National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

appropriate Minister

appropriate Minister means

• (a) with respect to a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister presiding over the department;

• (b) with respect to a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister set out in column II of that Schedule;

• (c) with respect to a corporation named in Schedule II to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister designated as the appropriate Minister by order of the Governor in Council made under that Act;

• (c.1) with respect to a parent Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act, the appropriate Minister as defined in that subsection; or

• (d) with respect to the Canadian Forces, the Minister of National Defence. (ministre compétent)

Committee

Committee means the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians established by section 4. (Comité)

department

department means, except in subsection 25(2), a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, a division or branch of the federal public administration — other than a review body or the office of the Intelligence Commissioner — set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to that Act, a corporation named in Schedule II to that Act, a parent Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of that Act or the Canadian Forces. (ministère)

review body

review body means

• (a) the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police established by subsection 45.29(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act; or

• (b) the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency. (organisme de surveillance)

• (c) [Repealed, 2019, c. 13, s. 49]

Secretariat

Secretariat means the Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians established by subsection 24(1). (Secrétariat)