Budget Implementation Act, 1998
Marginal note:Definitions
2. (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Part.
“auditor”
« vérificateur »
“auditor” means the auditor for the Foundation appointed under section 40.
“Board”
« conseil »
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Foundation.
“Chairperson”
« président »
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under paragraph 8(2)(a).
“director”
« administrateur »
“director” means a person who is on the Board and includes the Chairperson.
“eligible institution”
« établissement admissible »
“eligible institution” means
(a) a public post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas; or
(b) a private post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas and that is determined by the Foundation to be an eligible institution.
“employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province”
« employé ou mandataire de Sa Majesté du chef d’une province »
“employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province” does not include an employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province whose duties and functions as such an employee or agent are restricted to work in an eligible institution.
“fiscal year”
« exercice »
“fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the Foundation as determined in accordance with its by-laws.
“Foundation”
« fondation »
“Foundation” means the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation established by section 3.
“full-time studies”
« études à temps plein »
“full-time studies” means a course load that is determined by the Foundation to be a full-time course load.
“member”
« membre »
“member” means a person who is a member of the Foundation.
“Ministers”
« ministres »
“Ministers” means the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and the Minister of Finance.
“part-time studies”
« études à temps partiel »
“part-time studies” means a course load that is determined by the Foundation to be a part-time course load.
“provincial minister”
« ministre provincial »
“provincial minister”, in respect of a province, means the province’s minister of the Crown who has primary responsibility for that province’s post-secondary education.
“special resolution”
« résolution extraordinaire »
“special resolution” of the members means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast by the members who voted on the resolution at a meeting of the members or signed by all the members entitled to vote on the resolution.
Marginal note:Public post-secondary educational institutions
(2) For the purposes of this Part, a public post-secondary educational institution is considered to be public if the Foundation is of the opinion that a substantial part of its funding comes from a provincial government.
- 1998, c. 21, s. 2;
- 2005, c. 34, s. 80.
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