Note
"January 2002."
Issued also in French under title: Exercice du pouvoir discrétionnaire en vertu de l’alinéa 38 b) de la Loi sur l’accès à l’information municipale et la protection de la vie privée : pratiques exemplaires destinées aux corps de police.
The original document was published on the public website of the Government of Ontario.
© Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2002. Reproduced with permission.
Summary
This paper has been prepared in collaboration with staff of the Toronto Police Service, and focusses
on records and issues frequently dealt with by municipal police forces. All statutory references are
to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the municipal Act), but
the content of the paper is applicable to any municipal or provincial institution when dealing with
a request for personal information under section 38(b) of the municipal Act or 49(b) of the Freedom
of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the provincial Act).