C-37.4 - Act to authorize the communication of personal information to the families of Indigenous children who went missing or died after being admitted to an institution

Section 5 Disposition versions

2021-09-01

5. A person may request the communication of personal information held by an institution, body or religious congregation about a person who could be a missing or deceased Indigenous child if he or she

(1)  submits a request not later than 1 September 2031;

(2)  is a family member of the child referred to in the request;

(3)  has information that could lead to the belief that the child was admitted to an institution before 31 December 1992; and

(4)  relates circumstances suggesting that the child went missing or died before 31 December 1992 while admitted to an institution.

For the purposes of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, “family member of the child” means the child’s great-grandfather or great-grandmother, grandfather or grandmother, father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, cousin, stepfather or stepmother, stepbrother or stepsister, father-in-law or mother-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, child, nephew or niece, or any other significant person.

If the Government considers it necessary, it may, before the submission deadline for requests for the communication of personal information, postpone the deadline for a maximum period of two years. It may grant further postponements, subject to the same conditions.

2021, c. 16, s. 5.

Not in force

In force: 2021-09-01

5. A person may request the communication of personal information held by an institution, body or religious congregation about a person who could be a missing or deceased Indigenous child if he or she

(1)  submits a request not later than 1 September 2031;

(2)  is a family member of the child referred to in the request;

(3)  has information that could lead to the belief that the child was admitted to an institution before 31 December 1992; and

(4)  relates circumstances suggesting that the child went missing or died before 31 December 1992 while admitted to an institution.

For the purposes of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, “family member of the child” means the child’s great-grandfather or great-grandmother, grandfather or grandmother, father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, cousin, stepfather or stepmother, stepbrother or stepsister, father-in-law or mother-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, child, nephew or niece, or any other significant person.

If the Government considers it necessary, it may, before the submission deadline for requests for the communication of personal information, postpone the deadline for a maximum period of two years. It may grant further postponements, subject to the same conditions.

2021, c. 16, s. 5.