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User Fees

A- User Fees Act


A- User Fee Description 2007-2008 Planning Years -
Fiscal Year
Planning Years - Forecast Revenue $ Planning Years - Estimated Full Cost $
Fees charged for the processing of access requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Fee Type: Other products and services

Fee-setting authority: ATAI

Date last modified: 1992
Forecast revenue: N/A
Actual revenue: $267.40
Full cost: $74,425.50 (salary and O&M)

Performance standard: Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request.
The ATIA provides more details:
http://laws.justice.qc.ca/en/A-1/218072.html

Performance results: Statutory deadlines have been met for 95% of requests. Extension notices were sent within 30 days following the receipt of the request in 14% of cases.
2008–2009 400 215,000
2009–2010 400 215,000
2010–2011 400 215,000

B. Date last modified: May 5, 2006

C. Other information:
It is the practice of the PSC's Access to Information and Privacy Office to waive fees where (a) the total reproduction costs that could be assessed amount to less than $25; (b) the information being requested is publicly available; or (c) no response or notice of extension is forwarded within 30 days following receipt of the request. Fees amounting to more than $25 were waived for 53 requests in 2007-2008.