Legal Authorities

Legal Authorities define the legislative frameworks under which exemptions and exclusions are applied during document review.

[Screenshot: The Legal Authorities settings screen showing the list of defined authorities]

Common Legal Authorities

• Access to Information Act (ATIA)
• Privacy Act (PA)
• Provincial freedom of information legislation
• Sector-specific legislation

Managing Legal Authorities

• Add — Click Add Authority, enter the name (and translations if multiple languages are enabled), and save.
• Edit — Click on an existing authority to update it.
• Remove — Delete authorities that are no longer needed.

Relationship to Exemptions

Legal authorities serve as the parent grouping for Exemptions. Each exemption provision belongs to a legal authority. For example, section 13(1)(a) of the Access to Information Act would be an exemption under the "Access to Information Act" legal authority.

Legal authorities and their associated exemptions are typically imported together via Configuration Packs.