Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 3 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

  database

  database means the database that contains the information that is registered under this Act. (banque de données)

  information

  information includes characteristics recorded and photographs taken under subsection 5(3) and fingerprints taken under subsection 9(2). (renseignements)

  main residence

  main residence means the place in Canada where a person lives most often or, if there is no such place, the place in Canada where they may be found most often. (résidence principale)

  member of a police service

  member of a police service includes

  • (a) an officer or non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces who is appointed for the purposes of section 156 of the National Defence Act; and

  • (b) in an area in which an aboriginal police service is responsible for policing, a member of that police service. (membre d’un service de police)

  Ontario Act

  Ontario Act has the same meaning as in subsection 490.011(1) of the Criminal Code. (loi ontarienne)

  order

  order means an order under section 490.012 of the Criminal Code. (ordonnance)

  person who collects information

  person who collects information means a person who is authorized under paragraph 18(1)(b) or subsection 19(1) to collect information. (préposé à la collecte)

  person who registers information

  person who registers information means a person who is authorized under paragraph 18(1)(c) or subsection 19(1) to register information. (préposé à l’enregistrement)

  registration centre

  registration centre means a place that is designated as a registration centre under paragraph 18(1)(d) or subsection 19(1). (bureau d’inscription)

  retained

  retained means retained under a contract for services, whether the contract is entered into with an individual, or with their employer or another person to whom the individual provides services. (agent contractuel)

  secondary residence

  secondary residence means a place in Canada, other than a main residence, where a person regularly lives. (résidence secondaire)

  sex offender

  sex offender means a person who is subject to one or more orders or to an obligation under section 490.019 of the Criminal Code. (délinquant sexuel)

• Marginal note:Interpretation

  (2) For the purposes of this Act, a crime is of a sexual nature if it consists of one or more acts that

  • (a) are either sexual in nature or committed with the intent to commit an act or acts that are sexual in nature; and

  • (b) constitute an offence.