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Bill 19, Auditor General Amendment Act, 2022

Gélinas, France

West, Jamie

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NOTE

The

Bill amends the Auditor General Act . Subsection 10

(1) of the Act is re-enacted to provide that the duty to furnish information

applies to documents and information that are otherwise confidential or subject

to certain privilege rights. Subsection 10 (2) of the Act is also re-enacted to

provide that the Auditor General’s right to access information applies despite

other rights of privacy, confidentiality and privilege.

Bill 19 2022

Act to amend the Auditor General Act

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Subsections 10 (1) and (2) of the Auditor General Act

are repealed and the following substituted:

Duty

to furnish information

(1) Every

ministry of the public service, every agency of the Crown, every Crown

controlled corporation and every grant recipient shall give the Auditor General

the information regarding its powers, duties, activities, organization,

financial transactions and methods of business that the Auditor General

believes to be necessary to perform his or her duties under this Act, even if

the information or documents are confidential or subject to solicitor-client

privilege, litigation privilege or settlement privilege.

Access

to records

(2) Despite

any other rights of privacy, confidentiality or privilege, including

solicitor-client privilege, litigation privilege, settlement privilege and

public interest immunity, the Auditor General is entitled to have free access

to all books, accounts, financial records, electronic data processing records,

reports, files and all other papers, things or property belonging to or used by

a ministry, agency of the Crown, Crown controlled corporation or grant

recipient, as the case may be, that the Auditor General believes to be

necessary to perform his or her duties under this Act.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Auditor General Amendment Act, 2022 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

September 7, 2022

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

September 7, 2022

Carried