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109 Regulation-making power

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation may be made about the following—

(a) an application fee for an application for access to a document that does not concern the applicant’s personal affairs;

(b) a processing charge and access charge for access to a document that does not concern the applicant’s personal affairs;

(c) waiver of charges for up to 2 hours of charges consisting of processing charges and access charges;

(d) deposits required on account of charges;

(e) the officers who may give decisions on behalf of an agency.

(3) However, a regulation providing for the making of charges must not allow the amount or rate of charge to vary according to whether the document is a document of 1 agency or of an agency included in 1 class of agency or is a document of another agency or of an agency included in another class of agency.