Public Service Staffing Complaints Regulations

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means the Public Service Employment Act. (Loi)

  contact information

  contact information means a telephone number, mailing and electronic address. (coordonnées)

  day

  day means a calendar day. (jour)

  Executive Director

  Executive Director[Repealed, SOR/2014-250, s. 2]

  intervenor

  intervenor means anyone who is allowed under subsection 19(4) to intervene in the hearing of a complaint. (intervenant)

  party

  party means anyone who has a right to be heard under subsection 65(3), section 75, subsection 79(1) or section 85 of the Act. (partie)

  respondent

  respondent means

  • (a) the deputy head, in the case of a complaint that relates to a lay-off, revocation, appointment or proposed appointment in respect of which the Commission has authorized the deputy head under section 15 of the Act to exercise or perform any of the Commission’s powers and functions; or

  • (b) the Commission, in any other case. (intimé)

  signature

  signature means a handwritten or electronic signature that consists of one or more letters, characters, numbers or other symbols in digital form and that is incorporated in, attached to or associated with an electronic document or electronic information. (signature)

  standardized test

  standardized test[Repealed, SOR/2011-116, s. 1]

  writing

  writing includes, with respect to a person with a disability that affects the capacity to communicate in writing, any means of communication that can be used and understood by that person and that may be retained. (écrit)

• Marginal note:Canadian Human Rights Commission

  (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is a participant in a proceeding in relation to a complaint if the Canadian Human Rights Commission has given notice under subsection 20(3) that it intends to make submissions regarding an issue raised by the complainant involving the interpretation or the application of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

• Marginal note:Accessibility Commissioner

  (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Accessibility Commissioner is a participant in a proceeding in relation to a complaint if the Accessibility Commissioner has given notice under subsection 20.1(3) that they intend to make submissions regarding an issue raised by the complainant involving the contravention of a provision of regulations made under subsection 117(1) of the Accessible Canada Act.