2011-2012 Part III - Departmental Performance Reports (DPR) - Privy Council Office

User Fee: Fees charged for inspection and obtaining of copies of statutory instruments in accordance with the Statutory Instruments Act

Fee Type: Regulatory

Fee-setting Authority: Statutory Instruments Act

Year Last Modified: 1993

Performance Standards: 90% of requests will be completed within 5 business days. This standard became effective as of September 2006 and is still in use.

Performance Results: 100% of requests received were completed within 5 business days, with most requests completed within 1 day of receipt.

* The full cost for the processing of statutory instrument requests filed under the Statutory Instruments Act includes direct costs to operate the Orders in Council Division, including Employee Benefit Plans. It also includes allocations of indirect costs to support the division, such as corporate services, and services received without charge from other departments.

User Fee: Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)

Fee Type: Other Products and Services (O)

Fee-setting Authority: Access to Information Act

Year Last Modified: 1992

Performance Standards: Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request.

Performance Results: 99.8% of access requests were completed on time.

* The full cost for the processing of access to information requests filed under the Access to Information Act includes the direct cost to operate the Access to Information and Privacy Division, including Employee Benefit Plans. It also includes indirect costs related to the initial 5-hour search, review and sign-off, services received without charge from other departments and corporate services to support the division.