Regulation of Pawnbrokers by Municipalities

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
The Court also commented on whether or not the requirement for second hand dealers to collect information and forward it to the police violated any freedom of informationlegislation, either federal or provincial. The Court concluded that whichever legislation may be argued to apply, the requirement did not violate the freedom of information legislation.

Under section 26 of B.C.’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the collection and provision of information to the police is considered information expressly authorized by or under an Act, or information collected for the purposes of law enforcement. Under the Federal freedom of information legislation it is authorized as being appropriate in the circumstances under section 11 of the Personal Information Protection Act.