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An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 18)

Assented to 2019-06-21

R.S., c. A-1Access to Information Act (continued)

Terminological Changes

Marginal note:Replacement of “this Act”

39 The Act is amended by replacing “this Act” with “this Part” in the following provisions:

  • (a) subsections 4(1) and (3);

  • (b) subsections 10(1) and (3);

  • (c) section 25;

  • (d) the portion of subsection 30(1) before paragraph (a), paragraphs 30(1)(a) and (f) and subsections 30(2) and (3);

  • (e) section 32;

  • (f) section 34;

  • (g) subsections 36(1) and (3);

  • (h) section 41;

  • (i) paragraph 47(1)(a);

  • (j) section 49;

  • (k) subsection 53(2);

  • (l) section 62;

  • (m) subparagraphs 63(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and paragraph 63(1)(b);

  • (n) the portion of section 64 before paragraph (b);

  • (o) sections 65 and 66;

  • (p) subsection 67(1);

  • (q) subsection 67.1(1);

  • (r) sections 68.1 and 68.2;

  • (s) subsection 69(1);

  • (t) section 69.1; and

  • (u) paragraph 70(1)(a).

Marginal note:Replacement of “this or any other Act”

40 The Act is amended by replacing “this or any other Act” with “this Part or under any other Act” in the following provisions:

  • (a) subsections 55(1) and (2);

  • (b) subsection 57(2);

  • (c) subsections 58(1) and (2);

  • (d) the portion of subsection 59(1) before paragraph (a) and subsection 59(3); and

  • (e) section 61.

Marginal note:Replacement of “this Act”

41 The English version of the Act is amended by replacing “this Act” with “this Part” in the following provisions:

  • (a) paragraphs 5(1)(b) and (d) and subsection 5(3);

  • (a.1) section 7;

  • (b) subsection 8(1);

  • (c) subsection 9(1);

  • (d) section 12;

  • (e) subsections 13(1) and (2);

  • (f) section 14;

  • (g) subsection 15(1);

  • (h) subsections 16(1) to (3);

  • (i) subsection 16.1(1);

  • (j) subsection 16.2(1);

  • (k) sections 16.3 and 16.31;

  • (l) subsection 16.4(1);

  • (m) sections 16.5 to 18;

  • (n) subsection 18.1(1);

  • (o) subsection 19(2);

  • (p) subsections 20(1), (3) and (6);

  • (q) sections 20.1 to 20.4;

  • (r) subsection 21(1);

  • (s) section 22;

  • (t) subsection 22.1(1);

  • (u) subsection 24(1);

  • (v) subsections 27(1) and (4);

  • (w) subsections 28(3) and (4);

  • (x) subsection 29(1);

  • (y) section 31;

  • (z) section 33;

  • (z.1) subsection 35(1) and the portion of subsection 35(2) before paragraph (a);

  • (z.2) subsections 37(1), (2) and (5);

  • (z.3) subsection 39(2);

  • (z.4) section 42;

  • (z.5) subsection 43(1);

  • (z.6) subsections 44(1) and (2);

  • (z.7) paragraph 47(1)(b);

  • (z.8) section 48;

  • (z.9) section 50;

  • (z.10) subsection 53(1); and

  • (z.11) paragraph 64(b).

Transitional Amendments

Marginal note:Same meaning

42 The words and expressions used in sections 43 to 45 have the same meaning as in the Access to Information Act.

Marginal note:Declining to act on request

43 The head of a government institution may decline to act on a person’s request for access to a record under subsection 6.1(1) of the Access to Information Act only if that request is made on or after the day on which section 6 of this Act comes into force.

Marginal note:Refusing or ceasing to investigate complaint

44 The Information Commissioner may refuse or cease to investigate a complaint under subsection 30(4) of the Access to Information Act only if that complaint is made on or after the day on which section 13 of this Act comes into force.

Marginal note:Power to make order

45 The Information Commissioner may make an order under subsection 36.1(1) of the Access to Information Act only in respect of a complaint that is made on or after the day on which section 16 of this Act comes into force.

Marginal note:Non-application of Part 2

46 A provision of Part 2 of the Access to Information Act that requires the publication of any information or any materials does not apply to

  • (a) any expenses or expenditures that were incurred before the coming into force of that provision;

  • (b) any contract, agreement or arrangement that was entered into before that date;

  • (c) any letter that, before that date, established the mandate of a minister;

  • (d) any briefing materials, memoranda or question period notes that were prepared before that date;

  • (e) any report that was tabled in the Senate or the House of Commons before that date; or

  • (f) any occupied position in a government institution that was reclassified before that date.

R.S., c. P-21Privacy Act

47 The definition personal information in section 3 of the Privacy Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (j):

  • (j.1) the fact that an individual is or was a ministerial adviser or a member of a ministerial staff, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act, as well as the individual’s name and title;

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