1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mail Receptacles Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“apartment building”

“apartment building” means a building containing three or more self-contained dwelling units with a common entrance; (immeuble d’habitation)

“business premises”

“business premises” means a commercial building or an office complex; (entreprise commerciale)

“commercial building”

“commercial building” means an office building, hotel or multiple use building that

• (a) has multiple occupancy,

• (b) is four or more storeys in height, and

• (c) is not primarily used as an apartment building; (immeuble commercial)

“letter chute”

“letter chute” means an enclosed rectangular shaped metal tube extending through each storey of a building in a continuous vertical line leading directly to a mail dispatching facility at the bottom of the tube; (couloir aux lettres)

“local postmaster”

“local postmaster” in respect of a building, means the employee of the Corporation who is in charge of the postal area in which the building is located; (maître de poste local)

“mail box”

“mail box” means a privately owned mail receiving facility designed for indoor or outdoor use in an urban area; (boîte aux lettres)

“mail box assembly”

“mail box assembly” means a privately owned group of mail boxes in an apartment building or office complex designed for the reception of the mail of all occupants of the building or complex and so constructed that each owner or tenant has an individual compartment that is capable of being kept locked; (batterie de boîtes aux lettres)

“mail dispatching facility”

“mail dispatching facility” means a receptacle or room designed for the reception of mailable matter that is to be collected by a post office representative for transmission by post; (installation de dépôt de courrier)

“mail receiving facility”

“mail receiving facility” means a receptacle designed for the receipt of mail; (installation de réception de courrier)

“mail room”

“mail room” means a room designed for the receipt or dispatch of mail; (salle de courrier)

“office complex”

“office complex” means a building that is

• (a) used for offices, or

• (b) used for offices and some other purpose

and contains at least three offices; (ensemble de bureaux)

“parcel compartment assembly”

“parcel compartment assembly” means all parcel compartment units installed in an apartment building or office complex; (batterie de casiers à colis)

“parcel compartment unit”

“parcel compartment unit” means a cabinet designed for the reception of mail having individual storage compartments that are capable of being kept locked; (casier à colis)

“post office representative”

“post office representative” means an employee of the Corporation, a mail contractor, an employee or agent of a mail contractor and any other person authorized by the Corporation to perform a function on behalf of the Corporation; (représentant des postes)

“recognized representative of an addressee”

“recognized representative of an addressee” means the person at the addressee’s residence or place of business who usually receives the addressee’s mail or has written authority from the addressee to receive the addressee’s mail; (représentant reconnu du destinataire)

“rural mail box”

“rural mail box” means a privately owned mail receiving facility and mail dispatching facility designed for outdoor use in a rural area. (boîte aux lettres rurale)