BILL
NUMBER		 TITLE DATE
INTRODUCED
M204 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF
PRIVACY AMENDMENT ACT, 2023
(First Reading) 		Feb. 8/23

Commencement:
2 This Act comes into force on the date of 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.

BILL M204 – 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:

1 Section 75 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is repealed.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