Description
The number of exceptions to disclosure applied by the Alberta Government to requests for information through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Updated
May 15, 2015
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FOIP exceptions
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Date Modified
2015-05-15
Update Frequency
Annual
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Publisher
Service Alberta
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Topic
Start Date
2006-04-01
End Date
2011-03-31
Resource Dates
Date Created
2015-05-13
Date Added to catalogue
2015-05-13T19:23:23.934301
Date Issued
2013-05-28
Date Modified
2015-05-15
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Usage Considerations
Government departments, agencies, boards and commissions (provincial government bodies) routinely release information to the public. The FOIP Act is used only when information is not available through regular channels. Statistical reports of FOIP requests are submitted to the Policy and Governance branch of Service Alberta by all ministries including the Executive Council, the Legislative Assembly Office, the Office of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ethics Commissioner, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, and agencies, boards, and commissions designated in the FOIP Regulation. Statistics are compiled and reported on the fiscal year, which runs from April 1 to March 31 of the following year.Section 6(1) of the FOIP Act allows any person a right of access to records in the custody or under the control of a public body, including a record containing personal information about the individual requesting the information. This right of access does not apply to records that are excluded under section 4 of the Act or where a provision of other legislation takes precedence over the FOIP Act. The Act also establishes limited and specific exceptions to the right of access where disclosure would reveal certain categories of information or would result in harm to the Government of Alberta, the public body or a third party. These exceptions, which are either mandatory or discretionary, are set out in sections 16 to 29 of the Act and have specific criteria that need to be fulfilled before the exception may be applied.
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Policy and Governance