Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Part,

  access provision

  access provision means a provision of an order providing for access to a child; (disposition prévoyant l’accès)

  access right

  access right[Repealed, 2019, c. 16, s. 43]

  central authority

  central authority means any person or entity that is acting as a central authority for the purposes of a convention prescribed by the regulations and that is designated in an agreement entered into with a province under section 3; (autorité centrale)

  contact provision

  contact provision means a provision in an order made under subsection 16.5(1) or (2) of the Divorce Act or a provision of a similar nature in an order made under provincial law; (disposition sur les contacts)

  court

  court[Repealed, 2019, c. 16, s. 43]

  custody provision

  custody provision means a provision of an order providing for custody of a child; (disposition de garde)

  designated authority

  designated authority means any person or entity that is responsible under the Divorce Act or a provincial Act for processing inter-jurisdictional support applications and that is designated in an agreement with a province entered into under section 3; (autorité désignée)

  family provision

  family provision means a support provision, a parenting provision, a contact provision, a custody provision or an access provision; (disposition familiale)

  information bank

  information bank means an information bank that is designated by the regulations; (fichier)

  information bank director

  information bank director means a person who is designated by the regulations as the information bank director for a given information bank; (directeur de fichier)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Justice; (ministre)

  order

  order[Repealed, 2019, c. 16, s. 43])

  parenting provision

  parenting provision means a provision in an order made under subsection 16.1(1) or (2) of the Divorce Act or a provision of a similar nature in an order made under provincial law; (disposition parentale)

  provincial child support service

  provincial child support service means any entity that is designated in an agreement with a province entered into under section 3, and that calculates or recalculates the amount of child support; (service provincial des aliments pour enfants)

  provincial enforcement service

  provincial enforcement service means any entity that is entitled under the laws of a province to enforce family provisions and that is designated in an agreement with the province entered into under section 3; (autorité provinciale)

  provincial information bank

  provincial information bank[Repealed, 2019, c. 16, s. 43]

  support provision

  support provision means a provision of an order for maintenance, alimony or support. (disposition alimentaire)

• Marginal note:Definition of order

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), paragraphs 8(1)(b) and 9(1)(b) and subparagraphs 16(2)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii), unless a contrary intention appears, order means an order, judgment, decision or agreement — whether interim or final — that is enforceable in a province.