Difference between revisions of "Privacy or Access to Information for Public Complaints (5:IV)"

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:'''NOTE:''' The public body to which a request is made may charge to provide a copy of the record and its shipping and handling, and for the time spent locating the record and preparing it for disclosure (''FIPPA'', s 75(1)). They cannot charge, however, for the first 3 hours spent locating and retrieving a record and time spent severing information (s 75(2)). Likewise, these fees do not apply to a request for the applicant’s own personal information (s 75(3)). If a request for payment is made, send a letter explaining that the fee should be waived because: <BR>
:'''NOTE:''' The public body to which a request is made may charge to provide a copy of the record and its shipping and handling, and for the time spent locating the record and preparing it for disclosure (''FIPPA'', s 75(1)). They cannot charge, however, for the first 3 hours spent locating and retrieving a record and time spent severing information (s 75(2)). Likewise, these fees do not apply to a request for the applicant’s own personal information (s 75(3)). If a request for payment is made, send a letter explaining that the fee should be waived because:<BR>
 
:(i) you cannot afford payment (s 75(5)(a));<BR>
:(i) you cannot afford payment (s 75(5)(a));<BR>
:(ii) it is fair to excuse payment (s 75(5)(a)), or;<BR>
:(ii) it is fair to excuse payment (s 75(5)(a)), or;<BR>
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