Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  appropriate officer

  officier compétent

  appropriate officer means, in respect of a member, such officer as is designated pursuant to subsection (3); (officier compétent)

  child

  enfant

  child means a person who is or, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of eighteen years; (enfant)

  Code of Conduct

  code de déontologie

  Code of Conduct means the regulations made pursuant to section 38; (code de déontologie)

  Commission

  Commission

  Commission means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints Commission established by section 45.29; (Commission)

  Commission Chairman

  Version anglaise seulement

  Commission Chairman means the Chairman of the Commission; (Version anglaise seulement)

  Commissioner

  commissaire

  Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (commissaire)

  Committee

  Comité

  Committee means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee established by section 25; (Comité)

  Committee Chairman

  Version anglaise seulement

  Committee Chairman means the Chairman of the Committee; (Version anglaise seulement)

  Force

  Gendarmerie

  Force means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (Gendarmerie)

  guardian

  tuteur

  guardian means, in respect of a child, any person, other than a parent of the child, who is under a legal duty to provide for the child or who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of the child; (tuteur)

  member

  membre

  member means any person

  • (a) who has been appointed as an officer or other member of the Force under section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a) or 7(1)(a), and

  • (b) who has not been dismissed or discharged from the Force as provided in this Act, the regulations or the Commissioner’s standing orders; (membre)

  Minister

  ministre

  Minister means the Solicitor General of Canada; (ministre)

  officer

  officier

  officer means a member appointed by the Governor in Council pursuant to section 5 or paragraph 6(3)(a); (officier)

  representative

  représentant

  representative means a member who is representing or assisting another member pursuant to section 47.1. (représentant)

• Marginal note:Commissioner’s standing orders

  (2) The rules made by the Commissioner under any provision of this Act empowering the Commissioner to make rules shall be known as Commissioner’s standing orders.

• Marginal note:Designation

  (3) The Commissioner may, by rule, designate an officer to be the appropriate officer in respect of a member either for the purposes of this Act generally or for the purposes of any provision thereof in particular.