Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2006 Chapter 47

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2000 cI-1.1
as amended

1. The Income Tax Act, 2000 is amended by adding immediately after section 84 the following:

Requirement to provide specified information

84.1 (1) The minister may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, require that a department or agency of the government which keeps personal information about a person provide a copy of that personal information as limited in subsection (3) to the minister.

(2) Information obtained under subsection (1) may be obtained and used only for the purpose of this Act and, subject to the provisions of the federal Act, for any related purpose of that Act.

(3) In this section, "personal information" is limited to

(a) a person's name and any identifying number, classification, or symbol;

(b) a person's residential street address and postal code, including the date of a person's last change of province of residence;

(d) the date of a person's registration or deregistration with a government department or agency;

(e) a date that a person used the services of a government department or agency; and

(f) information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) about a spouse, common-law partner or dependant of the person.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), "personal information" shall not include information about the health, disability or medical condition or treatment of a person.