A-2.1 - Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information

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155. The Government may make regulations
(1)  prescribing fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or personal information, and the terms and conditions of payment of the fees, taking into account the policy established under section 26.5 of the Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (chapter E-20.1);
(2)  providing for total or partial exemption from the payment of fees under this Act;
(3)  defining what constitutes a document produced by or for another public body, for the purposes of section 48;
(3.1)  for the purposes of sections 16.1 and 63.2, prescribing information distribution rules and rules for the protection of personal information including, among other things, measures to promote access to information and the protection of personal information; those rules may identify the types of documents or information made accessible by law that a public body must distribute, having regard, in particular, to their interest for the purposes of public information; the rules may vary with the body referred to in sections 3 to 7 to which they apply;
(4)  exempting a public body from the obligation to establish the committee provided for in section 8.1 or modify a body’s obligations under that section according to criteria it defines;
(5)  determining the content and terms of the governance rules provided for in section 63.3;
(6)  determining the content and terms of the policy provided for in section 63.4;
(6.1)  determining the content and terms of the notices provided for in section 63.8;
(6.2)  determining the content of the register provided for in section 63.11;
(6.3)  for the purposes of section 73, determining the criteria and terms applicable to the anonymization of personal information;
(7)  designating, according to the standards provided for in the regulation and for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 28, the public bodies that must refuse to release or to confirm the existence of information obtained through their internal security service;
(8)  setting the fees payable for the acts performed by the Commission.
The Government, in exercising its power to make regulations, may establish categories of persons, public bodies, information, documents and files.
1982, c. 30, s. 155; 1990, c. 57, s. 39; 2006, c. 22, s. 101; 2021, c. 25, s. 67.
155. The Government may make regulations
(1)  prescribing fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or personal information, and the terms and conditions of payment of the fees, taking into account the policy established under section 26.5 of the Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (chapter E‐20.1);
(2)  providing for total or partial exemption from the payment of fees under this Act;
(3)  defining what constitutes a document produced by or for another public body, for the purposes of section 48;
(3.1)  for the purposes of sections 16.1 and 63.2, prescribing information distribution rules and rules for the protection of personal information including, among other things, measures to promote access to information and the protection of personal information; those rules may identify the types of documents or information made accessible by law that a public body must distribute, having regard, in particular, to their interest for the purposes of public information; the rules may vary with the body referred to in sections 3 to 7 to which they apply;
(4)  exempting a public body from the obligation to establish the committee provided for in section 8.1 or modify a body’s obligations under that section according to criteria it defines;
In force: 2023-09-22
(5)  determining the content and terms of the governance rules provided for in section 63.3;
(6)  determining the content and terms of the policy provided for in section 63.4;
(6.1)  determining the content and terms of the notices provided for in section 63.8;
(6.2)  determining the content of the register provided for in section 63.11;
In force: 2023-09-22
(6.3)  for the purposes of section 73, determining the criteria and terms applicable to the anonymization of personal information;
(7)  designating, according to the standards provided for in the regulation and for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 28, the public bodies that must refuse to release or to confirm the existence of information obtained through their internal security service;
(8)  setting the fees payable for the acts performed by the Commission.
The Government, in exercising its power to make regulations, may establish categories of persons, public bodies, information, documents and files.
1982, c. 30, s. 155; 1990, c. 57, s. 39; 2006, c. 22, s. 101; 2021, c. 25, s. 67.
155. The Government may make regulations
(1)  prescribing fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or personal information, and the terms and conditions of payment of the fees, taking into account the policy established under section 26.5 of the Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration (chapter E‐20.1);
(2)  providing for total or partial exemption from the payment of fees under this Act;
(3)  defining what constitutes a document produced by or for another public body, for the purposes of section 48;
(3.1)  for the purposes of sections 16.1 and 63.2, prescribing information distribution rules and rules for the protection of personal information including, among other things, measures to promote access to information and the protection of personal information; those rules may identify the types of documents or information made accessible by law that a public body must distribute, having regard, in particular, to their interest for the purposes of public information; the rules may provide for the establishment of a committee to be responsible for supporting the public body in carrying out its responsibilities, and entrust functions to persons other than the person in charge of access to documents or the protection of personal information; the rules may vary with the body referred to in sections 3 to 7 to which they apply;
(4)  (subparagraph repealed);
(5)  (subparagraph repealed);
(6)  (subparagraph repealed);
(7)  designating, according to the standards provided for in the regulation and for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 28, the public bodies that must refuse to release or to confirm the existence of information obtained through their internal security service;
(8)  setting the fees payable for the acts performed by the Commission.
The Government, in exercising its power to make regulations, may establish categories of persons, public bodies, information, documents and files.
1982, c. 30, s. 155; 1990, c. 57, s. 39; 2006, c. 22, s. 101.
155. The Government may make regulations
(1)  prescribing fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or nominative information, and the terms and conditions of payment of the fees;
(2)  providing for total or partial exemption from the payment of fees under this Act;
(3)  defining what constitutes a document produced by or for another public body, for the purposes of section 48;
(4)  prescribing the rules according to which the collection of nominative information must be made;
(5)  fixing appropriate security standards to ensure the confidentiality of the information entered in a personal information file;
(6)  prescribing the particulars to be given by the public bodies to the Commission in relation to their personal information files;
(7)  designating, according to the standards provided for in the regulation and for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 28, the public bodies that must refuse to release or to confirm the existence of information obtained through their internal security service.
The Government, in exercising its power to make regulations, may establish categories of persons, public bodies, information, documents and files.
1982, c. 30, s. 155; 1990, c. 57, s. 39.
155. The Government may make regulations
(1)  prescribing fees for the transcription, reproduction or transmission of documents or nominative information, and the terms and conditions of payment of the fees;
(2)  providing for total or partial exemption from the payment of fees under this Act;
(3)  defining what constitutes a document produced by or for another public body, for the purposes of section 48;
(4)  prescribing the rules according to which the collection of nominative information must be made;
(5)  fixing appropriate security standards to ensure the confidentiality of the information entered in a personal information file;
(6)  prescribing the particulars to be given by the public bodies to the Commission in relation to their personal information files.
The Government, in exercising its power to make regulations, may establish categories of persons, public bodies, information, documents and files.
1982, c. 30, s. 155.