Fees for Records Regulations

4 (1) A person referred to in section 3 who requests that a copy of a document be made shall pay

• (a) an application fee of $5.00 at the time the request is made; and

• (b) where applicable, a fee for reproduction of a document or part thereof to be calculated in accordance with the following:

  • (i) for photocopying a page, $0.20 per page,

  • (ii) for microfiche duplication (non-silver), $0.40 per fiche,

  • (iii) for 16 mm microfilm duplication (non-silver), $12.00 per 30.5 m roll,

  • (iv) for 35 mm microfilm duplication (non-silver), $14.00 per 30.5 m roll,

  • (v) for microform to paper duplication, $0.25 per page, and

  • (vi) for magnetic tape-to-tape duplication, $25.00 per 731.5 m reel.

(2) Where the document in respect of which a request is made pursuant to subsection (1) is a non-computerized record, an officer may require, in addition to the application fee prescribed by paragraph (1)(a), payment of a fee in the amount of $2.50 per person for each quarter hour in excess of five hours that is spent by the person on searching for the document and on preparation.

(3) Where a copy of the document in respect of which a request is made pursuant to subsection (1) is produced from a machine readable record, an officer may require, in addition to any other fees prescribed in this section, payment of a fee for the cost of production and programming calculated in accordance with the following:

• (a) $16.50 per minute for the cost of the central processor and all locally attached devices; and

• (b) $5.00 per person for each quarter hour that is spent by that person on programming a computer.