Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

6 In this Act,

Agency

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

carrier

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; (transporteur)

Chairperson

Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Agency; (président)

class 1 rail carrier

class 1 rail carrier means

• (a) the Canadian National Railway Company,

• (b) the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,

• (c) BNSF Railway Company,

• (d) CSX Transportation, Inc.,

• (e) Norfolk Southern Railway Company,

• (f) Union Pacific Railroad Company, and

• (g) any railway company, as defined in section 87, that is specified in the regulations; (transporteur ferroviaire de catégorie 1)

goods

goods includes rolling stock and mail; (marchandises)

member

member means a member of the Agency appointed under subsection 7(2) and includes a temporary member; (membre)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

radioactive material

radioactive material has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances Regulations, 2015. It includes a dangerous good with any of UN numbers 2908 to 2913, 2915 to 2917, 2919, 2977, 2978, 3321 to 3333 and 3507 that are set out in Column 1 of the Dangerous Goods List in Chapter 3.2 of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods — Model Regulations, Eighteenth revised edition, 2013, published by the United Nations; (matière radioactive)

rolling stock

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; (matériel roulant)

shipper

shipper means a person who sends or receives goods by means of a carrier or intends to do so; (expéditeur)

sitting day of Parliament

sitting day of Parliament means a day on which either House of Parliament sits; (jour de séance)

superior court

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, Prince Edward Island, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court,

• (e) in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court, and

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

temporary member

temporary member means a temporary member of the Agency appointed under subsection 9(1); (membre temporaire)

TIH (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) material

TIH (Toxic Inhalation Hazard) material means a gas or substance that is included in Class 2.3 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations or that, under paragraph 2.28(c) of those Regulations, is included in Class 6.1 of those Regulations. It includes a dangerous good with a UN number that is set out in Column 1 of the Dangerous Goods List in Chapter 3.2 of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations, Eighteenth revised edition, 2013, published by the United Nations and that is listed in Schedule III; (matière toxique par inhalation)

Vice-Chairperson

Vice-Chairperson means the Vice-Chairperson of the Agency. (vice-président)