BILL NO. 192

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008

Private Member's Bill

Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act

Bill Estabrooks
Timberlea-Prospect

First Reading: October 30, 2008

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill changes the application fee for obtaining access to a record under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act from $25 to $5.

1 Subsection 11(1) of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1993, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:

(1) An applicant who makes a request for access to a record pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 6 shall pay to the public body an application fee in the amount of five dollars.