The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-040 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to https://www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/reports/.
| Report: | A-2024-040 |
| Report Date: | September 16, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Executive Council |
| Summary: | The Complainant clarified an earlier access request to the Executive Council for records related to four Orders in Council. The Executive Council located responsive records, but determined that they fell under a mandatory exception to access at section 27 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Clerk of the Executive Council further considered whether the public interest ought to override this mandatory exception to access, per subsection 27(3) of the Act, but determined against such an override and the Public Body refused to release the records. The Commissioner agreed with the Executive Council and recommended that it continue to withhold the records. |
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