Marginal note:Definitions

6. In this Act,

“Agency”

« Office »

“Agency” means the Canadian Transportation Agency continued by subsection 7(1);

“carrier”

« transporteur »

“carrier” means a person who is engaged in the transport of goods or passengers by any means of transport under the legislative authority of Parliament;

“Chairperson”

« président »

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Agency;

“goods”

« marchandises »

“goods” includes rolling stock and mail;

“member”

« membre »

“member” means a member of the Agency appointed under paragraph 7(2)(a) and includes a temporary member;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means the Minister of Transport;

“rolling stock”

« matériel roulant »

“rolling stock” includes a locomotive, engine, motor car, tender, snow-plough, flanger and any car or railway equipment that is designed for movement on its wheels on the rails of a railway;

“shipper”

« expéditeur »

“shipper” means a person who sends or receives goods by means of a carrier or intends to do so;

“sitting day of Parliament”

« jour de séance »

“sitting day of Parliament” means a day on which either House of Parliament sits;

“superior court”

« cour supérieure »

“superior court” means

• (a) in Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice,

• (b) in Quebec, the Superior Court,

• (c) in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench,

• (d) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court,

• (e) in Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court, and

• (f) in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice;

“temporary member”

« membre temporaire »

“temporary member” means a temporary member of the Agency appointed under subsection 9(1);

“Vice-Chairperson”

« vice-président »

“Vice-Chairperson” means the Vice-Chairperson of the Agency.