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Legislation - The Rules of Procedure

The Rules of Procedure

On January 7, 2025, updated Rules of Procedure applicable to reviews and investigations under The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP) and The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) came into effect. These changes include the following:

  • The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) has some provisions on access to records. Check out Part 9.1.
  • Our legislation allows the commissioner to discontinue a review or investigation if certain circumstances exist. Check out Part 9.2.
  • We have tried to clarify the requirements for information when a public body claims solicitor-client privilege. Check out Part 9.0 in the Rules.
  • We have added some wording to 8-5(3) regarding confidentiality.

For a full copy of the updated Rules (effective January 7, 2025) in one document, or if you require an accessible pdf version, please click on the following link: Rules of Procedure (Please note that Part 9.1 and 9.2 have come into effect January 7, 2025).

To access the individual forms found in the Rules of Procedure, please click on the links below:

Form A
Form B
Form C
Form D
Form E

For referencing specific Parts of the updated Rules, please refer to the pdf above and select a specific Part. You may also refer to the flipbook below and navigate to the Part using the table of contents or search feature.

This document sets out the Rules of Procedure for reviews of complaints under section 49 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), section 38 of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP), section 42 of The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) and investigations under the Acts.

These procedures are established pursuant to section 45 of FOIP, which provides as follows:

General powers of commissioner
45 The commissioner may:

…

(d) determine the procedure to be followed in the exercise of the powers or
performance of any duties of the commissioner pursuant to this Act; and

**Please note that Part 9.1 and 9.2 have come into effect January 7, 2025**