PART 1 -- Introductory Provisions

1. Definitions

2. Purposes of this Act

3. Scope of this Act

PART 2 -- Freedom of Information

Information Rights and How to Exercise Them

4. Information rights

5. How to make a request

6. Duty to assist applicants

7. Time limit for responding

8. Contents of response

9. How access will be given

10. Extending the time limit for responding

11. Transferring a request

12. Cabinet confidences

12.1 Local Public Body Confidences

13. Policy advice or recommendations

14. Legal advice

15. Disclosure harmful to law enforcement

16. Disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations or negotiations

17. Disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body

18. Disclosure harmful to the conservation of heritage sites, etc.

19. Disclosure harmful to individual or public safety

20. Information that will be published or released within 60 days

21. Disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party

22. Disclosure harmful to personal privacy

23. Notifying the third party

24. Time limit and notice of decision

25. Information must be disclosed if in the public interest

PART 3 -- Protection of Privacy

Collection, Protection and Retention of Personal Information by Public Bodies

26. Purpose for which personal information may be collected

27. How personal information is to be collected

28. Accuracy of personal information

29. Right to request correction of personal information

30. Protection of personal information

31. Retention of personal information

32. Use of personal information

33. Disclosure of personal information

34. Definition of consistent purposes

35. Disclosure for research or statistical purposes

36. Disclosure for archival or historical purposes

PART 4 -- Office and Powers of Information and Privacy Commissioner

37. Appointment of commissioner

38. Resignation, removal or suspension of commissioner

39. Acting commissioner

40. Salary, expenses and benefits of commissioner

41. Staff of commissioner

42. General powers of commissioner

43. Power to authorize a public body to disregard requests

44. Powers of commissioner in conducting investigations, audits or inquiries

45. Statements made to the commissioner not admissible in evidence

46. Protection against libel or slander actions

47. Restrictions on disclosure of information by the commissioner and staff

48. Protection of commissioner and staff

49. Delegation by commissioner

50. Role of Ombudsman

51. Annual report of commissioner

PART 5 -- Reviews and Complaints

Reviews by the Commissioner

52. Right to ask for a review

53. How to ask for a review

54. Notifying others of review

55. Mediation may be authorized

56. Inquiry by commissioner

57. Burden of proof

58. Commissioner's orders

59. Duty to comply with orders

60. Adjudicator to investigate complaints and review decisions

61. Powers, duties and protections of adjudicator

62. Right to ask for a review

63. How to ask for a review

64. Notifying others of review

65. Conduct and outcome of the review

PART 6 - General Provisions

66. Delegation by the head of a public body

67. Consultative committee

68. Annual report of minister

69. Freedom of information directory

70. Policy manuals available without request

71. Records available without request

72. Public record index

73. Protection of public body from legal suit

74. Offences and penalties

75. Fees

76. Power to make regulations

76.1 Power to make bylaws

77. Appropriation

78. Interim relationship to other Acts

79. Review of Act

79.1 Right to disclose preserved

80. Consequential Amendments

81. Commencement

Schedules

Schedule 1 - Definitions

Schedule 2 - Public Bodies

Schedule 3 - Governing Bodies of Professions or Occupations