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Table 2: User Fees



Table 2-A: User Fees Act
($ thousands)
A-User Fee Fee Type Fee-setting Authority Date Last Modified 2008-09 Planning Years
Forecast
Revenue
Actual
Revenue
Full
Cost
Performance
Standards
Performance
Result
Fiscal
Year
Forecast
Revenue
$
Estimated
Full Cost
$

Fees charged for the processing of access requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Other products and services ATIA 1992 N/A $265 $66,350
(salary
and O&M)

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

Statutory deadlines have been met for 91% of requests. Extension notices were sent within
30 days following the receipt of the request in 20% of cases.       
2009-10 250 130,000
2010-11 250 130,000
2011-12 250 130,000
B. Date last modified: June 5, 2009

C. Other information:

It is the practice of the Public Service Commission’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 were waived for 14 requests in 2008-2009, amounting to over $1,060.


Table 2-B: Policy on standards for external fees

Supplementary information on Service Standards for External Fees can be found at http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2006-2007/info/info-eng.asp.