Regulatory Initiative: Amendments to Current Schedules to the Access to Information Regulations and Privacy Regulations (Investigate Bodies) - Forward Regulatory Plan 2012-2014

Title or working title of the regulatory initiative:

Amendments to Current Schedules to the Access to Information Regulations and Privacy Regulations (Investigate Bodies)

Description of the objective:

This amendment is necessary to strengthen the capacity of federal departments and agencies to collect and share intelligence with other federal institutions and agencies, and to protect certain information in response to an access request presented under either Act.

This proposal would amend schedules to the Acts to reflect accurate names of investigative bodies that have gone through organizational changes.

Enabling authority:

ss. 77(1)(f) of the Access to Information Act
ss. 77(1)(d) of the Privacy Act 

Indication of business impacts:

There are no expected business impacts.

Public consultation opportunities:

The main stakeholders, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC), were consulted in writing by the Department of Justice on June 14, 2011.

This was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on May 12, 2012, followed by a 30-day comments period.

Departmental contact:

Denis Kratchanov, Director and General Counsel
Information Law and Privacy Section, Department of Justice
East Memorial Building
284 Wellington Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H8
Tel.: 613-957-4624
denis.kratchanov@justice.gc.ca

For more information

• The Cabinet Directive on Regulatory Management
• The Red Tape Reduction Action Plan
• The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council

To learn about upcoming or ongoing consultations on proposed federal regulations, visit the Canada Gazette and Consulting with Canadians websites.