Coat of Arms

  Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
  Skip all menus (access key: 2) Skip first menu (access key: 1) Access to the first menu (access key: M)   
Français Contact Us Help Search Canada Site
Home Page About FAQ Links
What's New Site Map
Print
   
About the Commissioner
Access to Information Act
The grids
Annual Reports
News and Resources
Travel and other Expenses
spacer
   
Right to Know
 
Right to Know Live Webcast!
 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

Online Version: The version below is outdated and will be updated at a later date: Links to related material have been kept for convenience purposes only.

ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS

Requests for Access

Notice where access requested

7. Where access to a record is requested under this Act, the head of the government institution to which the request is made shall, subject to sections 8, 9 and 11, within thirty days after the request is received,

(a) give written notice to the person who made the request as to whether or not access to the record or a part thereof will be given; and

(b) if access is to be given, give the person who made the request access to the record or part thereof. R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 7.

References in Reports:



   

Last Modified 2009-08-27

Top of Page

Important Notices