Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
August 25, 2010
Office of the Information and
Privacy Commissioner —
Report A-2010-012 Released
The Information
and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2010-012
under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of
Privacy Act. A summary of the Report is included below.
To view the Report in its entirety, please go to
www.oipc.nl.ca/accessreports.htm
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Report: |
A-2010-012 |
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Report Date: |
August 19, 2010 |
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Public Body: |
Town of
St. George's
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Summary: |
The Applicant applied to the Town of St. George's (the "Town") under the
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "ATIPPA")
for access to the recordings of the Town Council meetings of March 8 and
April 12, 2010. The Town refused access to these records, pursuant to
section 13 of the ATTIPA, stating the requests are repetitive.
The Commissioner determined that the minutes for each meeting are
separate and unique records and that the Town was incorrect in its
application of section 13 as there is no evidence that previous requests
for these records had been made. Further, the Commissioner did not
accept the Town's argument that these recordings need not be disclosed
because of their transitory nature. The Commissioner concluded that
because the request was made while the records were still in existence,
the Town should release them to the Applicant.
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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2010 08 25 10:15 p.m.
