Plant Protection Act

Marginal note:Definitions

3 In this Act,

Assessor

Assessor means the Assessor or any Deputy Assessor appointed under Part II of the Pesticide Residue Compensation Act; (évaluateur)

conveyance

conveyance means any aircraft, carriage, motor vehicle, trailer, railway car, vessel, cargo container or other contrivance used to move persons or things; (véhicule)

dispose

dispose includes destroy; (Version anglaise seulement)

document

document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; (document)

inspector

inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 21; (inspecteur)

justice

justice means a justice as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code; (juge de paix)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; (ministre)

peace officer

peace officer means a peace officer as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code; (agent de la paix)

penalty

penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; (sanction)

pest

pest means any thing that is injurious or potentially injurious, whether directly or indirectly, to plants or to products or by-products of plants; (parasite)

place

place includes a conveyance; (lieu)

plant

plant includes a part of a plant; (végétal)

prescribed

prescribed means prescribed by regulation; (Version anglaise seulement)

thing

thing includes a plant and a pest; (choses)

Tribunal

Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act; (Commission)

violation

violation means any of the following that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act:

• (a) any contravention of any provision of this Act or of a regulation made under this Act,

• (b) any contravention of any order made by the Minister under this Act, and

• (c) any refusal or neglect to perform any duty imposed by or under this Act. (violation)