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P-521
The Ministry of the Solicitor General (now the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services) (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to information related to the death of a named individual including media reports, police briefs and forensic reports. Partial access to the records was granted. Access was denied to the statement of an individual and an autopsy report under section 21(1) of the Act. The requester appealed the decision, stating that the exemption cited by the Ministry did not apply as the deceased, the subject of the autopsy report, has been dead for over thirty years. During mediation, the appellant confirmed that the only record at issue in this appeal is the autopsy report.
Further mediation was not possible and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the appellant and the Ministry. Representations were received from both parties. With its representations, the Ministry enclosed the comments of a family member of the deceased individual.
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