Access to Information Act

Marginal note:Information obtained in confidence

• 13 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that was obtained in confidence from

  • (a) the government of a foreign state or an institution thereof;

  • (b) an international organization of states or an institution thereof;

  • (c) the government of a province or an institution thereof;

  • (d) a municipal or regional government established by or pursuant to an Act of the legislature of a province or an institution of such a government; or

  • (e) an aboriginal government.

• Marginal note:Where disclosure authorized

  (2) The head of a government institution may disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information described in subsection (1) if the government, organization or institution from which the information was obtained

  • (a) consents to the disclosure; or

  • (b) makes the information public.

• Marginal note:Definition of “aboriginal government”

  (3) The expression aboriginal government in paragraph (1)(e) means Nisga’a Government, as defined in the Nisga’a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga’a Final Agreement Act.