Acts and Regulations

O-5 - Ombud Act

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Repealed
19Repealed: 2007, c.56, s.9
1967, c.18, s.19; 1968, c.44, s.1; 1981, c.6, s.1; 2007, c.56, s.9
Repealed
19Repealed: 2007, c.56, s.9
1967, c.18, s.19; 1968, c.44, s.1; 1981, c.6, s.1; 2007, c.56, s.9
Information certified by Attorney General
19(1)Where the Attorney General certifies that the giving of any information or the answering of any question or the production of any document or paper may disclose
(a) deliberations of the Executive Council, or
(b) proceedings of the Executive Council or any committee of the Executive Council relating to matters of a secret or confidential nature and would be injurious to the public interest,
the Ombudsman shall not require the information or answer to be given or the document or paper produced, but shall report the giving of such a certificate to the Legislative Assembly.
19(2)Subject to subsection (1), a rule of law that authorizes or requires the withholding of any document, paper or thing, or the refusal to answer any question on the ground that the disclosure of the document, paper or thing, or the answering of the question would be injurious to the public interest, does not apply in respect of any investigation by or proceedings before the Ombudsman.
1967, c.18, s.19; 1968, c.44, s.1; 1981, c.6, s.1