Office of the Information Commissioner: Access to Information Act : Section

Access to
Information Act

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Sections 1 to 77

Schedule I - Government Institutions subject to the Act

Schedule II - Section 24,
Statutory Prohibitions

Extension Order, No. 1 to right of access

Sections 3 and 8 of the Privacy Act

Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

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REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL COURT

Costs

53. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the costs of and incidental to all proceedings in the Court under this Act shall be in the discretion of the Court and shall follow the event unless the Court orders otherwise.

Idem

(2) Where the Court is of the opinion that an application for review under section 41 or 42 has raised an important new principle in relation to this Act, the Court shall order that costs be awarded to the applicant even if the applicant has not been successful in the result. R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s.53.

References to specific sections, subsections, paragraphs, and/or subparagraphs in the Access to Information Act:

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References in Reports:

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