Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

On December 13, 2004, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador proclaimed the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP), which now replaces the former Freedom of Information Act. As a Crown corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) is also subject to the ATIPP Act. To assist our clients, a PDF copy of the application request form is available below.

When filling out the form, please note the following instructions:

Make only one request on each application form.

Describe the records or information you are seeking in as much detail as possible.

Enclose a cheque or money order the $5.00 application fee payable to the public body to which the request is submitted (or, if a government department, payable to the Newfoundland Exchequer).

Send or deliver this form and the fee to the Access and Privacy Coordinator of the public body most likely to have the records you are seeking.

NLHC’s Access and Privacy Coordinator is:

Jenny Bowring, Manager, Corporation Communications
Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation
P.O. Box 220, 2 Canada Drive
St. John’s, NL A1C 5J2
Telephone: (709) 724-3055
Facsimile: (709) 724-3058
Email: jmbowring@nsmail.nlhc.nf.ca

*For a complete listing of provincial Access and Privacy Coordinators, please go to: http://www.gov.nl.ca/just/civil/atipp

Keep a copy for your records.

Please note that under authority of section 68 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act), you may be asked to pay certain additional costs as prescribed by the Minister responsible for the Act, before gaining access to records. If the estimated costs of a request for general information are more than $50, you will be sent an Estimate of Costs and a request to pay a 50% deposit.

Please note that if the public body does not respond within 30 days of receipt of this application, you may appeal to the Supreme Court Trial Division or ask for a review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner, under authority of section 43 of the Act. In addition, if the public body extends this 30-day time period under subsection 16(1) of the Act, you may make a complaint to the Information and Privacy Commissioner in accordance with section 44 of the Act.

The Act may be viewed in its entirety at http://www.gov.nl.ca/hoa/statues/a01-1.htm

Further information about making a request for access available on the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Coordinating Office web site which may be found at http://www.gov.nl.ca/just