CPA · Municipal Government Act
Part 6 — Municipal Organization and Administration
208.1 Duty to provide information to councillor
where a councillor requests information referred to in section
RSA 2000
153(d) from the chief administrative officer or a person designated
by the chief administrative officer, the chief administrative officer
or a person designated by the chief administrative officer must
provide the information as soon as is practicable.
(2) Where the requested information is personal or confidential
information, the chief administrative officer or a person designated
by the chief administrative officer may refuse to provide the
information after considering the following factors:
(a) whether the information is required by the councillor to
perform the councillor's duties under this Act;
(b) whether a public body would be authorized or required to
disclose the information if it were contained in a record
requested under section 7(1) of the Access to Information
Act;
(c) if the information is perso nal information, whether the use
or disclosure of the information is authorized by the
Protection of Privacy Act;
(d) any other relevant factor;
(e) any additional factors set out in the regulations.
(3) Subject to subsections (3.1) and (3.2), where the chief
administrative officer or a person designated by the chief
administrative officer provides information referred to in section
153(d) to a councillor, the chief administrative officer or a person
designated by the chief administrative officer must provide the
information to all other councillors within 72 hours of the
information being provided to the councillor.
(3.1) Where the chief administrative officer or a person designated
by the chief administrative officer provides publicly available
information to a councillor, the chief administrative officer or a
person designated by the chief administrative officer may provide
the information to all other councillors.
(3.2) Subject to a bylaw passed under subsection (3.3), where a
councillor makes a substantial information request, the chief
administrative officer must provide the information to all other
councillors within 72 hours of the information being provided to
the councillor.
(3.3) A council may pass a bylaw respecting substantial
information requests for the purposes of subsection (3.2).
RSA 2000
Section 209 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT Chapter M-26
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(3.4) Subject to the regulations, a bylaw passed under subsection
(3.3)
(a) must define a substantial information request, and
(b) may include the following:
(i) whether a resolution of council is required before the
chief administrative officer complies with the substantial
information request;
(ii) reporting requirements by the chief administrative
officer in the case of a substantial information request;
(iii) provisions respecting an y matter or thing the council
considers necessary or advisable to carry out the
purposes of subsection (3.2) and this subsection.
(4) The chief administrative officer or a person designated by the
chief administrative officer must provide reasons to all councillors
for refusing to provide the information requested under subsection
(1).
(5) The Minister may make regulations respecting
(a) procedures for the provision of information referred to in
section 153(d) to a councillor under this section;
(b) additional factors for the purposes of subsection (2)(e);
(c) substantial information re quests and bylaws respecting
substantial information requests.
2025 c13 s2(11);2026 c10 s4(10)