Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1)

Marginal note:Confidentiality

• 119 (1) Any Indigenous knowledge that is provided to the Minister, the Agency, a committee referred to in section 92, 93 or 95 or a review panel under this Act in confidence is confidential and must not knowingly be, or be permitted to be, disclosed without written consent.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Despite subsection (1), the Indigenous knowledge referred to in that subsection may be disclosed if

  • (a) it is publicly available;

  • (b) the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of procedural fairness and natural justice or for use in legal proceedings; or

  • (c) the disclosure is authorized in the prescribed circumstances.

• Marginal note:Consultation

  (2.1) Before disclosing Indigenous knowledge under paragraph 2(b) for the purposes of procedural fairness and natural justice, the Minister, the Agency, the committee or the review panel, as the case may be, must consult the person or entity who provided the Indigenous knowledge and the person or entity to whom it is proposed to be disclosed about the scope of the proposed disclosure and potential conditions under subsection (3).

• Marginal note:Further disclosure

  (3) The Minister, the Agency, the committee or the review panel, as the case may be, may, having regard to the consultation referred to in subsection (2.1), impose conditions with respect to the disclosure of Indigenous knowledge by any person or entity to whom it is disclosed under paragraph (2)(b) for the purposes of procedural fairness and natural justice.

• Marginal note:Duty to comply

  (4) The person or entity referred to in subsection (3) must comply with any conditions imposed under that subsection.