ATIA

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ATIA is the commonly used acronym for Canada’s federal Access to Information Act, which grants the public a legal right to access government records.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
ATIA canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute ⓘ
acronym ATIA ⓘ
affects Canadian citizens ⓘ
any person present in Canada ⓘ
permanent residents of Canada ⓘ
allows access requests by any person who is a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or present in Canada ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ATIA ⓘ
appliesTo federal institutions ⓘ
balances public right of access with need to protect certain information ⓘ
category Canadian federal access to information legislation ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
covers records under the control of federal institutions ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Canada ⓘ
enforcedBy Information Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
excludes certain classes of records through exemptions and exclusions ⓘ
governs federal access to information regime in Canada ⓘ
grants right of access to government records ⓘ
includes provisions on Cabinet confidences (exclusions) ⓘ
provisions on extensions of time to respond ⓘ
provisions on fees for access requests ⓘ
provisions on third‑party information ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalRight public right to access records under government control ⓘ
overseenBy Information Commissioner of Canada ⓘ
protects certain sensitive information through exemptions ⓘ
provides grounds for refusing access ⓘ
process for making access to information requests ⓘ
right to complain about access decisions ⓘ
time limits for responding to access requests ⓘ
purpose to make government more transparent and accountable ⓘ
to provide a right of access to information in records under the control of federal government institutions ⓘ
regulates access to federal government records ⓘ
relatedTo Privacy Act (Canada) ⓘ
scope federal public sector ⓘ
shortName ATIA ⓘ
subjectArea administrative law ⓘ
information law ⓘ
open government ⓘ
subjectOf access to information requests ⓘ
typeOfLaw freedom of information law ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Access to Information Act → acronym → ATIA ⓘ
subject linked to: ATIA
Access to Information Act → shortName → ATIA ⓘ
subject linked to: ATIA
Access to Information Act → alsoKnownAs → ATIA ⓘ
subject linked to: ATIA