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Statutes of Newfoundland 1996 CHAPTER 31 AN ACT TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF (Assented to December 19, 1996) Analysis FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1. S.10 Amdt. PRIVACY ACT 2. S.13 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RSN1990 cF-25 as amended 1. Subsection 10(2) of the Freedom of Information Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (d), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting a semicolon and the word "and" and by inserting immediately after that paragraph the following: (f) information regarding the criminal history of an individual which, in the opinion of the minister or his or her designate, it is in the public interest to disclose. PRIVACY ACT RSN1990 cP-22 as amended 2. The Privacy Act is amended by adding the following immediately after section 12: Action barred 13. No action lies against the minister or his or her designate under this Act as a result of the disclosure of information regarding the criminal history of a person which, in the opinion of the minister or his or her designate, it is in the public interest to disclose. ©Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |