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Section 19 - Personal Information

The Provision:

    19(1) Subject to subsection (2), the head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act.

    19(2) The head of a government institution may disclose any record requested under this Act that contains personal information if

    (a) the individual to whom it relates consents to the disclosure;

    (b) the information is publicly available; or

    (c) the disclosure is in accordance with section 8 of the Privacy Act.
References to specific sections, subsections, paragraphs, and/or subparagraphs in the Access to Information Act:




   

Last Modified 2001-07-31

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