Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2003
1 The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.
- Act
Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. (Loi)
- air-conditioning system
air-conditioning system means an air-conditioning system, including any associated equipment, that contains or is designed to contain a halocarbon refrigerant. (système de climatisation)
- bromofluorocarbon
bromofluorocarbon means a fully halogenated bromofluorocarbon each molecule of which contains one, two or three carbon atoms and at least one atom of bromine and one atom of fluorine. (bromofluorocarbure)
- certificate
certificate means a certificate recognized by three or more provinces, or by the province in which the work of the service technician who holds the certificate is being done, indicating successful completion of an environmental awareness course in recycling, recovery and handling procedures in respect of halocarbon refrigerants as outlined in the Refrigerant Code of Practice. (certificat)
- certified person
certified person, in respect of a refrigeration system or an air-conditioning system, means a service technician who holds a certificate. (personne accréditée)
- charging
charging means to add a halocarbon to a system. (charger)
- chiller
chiller means an air-conditioning system or refrigeration system that has a compressor, an evaporator and a secondary refrigerant. (refroidisseur)
- chlorofluorocarbon
chlorofluorocarbon means a fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbon each molecule of which contains one, two or three carbon atoms and at least one atom of chlorine and one atom of fluorine. (chlorofluorocarbure)
- fire-extinguishing system
fire-extinguishing system means fire-extinguishing equipment, including portable or fixed equipment and any associated equipment, that contains or is designed to contain a halocarbon fire-extinguishing agent. (système d’extinction d’incendie)
- halocarbon
halocarbon means a substance set out in Schedule 1, whether existing alone or in a mixture, and includes isomers of any such substance. (halocarbure)
- hydrobromofluorocarbon
hydrobromofluorocarbon means a hydrobromofluorocarbon each molecule of which contains one, two or three carbon atoms and at least one atom of hydrogen, one atom of bromine and one atom of fluorine. (hydrobromofluorocarbure)
- hydrochlorofluorocarbon
hydrochlorofluorocarbon means a hydrochlorofluorocarbon each molecule of which contains one, two or three carbon atoms and at least one atom of hydrogen, one atom of chlorine and one atom of fluorine. (hydrochlorofluorocarbure)
- hydrofluorocarbon
hydrofluorocarbon means a hydrofluorocarbon each molecule of which contains only carbon, hydrogen and fluorine atoms. (hydrofluorocarbure)
- installation
installation does not include the reactivation of a system by the same owner at the same site. (installation)
- leak
leak means a release of a halocarbon from a system. (fuite)
- military vehicle
military vehicle means a vehicle that is designed to be used in combat, or in a combat support role, but does not include an administrative vehicle. (véhicule militaire)
- owner
owner means to hold a right in or to have possession, control or custody of, to be responsible for the maintenance, operation or management of, or to have the power to dispose of, a system. (propriétaire)
- perfluorocarbon
perfluorocarbon means a fully fluorinated fluorocarbon each molecule of which contains only carbon and fluorine atoms. (perfluorocarbure)
- portable fire extinguisher
portable fire extinguisher means a cylinder or cartridge containing a halocarbon that is used for extinguishing fires, that has a charging capacity of 25 kg or less and that can be carried or wheeled to the site of a fire. (extincteur portatif)
- purge system
purge system means a purge unit on a refrigeration system or an air-conditioning system, including any associated recovery equipment. (système à vidange)
- reclamation
reclamation, in respect of a halocarbon, means the recovery, re-processing and upgrading through processes such as filtering, drying, distilling and treating chemically in order to restore the halocarbon to industry-accepted reuse standards. (régénération)
- recovery
recovery, in respect of a halocarbon, means
(a) collection after it has been used; or
(b) collection from machinery, equipment, a system or a container during servicing or before dismantling, decommissioning or destruction of the machinery, equipment, system or container. (récupération)
- recycling
recycling, in respect of a halocarbon, means recovery and, if needed, cleaning by a process such as filtering or drying, and re-using to charge a system. (recyclage)
- Refrigerant Code of Practice
Refrigerant Code of Practice means the Environmental Code of Practice for Elimination of Fluorocarbon Emissions from Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Systems, published by the Department of the Environment in March, 1996, as amended from time to time. (Code de pratique en réfrigération)
- refrigeration system
refrigeration system means a refrigeration system, including any associated equipment, that contains or is designed to contain a halocarbon refrigerant. (système de réfrigération)
- service
service includes any modification, charging, maintenance, repair, moving, dismantling, decommissioning, destruction, start-up and testing of a system, but does not include testing related to the manufacture and production of the system. (entretien)
- ship
ship has the same meaning as in subsection 122(1) of the Act. (navire)
- small air-conditioning system
small air-conditioning system means an air-conditioning system that is not contained in a motor vehicle and that has a refrigeration capacity of less than 19 kW as rated by the manufacturer. (petit système de climatisation)
- small refrigeration system
small refrigeration system means a refrigeration system, other than one that normally operates in, on or in conjunction with a means of transportation, that has a refrigeration capacity of less than 19 kW as rated by the manufacturer. (petit système de réfrigération)
- solvent system
solvent system means an application or system that uses halocarbons as solvents, including cleaning applications and associated equipment containing or designed to contain a halocarbon solvent. It does not include those applications or systems that use halocarbons as laboratory analytical standards or laboratory reagents or in a process in which they are converted to another substance or are generated but ultimately converted to a different substance. (système de solvants)
- system
system, unless the context requires otherwise, means an air-conditioning system, a fire-extinguishing system, a refrigeration system or a solvent system. (système)
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