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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OFFICE OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER
Delegation

Delegation by Information Commissioner

59. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Information Commissioner may authorize any person to exercise or perform, subject to such restrictions or limitations as the Commissioner may specify, any of the powers, duties or functions of the Commissioner under this or any other Act of Parliament except

(a) in any case other than a delegation to an Assistant Information Commissioner, the power to delegate under this section; and

(b) in any case, the powers, duties or functions set out in sections 38 and 39.

Delegations of investigations relating to international affairs and defence

(2) The Information Commissioner may not, nor may an Assistant Information Commissioner, delegate the investigation of any complaint resulting from a refusal by the head of a government institution to disclose a record or a part of a record by reason of paragraph 13(1)(a) or (b) or section 15 except to one of a maximum of four officers or employees of the Commissioner specifically designated by the Commissioner for the purpose of conducting those investigations.

Delegation by Assistant Information Commissioner

(3) An Assistant Information Commissioner may authorize any person to exercise or perform, subject to such restrictions or limitations as the Assistant Information Commissioner may specify, any of the powers, duties or functions of the Information Commissioner under this or any other Act of Parliament that the Assistant Information Commissioner is authorized by the Information Commissioner to exercise or perform. R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s.59.

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

References in Reports:

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