MR. ADAM OLSEN

BILL M 204 – 2023

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AMENDMENT ACT, 2023

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Explanatory Note Icon

CLAUSE 1: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 75] repeals the discretionary authority for the head of a public body to require an applicant to pay a prescribed application fee.

1 Section 75 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is repealed.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on Royal Assent.


Explanatory Note

CLAUSE 1: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 75] repeals the discretionary authority for the head of a public body to require an applicant to pay a prescribed application fee.