Summary - The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act

The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act The Operation of Public Registry Statutes Act: • Created the Office of Public Registry Administration; • Allowed the Government of Saskatchewan to enter into a service agreement with a business corporation, Information Services Corporation (ISC), to operate and manage the public registries on behalf of the Government; • Maintained Government ownership of all registry data; • Continued Government guarantee of title and assurance coverage for certain errors on title; • Maintained the quasi-judicial decision-making within Government by requiring the registry officers (Registrar of Titles, Controller of Surveys, Director of Corporations, Registrar of Co- operatives, and Registrar of Personal Property Security) to be employed by the Government; and • Transferred the Vital Statistics Registry to eHealth Saskatchewan, a provincial Crown Corporation. The service agreement with ISC covers the Land Registry, the Land Surveys Directory, the Personal Property Registry, the Corporate Registry, and the Common Business Identifiers Program (CBI). The Public can access these registries through ISC, but Government retains ultimate responsibility for the registries. The procedures for registering or searching documents in the public registries and the legal rights of people using public registries remain unchanged. The CBI Program facilitates the use of the Canada Revenue Agency business number by government to identify businesses.