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Section 3 - Scope of this Act

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3. This Act

(a) is in addition to and does not replace existing procedures for access to information or records,

(b) does not affect access to records

(i) deposited in the Provincial Archives of Alberta, or

(ii) deposited in the archives of a public body that were unrestricted before the coming into force of this Act,

(c) does not limit the information otherwise available by law to a party to legal proceedings,

(d) does not affect the power of any court or tribunal in Canada to compel a witness to testify or to compel the production of documents, and

(e) does not prohibit the transfer, storage or destruction of a record

(i) in accordance with an enactment of Alberta or Canada, or

(ii) in accordance with a bylaw, resolution or other legal instrument by which a local public body acts or, if a local public body does not have a bylaw, resolution or other legal instrument in respect of the transfer, storage or destruction of a record, as authorized by the governing body of the local public body.

1994 cF-18.5 s3;1995 c17 s4;1999 c23 s3;2006 c17 s2

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