Industrial and Regional Development Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. I-8)

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Industrial and Regional Development Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. I-8

An Act to provide for financial assistance for industrial development in all regions of Canada

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Industrial and Regional Development Act.

  • 1980-81-82-83, c. 160, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“approved lender”

« prêteur agréé »

“approved lender” means an approved lender as defined by the regulations;

“commercial operation”

« affaire commerciale »

“commercial operation” means a commercial operation as defined by the regulations and includes such class of operations within the service industry as are designated by the Minister pursuant to subsection 7(2);

“development index”

« indice de développement »

“development index” means the index that may be established pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 15(a);

“district”

« district »

“district” means a census division established by Statistics Canada for the purpose of tabulating and publishing census data;

“eligible person”

« personne admissible »

“eligible person” means a person who carries on activities that support commercial operations and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes an economic, business or technological institute or centre, a municipal corporation or a municipal industrial development corporation;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister”, in relation to any class of matters to which this Act extends in any province or region of a province, means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act in relation to that class of matters in that province or region of a province;

“prescribed”

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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations of the Governor in Council;

“province”

« province »

“province” does not include Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.

  • R.S., 1985, c. I-8, s. 2;
  • R.S., 1985, c. 11 (4th Supp.), s. 14;
  • 1993, c. 28, s. 78;
  • 2002, c. 7, s. 185(E).
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