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Table 1 – Fees
A. User Fees
User Fee:  Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)
Fee Type:  Other products and services
Fee-setting Authority:  ATIA
Date Last Modified:  1992
Performance Standards:
 
Response is to be provided within 30 days following receipt of a request.
 
The response time may be extended pursuant to Section 9 of the ATIA.
 
Notice of extension is to be provided within 30 days after receipt of the request.
 
For details: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/A-1.
Performance Results:
  • Of the 60 ATIP requests (received in 2008–2009 and carried over from 2007–2008), 83.3% were completed in 2008–09.
  • The agency was able to respond in 30 days or less in 24% of the completed cases.
  • Response times for the remaining cases were:
    • 14% within 31–60 days
    • 12% within 61–120 days
    • 50% in 121 days or more
  • 72% of the request completed in 121 days or more were requests carried over from previous year.
  • For 76% of the requests, response was provided after the legislated 30 days.


($ thousands)
2008–2009 Planning years
Forecast Actual Full cost Fiscal Forecast Estimated
revenue revenue   year revenue full cost
0 0 $120,000 2009–10 0 $120,000
2010–11 0 $185,000
2011–12 0 $190,000
Other Information:
 
SWC collects user fees for information requests in accordance with the ATIA. The total user fees collected in 2008–2009 represents application fees only. SWC does not, at the present time, collect preparation, search, or reproduction fees.
 


User fees totals ($ thousands)
  2008–2009 Planning years
  Forecast Actual Full cost Fiscal year Forecast Estimated
  revenue revenue     revenue full cost
Sub-Total (R) 0 0 $120,000 2009–10 0 120,000
        2010–11 0 185,000
        2011–12 0 190,000
Sub-Total (O) 0 0 $120,000 2009–10    
        2010–11    
        2011–12    
Total 0 0 $120,000 2009–10    
        2010–11    
        2011–12
 
 


B. External Fees
A. External Service Performance Stakeholder
Fee standarda Resultsb consultation
Access to Information Act (ATIA)
  • Response to be provided within 30 days of receipt of request
  • Section 9 of ATIA provides for an extension of 30 days with a notice provided within 30 days of receipt of request.
  • 24% of the requests were processed within 30 days.
  • 76% of the requests were processed after the legislated 30 days.
N/A.
B. Other Information:
 
aAs established pursuant to the Policy on Service Standards for External Fees:
  • service standards may not have received parliamentary review; and
  • service standards may not respect all performance standard establishment requirements under the UFA (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address).
bPerformance results are not legally subject to section 5.1 of the UFA regarding fee reductions for unachieved performance.