Access to Information Act — A-1 13
Information obtained in confidence 13 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the head of a government institution shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Part that contains information that was obtained in confidence from (a) the government of a foreign state or an institution thereof; (b) an international organization of states or an institution thereof; (c) the government of a province or an institution thereof; (d) a municipal or regional government established by or pursuant to an Act of the legislature of a province or an institution of such a government; or (e) an aboriginal government. Where disclosure authorized (2) The head of a government institution may disclose any record requested under this Part that contains information described in subsection (1) if the government, organization or institution from which the information was obtained (a) consents to the disclosure; or (b) makes the information public. Definition of aboriginal government (3) The expression aboriginal government in paragraph (1)(e) means (a) Nisga’a Government, as defined in the Nisga’a Final Agreement given effect by the Nisga’a Final Agreement Act ; (b) the council, as defined in the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Agreement given effect by the Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act ; (c) the Tlicho Government, as defined in section 2 of the Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act ; (d) the Nunatsiavut Government, as defined in section 2 of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act ; (e) the council of a participating First Nation as defined in subsection 2(1) of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act ; (e.1) the Tla’amin Government, as defined in subsection 2(2) of the Tla’amin Final Agreement Act ; (f) the Tsawwassen Government, as defined in subsection 2(2) of the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act ; (f.1) the Cree Nation Government , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee Governance Agreement Act or a Cree First Nation , as defined in subsection 2(2) of that Act; (g) a Maanulth Government, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2) of the Maanulth First Nations Final Agreement Act ; (h) Sioux Valley Dakota Oyate Government, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2) of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Governance Act ; (h.1) the Whitecap Dakota Government , as defined in section 2 of the Self-Government Treaty Recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate Act ; (i) the council of a participating First Nation , as defined in section 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement Act ; or (j) a First Nation Government or the Anishinabek Nation Government , as defined in section 2 of the Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act , or an Anishinaabe Institution, within the meaning of section 1.1 of the Agreement , as defined in section 2 of that Act. R.S., 1985, c. A-1, s. 13; 2000, c. 7, s. 21; 2004, c. 17, s. 16; 2005, c. 1, ss. 97, 107, c. 27, ss. 16, 22; 2006, c. 10, s. 32; 2008, c. 32, s. 26; 2009, c. 18, s. 20; 2014, c. 1, s. 18, c. 11, s. 21; 2017, c. 32, s. 17; 2018, c. 4, s. 127 2019, c. 18, s. 41(E) 2022, c. 9, s. 3 2023, c. 22, s. 18