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June 2, 2015
Effective April 22, 2015 the NS Government enacted the NS Missing Persons Act, lowering the threshold for police to get an order to access records and premises of practically every business, organization and public body in NS. Understandably, most attention has focused on the potential impact on missing persons and their families. Various groups have expressed concern about the rights and powers it gives police, the low threshold for police to get an order, and the impact on missing persons’ safety and security.
But the Act will have business implications too: businesses and public bodies will be among those required to produce records and grant access when police get an order under the Act. Here are the top 5 implications of the NS Missing Persons Act for businesses, organizations and public bodies:
But if the missing person investigation becomes a criminal investigation, the Act doesn’t prevent the police agency from using the information and records it obtained under the Act in that criminal investigation. Police are also permitted to use any unrelated evidence they discover when they enter premises looking for missing person – but find any unrelated evidence they discover that could be criminally related.
Please contact your McInnes Cooper lawyer or any member of our McInnes Cooper Privacy Law Team to discuss this topic or any other legal issue.
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