Access to Information Act
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 70 — Duties and functions of designated Minister
Subject to subsection (2), the designated Minister shall cause to be kept under review the manner in which records under the control of government institutions are maintained and managed to ensure…
Section 71 — Governor in Council
The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing limitations in respect of the format in which records are to be provided under subsection 4(2.1); prescribing limitations in respect of…
Section 71.01 — Definition of quarter
In sections 71.02 to 71.14, quarter means a three-month period that begins on the first day of January, April, July or October.
Section 71.02 — Travel expenses
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel expenses incurred by a Senator are reimbursed, the Speaker of the Senate shall cause to be published on the Senate’s website the…
Section 71.03 — Hospitality expenses
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which any expenses incurred by a Senator for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the Speaker of the Senate shall cause to be published on the…
Section 71.04 — Contracts
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which a contract is entered into by a Senator with respect to Senate business, including a contract for professional, technical or administrative…
Section 71.05 — Travel expenses
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel expenses incurred by a member of the House of Commons are reimbursed, the Speaker of the House of Commons shall cause to be published…
Section 71.06 — Hospitality expenses
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which any expenses incurred by a member of the House of Commons for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the Speaker of the House of Commons shall…
Section 71.07 — Contracts
Within 90 days after the end of the quarter in which a contract is entered into by a member of the House of Commons with respect to House of Commons business, including a contract for professional,…
Section 71.08 — Definition of head of a parliamentary entity
In sections 71.09 to 71.11, head of a parliamentary entity means in respect of any administrative unit of the Senate — including a business sector, an operational division or a directorate — the…
Section 71.09 — Travel expenses
Within 60 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel expenses incurred by an employee of a parliamentary entity are reimbursed, the head of the parliamentary entity shall cause to be…
Section 71.1 — Hospitality expenses
Within 60 days after the end of the quarter in which any expenses incurred by an employee of a parliamentary entity for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the head of the parliamentary entity…
Section 71.11 — Contracts over $10,000
Within 60 days after the end of the quarter in which a contract that is in relation to the activities of a parliamentary entity and that has a value of more than $10,000 is entered into, the head of…
Section 71.12 — Parliamentary privilege
Sections 71.02 to 71.11 do not apply to any of the information or any part of the information referred to in those sections if the Speaker of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Commons, as…
Section 71.13 — Security of persons, infrastructure and goods
The Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Commons or the person or committee designated for the purposes of paragraph 71.08(a), as applicable, is not required to cause to be published…
Section 71.14 — Final decision
A determination by the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Commons or a delegate of either Speaker that a publication may constitute a breach of parliamentary privilege or could…
Section 72 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in sections 73 to 80 . minister includes the Prime Minister and any Minister of State or Associate Minister. ( ministre ) ministerial adviser has the same meaning as…
Section 72.1
[Repealed, 2019, c. 18, s. 37]
Section 73 — Mandate letters
The Prime Minister shall cause to be published in electronic form any letter or revised letter in which he or she establishes the mandate of any other minister within 30 days after the issuance of…
Section 74 — Briefing materials
A minister shall cause to be published in electronic form within 120 days after the appointment of the minister, the package of briefing materials that is prepared for the minister by a government…
Section 75 — Travel expenses
Within 30 days after the end of the month in which any travel expenses incurred by a minister, any of his or her ministerial advisers or any member of his or her ministerial staff are reimbursed, the…
Section 76 — Hospitality expenses
Within 30 days after the end of the month in which any expenses incurred by a minister, any of his or her ministerial advisers or any member of his or her ministerial staff for a hospitality activity…
Section 77 — Contracts over $10,000
Within 30 days after the end of each of the first three quarters and within 60 days after the end of each fourth quarter, a minister shall cause to be published in electronic form the following…
Section 78 — Expense reports
Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a minister shall cause to be published in electronic form a report of all expenses that were incurred by his or her office and were paid out of the…
Section 79 — Form of publications
The designated Minister shall specify the form of the publications referred to in sections 74 to 78 . The designated Minister may cause to be established directives and guidelines concerning the…
Section 80 — Publication not required
A minister is not required to cause to be published any of the information, any part of the information, any of the materials or any part of the materials referred to in any of sections 74 to 78 if…
Section 81 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in sections 82 to 90 . government entity means a government institution that is a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act , a division or…
Section 82 — Travel expenses
Within 30 days after the end of the month in which any travel expenses incurred by a senior officer or employee of a government institution are reimbursed, the head of the government institution…
Section 83 — Hospitality expenses
Within 30 days after the end of the month in which any expenses incurred by a senior officer or employee of a government institution for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the head of the…
Section 84 — Reports tabled in Parliament
Within 30 days after the day on which it is tabled, the head of a government institution shall cause to be published in electronic form any report of the government institution respecting its…
Section 85 — Reclassification of positions
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which there is a reclassification of an occupied position in a government institution that is a department named in Schedule I to the Financial…
Section 86 — Contracts over $10,000
Within 30 days after the end of each of the first three quarters and within 60 days after the end of each fourth quarter, the head of a government entity shall cause to be published in electronic…
Section 87 — Grants and contributions over $25,000
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which an agreement or arrangement is entered into with respect to a grant or contribution that is in relation to the activities of a government entity,…
Section 88 — Briefing materials
The head of a government entity shall cause to be published in electronic form within 120 days after the appointment of a deputy head or a person to a position of an equivalent rank, the package of…
Section 89 — Form of publications
The designated Minister shall specify the form of the publications referred to in sections 82 to 88 . The designated Minister may cause to be established directives and guidelines concerning the…
Section 90 — Publication not required
A head of a government institution is not required to cause to be published any of the information, any part of the information, any of the materials or any part of the materials referred to in any…
Section 90.01 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in sections 90.02 to 90.24 . Chief Administrator means the Chief Administrator of the Courts Administration Service. ( administrateur en chef ) Commissioner means the…
Section 90.02 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in this section and sections 90.03 to 90.09 . Deputy Registrar means the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court. ( registraire adjoint ) Office of the Registrar of the…
Section 90.03 — Travel expenses — Registrar and Deputy Registrar
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel expenses incurred by the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar are reimbursed, the Registrar shall cause to be published in electronic form…
Section 90.04 — Hospitality expenses — Registrar and Deputy Registrar
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any expenses incurred by the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the Registrar shall cause to be…
Section 90.05 — Contracts over $10,000
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which a contract that is in relation to the activities of the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court and that has a value of more than $10,000 is…
Section 90.06 — Incidental expenditures — judges
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any incidental expenditure incurred by any judge of the Supreme Court is reimbursed under subsection 27(1) of the Judges Act , the Registrar shall…
Section 90.07 — Representational allowances — judges
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel or other expenses incurred by any judge of the Supreme Court or his or her spouse or common-law partner are reimbursed under subsection…
Section 90.08 — Travel allowances — judges
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any moving, transportation, travel or other expenses incurred by any judge of the Supreme Court are reimbursed under section 34 of the Judges Act…
Section 90.09 — Conference allowances — judges
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel or other expenses incurred by any judge of the Supreme Court are reimbursed under section 41 of the Judges Act as a conference…
Section 90.1 — Definition of Service
In sections 90.11 to 90.13 , Service means the Courts Administration Service.
Section 90.11 — Travel expenses — Chief Administrator and deputies
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any travel expenses incurred by the Chief Administrator or any Deputy Chief Administrator are reimbursed, the Chief Administrator shall cause to…
Section 90.12 — Hospitality expenses — Chief Administrator and deputies
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which any expenses incurred by the Chief Administrator or any Deputy Chief Administrator for a hospitality activity are reimbursed, the Chief…
Section 90.13 — Contracts over $10,000
Within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which a contract that is in relation to the activities of the Service and that has a value of more than $10,000 is entered into, the Chief Administrator…
Section 90.14 — Definitions
The following definitions apply in sections 90.15 to 90.21 . judge means a judge of a superior court other than the Supreme Court of Canada. ( juge ) Office means the Office of the Commissioner for…