Access to Information Act (Canada)

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Canadian federal statute freedom of information law

The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Access to Information Act (Canada) canonical	2
Access to Information Act	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal statute ⓘ freedom of information law ⓘ
abbreviation	ATIA ⓘ
administeredBy	Treasury Board of Canada ⓘ surface form: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
allows	extensions of time limits in specific circumstances ⓘ
appliesTo	federal government institutions ⓘ
cameIntoForceDate	1983-07-01 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	access request procedures ⓘ complaint mechanisms ⓘ exclusions from the Act ⓘ exemptions to disclosure ⓘ fees for access requests ⓘ grounds for refusing access ⓘ investigations by the Information Commissioner ⓘ judicial review by the Federal Court ⓘ time limits for responding to access requests ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	provincial government institutions ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
exclusionCategory	Cabinet confidences ⓘ library or museum material ⓘ material placed in the National Archives by or on behalf of persons or organizations other than government institutions ⓘ published material ⓘ
exemptionCategory	confidential business information ⓘ international affairs ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ national security ⓘ personal information ⓘ
inspiredBy	freedom of information legislation in other democracies ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalRightGranted	right of access to records under the control of federal government institutions ⓘ
overseenBy	Information Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
partOf	Canadian access to information regime ⓘ
providesFor	appeal to the Federal Court ⓘ independent review of refusals by the Information Commissioner ⓘ
purpose	to make government more transparent and accountable ⓘ to provide a right of access to information in records under the control of government institutions ⓘ
relatedConcept	open government ⓘ
relatedTo	Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ
requires	federal institutions to assist requesters ⓘ federal institutions to respond to access requests within statutory time limits ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1982-07-07 ⓘ
shortName	Access to Information Act (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Access to Information Act
standardTimeLimit	30 days to respond to an access request ⓘ
subjectTo	specific exclusions ⓘ specific exemptions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canada Revenue Agency → follows → Access to Information Act (Canada) ⓘ

Privacy Act (Canada) → relatedTo → Access to Information Act (Canada) ⓘ

Access to Information Act (Canada) → shortName → Access to Information Act (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Access to Information Act