8. An agreement in the area of income security and social benefits may provide for the exchange of personal information obtained under an Act administered by the Minister and information obtained under an equivalent Act administered by another Government, government department or body, for the purpose of verifying a person’s eligibility for the programs governed by those Acts or in order to prevent, detect or punish a contravention of such an Act.
The agreement must be sent to the Commission d’accès à l’information and comes into force 30 days after it is received by the Commission.
1997, c. 63, s. 8; 2006, c. 22, s. 177; 2021, c. 252021, c. 25, s. 941.