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R-10.6 - Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

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Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a rural district, the Minister of Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a rural district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Public Safety that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6; 2019, c.29, s.143; 2020, c.25, s.100; 2021, c.44, s.54; 2023, c.17, s.246; 2023, c.40, s.30
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a rural district, the Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a rural district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Public Safety that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6; 2019, c.29, s.143; 2020, c.25, s.100; 2021, c.44, s.54; 2023, c.17, s.246
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a rural district, the Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a rural district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Public Safety that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6; 2019, c.29, s.143; 2020, c.25, s.100; 2021, c.44, s.54
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Public Safety that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6; 2019, c.29, s.143; 2020, c.25, s.100
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Office of the Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6; 2019, c.29, s.143
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” Repealed: 2019, c.19, s.6
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Office of the Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“Ombud” means the Ombud appointed under section 2 of the Ombud Act.(ombud)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129; 2019, c.19, s.6
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Office of the Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch, the Family Crown Services Branch and the Public Prosecution Services Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53; 2019, c.2, s.129
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“business day” means a day other than a Saturday or a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act.(jour ouvrable)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“common or integrated service, program or activity” means a service, program or activity that is provided by (service, programme ou activité commun ou intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies or one or more non-public bodies, or
(b) a public body on behalf of one or more public bodies.
“data matching” means the creation of identifying information by combining identifying information or de-identified information or other information from two or more electronic databases or two or more electronic records.(appariement de données)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, except for a body referred to in paragraph (d) or (d.1), the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head or, where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown or body responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“identifying information” means information that identifies an individual or which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual.(renseignements identificatoires)
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“information practices” means the policies of a public body in relation to personal information, including(pratiques relatives aux renseignements)
(a) requirements regarding the collection, use, disclosure, retention, correction or disposal of personal information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation, and
(b) the administrative, technical and physical safeguards and practices that the public body maintains with respect to the information, including any requirements prescribed by regulation.
“integrated service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“non-public body” means a person that is not a public body.(organisme non public)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” Repealed: 2017, c.31, s.1
“third party” means a person other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.1; 2017, c.63, s.53
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education,
(h) in the case of a municipality, rural community or regional municipality, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.01) a regional municipality,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in subsection 87(1) of the Local Governance Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.20, s.166; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.63, s.53
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.29, s.2; 2017, c.63, s.53
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombud, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.1, s.9; 2017, c.29, s.2
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Integrity Commissioner appointed under section 2 of the Integrity Commissioner Act. (commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.29, s.2
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child, Youth and Senior Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2016, c.54, s.16; 2017, c.29, s.2
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“research data centre” means a research data centre as defined under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act. (centre de données de recherche)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27; 2017, c.29, s.2
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the President of Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the President to act on the President’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Integrity Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108; 2016, c.37, s.169; 2016, c.53, s.27
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick and includes any person designated to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1; 2015, c.44, s.108
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner, the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7; 2015, c.36, s.1
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“integrated service, program or activity” means an authorized service, program or activity that provides support or assistance with respect to the mental, physical or social well-being of individuals through (service, programme ou activité intégré)
(a) a public body and one or more other public bodies working cooperatively, or
(b) one public body working on behalf of one or more other public bodies.
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” Repealed: 2013, c.42, s.17
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“service, program or activity” , in relation to a public body, includes an integrated service, program or activity. (service, programme ou activité)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167; 2013, c.42, s.17; 2013, c.47, s.7
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) subject to paragraph (d.1), in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d.1) in the case of the New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation, the chair of its board of directors,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch and the Public Prosecutions Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19; 2013, c.7, s.167
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(c.1) a regional service commission established under the Regional Service Delivery Act,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch and the Public Prosecutions Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134; 2012, c.44, s.19
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch and the Public Prosecutions Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick, the Provincial Court of New Brunswick or the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.15, s.46; 2012, c.39, s.134
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Environment and Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“Office of the Attorney General” means the part of the Department of Justice and Attorney General that includes the Legal Services Branch, the Legislative Services Branch and the Public Prosecutions Branch.(Cabinet du procureur général)
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,
(h) information about the individual’s political belief, association or activity,
(i) information about the individual’s education, employment or occupation or educational, employment or occupational history,
(j) information about the individual’s source of income or financial circumstances, activities or history,
(k) information about the individual’s criminal history, including regulatory offences,
(l) the individual’s own personal views or opinions, except if they are about another person,
(m) the views or opinions expressed about the individual by another person, and
(n) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual.
“public body” (organisme public)
(a) means
(i) a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick, including but not limited to those portions of the public service specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(ii) a government body, board, Crown corporation or commission listed under Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act,
(iii) a government body,
(iv) the office of a Minister of the Crown, or
(v) a local public body;
(b) but does not include
(i) the office of a member of the Legislative Assembly,
(ii) the office of an officer of the Legislative Assembly, or
(iii) The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or the Provincial Court of New Brunswick.
“public registry” means a registry of information designated in the regulations that is maintained by a public body and is available to the general public.(registre public )
“record” means a record of information in any form, and includes information that is written, photographed, recorded or stored in any manner, on any storage medium or by any means, including by graphic, electronic or mechanical means, but does not include electronic software or any mechanism that produces records.(document)
“review committee” means the Privacy Assessment Review Committee established by the Minister under section 77.(comité d’évaluation)
“third party” means a person, group of persons or an organization other than the applicant or the public body.(tiers)
2010, c.N-4.05, s.62; 2012, c.39, s.134
Definitions
1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“applicant” means a person who makes a request for access to a record under section 8.(auteur de la demande)
“Commissioner ” means the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner appointed under section 49.(commissaire)
“educational body” means(organisme d’éducation)
(a) a school as defined under the Education Act and a school district established under the Education Act,
(b) a District Education Council established under the Education Act,
(c) The University of New Brunswick,
(d) Université de Moncton,
(e) St. Thomas University,
(f) Mount Allison University,
(f.1) Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB),
(f.2) New Brunswick Community College (NBCC),
(g) New Brunswick College of Craft and Design,
(h) any faculties, schools or institutes of a body referred to in paragraphs (c) to (g), and
(i) any other body designated in Schedule A as an educational body.
“employee” , in relation to a public body, includes an individual retained under a contract to perform services for the public body.(employé)
“government body” means (organisme gouvernemental)
(a) any board, Crown corporation, commission, association, agency or similar body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, all the members of which, or all the members of the board of management or board of directors or governing board of which, are appointed by an Act of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b) any other body that is designated in Schedule A as a government body.
“head” , in relation to a public body, means (responsable d’un organisme public)
(a) in the case of a department, secretariat or office of the Province of New Brunswick specified in Part I of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Minister of the Crown who presides over it,
(b) in the case of a school district, the superintendent,
(c) in the case of a regional health authority or other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(d) in the case of a body listed in Part IV of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the chief executive officer,
(e) in the case of a government body, the person designated in Schedule A to act as the head, or where no person is designated, the Minister of the Crown responsible for the administration of the Act under which the government body is established,
(f) in the case of a university, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(g) in the case of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,
(h) in the case of a municipality or rural community, the person or group of persons designated by by-law or resolution to serve as the head,
(i) in the case of a local service district established under the Municipalities Act, the Minister of Local Government,
(j) in the case of a police force, the chief of police,
(k) in the case of other local government bodies, that person or group of persons chosen by and from among the members elected or appointed to the board and designated in writing, and
(l) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated in Schedule A to act as the head of the public body.
“health care body” means(organisme de soins de santé)
(a) a regional health authority and any other body listed in Part III of the First Schedule of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and
(b) any other body designated in Schedule A as a health care body.
“information” , unless the context otherwise requires, means information contained in a record.(renseignements)
“law enforcement” means(exécution de la loi)
(a) policing, including criminal and security intelligence operations,
(b) a police, security intelligence or administrative investigation, including the complaint giving rise to the investigation, that leads or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the investigation or by another body to which the results of the investigation are referred, and
(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction, including a penalty or sanction imposed by the body conducting the proceedings or by another body to which the results of the proceedings are referred.
“local government body” means (organisme d’administration locale)
(a) a municipality or any office of a municipality, including a municipal police force,
(b) a local service district,
(c) a rural community,
(d) a local board as defined in section 90.1 of the Municipalities Act, and
(e) any other body designated in Schedule A as a local government body.
“local public body” means (organisme public local)
(a) an educational body,
(b) a health care body, and
(c) a local government body.
“Minister” means the Minister designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(ministre)
“officer of the Legislative Assembly” means the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Ombudsman, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Consumer Advocate for Insurance, the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, the Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Auditor General.(fonctionnaire de l’Assemblée législative)
“personal information” means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including but not limited to,(renseignements personnels)
(a) the individual’s name,
(b) the individual’s home address or electronic mail address or home telephone or facsimile number,
(c) information about the individual’s age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,
(d) information about the individual’s ancestry, race, colour, nationality or national or ethnic origin,
(e) information about the individual’s religion or creed or religious belief, association or activity,
(f) personal health information about the individual,
(g) the individual’s blood type, fingerprints or other hereditary characteristics,