BILL NO. 39

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Private Member's Bill

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(amended)

Michel Samson
Richmond

First Reading:

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill amends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to prohibit the disclosure of the identity of an applicant except to the extent necessary to deal with a request for access to a record.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 7 of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1993, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, as amended by Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1999 (2nd Session), is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:

(1A) The head of a public body to which a request is made for access to a record, or any officer or employee of the public body, shall not disclose the identity of the applicant to any person except to the extent that disclosure is necessary for the request to be dealt with in accordance with this Act.