitions in this subsection apply
in this section.
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``confi- dences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada'' « renseigne- ments confidentiels du Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada »
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``confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada'' means any information that would
reveal the substance of deliberations
between ministers of the Crown in respect
of the making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy,
including decisions of Council before they
are implemented.
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``Council'' « Conseil »
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``Council'' means the Queen's Privy Council
for Canada, committees of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Cabinet and
committees of Cabinet.
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Exception
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada that have been in existence for more
than twenty years.
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1987, c. 1
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National Archives Act |
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31. Section 2 of the National Archives Act
is amended by replacing the definition of
``record'' with the following:
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``record'' « document »
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``record'' includes any correspondence,
memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing,
diagram, pictorial or graphic work,
photograph, film, microform, sound
recording, videotape, machine readable
record, and any other recorded information ,
regardless of physical form or
characteristics or the medium in which it is
held, including material on which data is
recorded or marked and that is capable of
being read or understood by a person or a
computer system or other means, electronic
mail, electronic data interchange and
computer conferencing , and a copy of any
of these things ;
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R.S., c. P-1
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Parliament of Canada Act |
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32. The Parliament of Canada Act is
amended by adding the following after
section 4:
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Access to
information
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4.1 (1) The Senate, the House of Commons
and the Library of Parliament shall provide a
right of access to information in records under
their control respecting the financial
administration of those institutions.
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Application of
Access to
Information
Act
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the
Access to Information Act applies to the
Senate, the House of Commons and the
Library of Parliament as if, under subsection
2(1) of that Act,
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Limitation
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(3) For greater certainty, this section does
not apply to the Members of the Senate or the
House of Commons or their staffs.
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R.S., c. P-21
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Privacy Act |
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33. (1) Section 70 the Privacy Act is
replaced by the following:
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Confidences
of the Queen's
Privy Council
for Canada
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70. (1) This Act does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada.
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Definitions
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(2) The definitions in this subsection apply
in this section.
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``confi- dences of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada'' « renseigne- ments confidentiels du Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada »
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``confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada'' means any information that would
reveal the substance of deliberations
between ministers of the Crown in respect
of the making of government decisions or
the formulation of government policy,
including decisions of Council before they
are implemented.
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``Council'' « Conseil »
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``Council'' means the Queen's Privy Council
for Canada, committees of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Cabinet and
committees of Cabinet.
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Exception
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to
confidences of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada that have been in existence for more
than twenty years.
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