Telecommunications Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  broadcasting undertaking

  broadcasting undertaking has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act; (entreprise de radiodiffusion)

  Canadian carrier

  Canadian carrier means a telecommunications common carrier that is subject to the legislative authority of Parliament; (entreprise canadienne)

  Canadian telecommunications policy objectives

  Canadian telecommunications policy objectives means the objectives set out in section 7; (Version anglaise seulement)

  charge

  charge includes to receive in payment; (Version anglaise seulement)

  Commission

  Commission means the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (Conseil)

  control

  control means control in any manner that results in control in fact, whether directly through the ownership of securities or indirectly through a trust, agreement or arrangement, the ownership of any body corporate or otherwise; (contrôle)

  decision

  decision includes a determination made by the Commission in any form; (décision)

  exempt transmission apparatus

  exempt transmission apparatus means any apparatus whose functions are limited to one or more of the following:

  • (a) the switching of telecommunications,

  • (b) the input, capture, storage, organization, modification, retrieval, output or other processing of intelligence, or

  • (c) control of the speed, code, protocol, content, format, routing or similar aspects of the transmission of intelligence; (appareil de transmission exclu)

  intelligence

  intelligence means signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature; (information)

  international submarine cable

  international submarine cable means a submarine telecommunications line that extends between Canada and any place outside Canada, or between places outside Canada through Canada, other than a line situated entirely under fresh water; (câble sous-marin international)

  international submarine cable licence

  international submarine cable licence means a licence issued under section 19; (licence de câble sous-marin international)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Industry; (ministre)

  person

  person includes any individual, partnership, body corporate, unincorporated organization, government, government agency and any other person or entity that acts in the name of or for the benefit of another, including a trustee, executor, administrator, liquidator of the succession, guardian, curator or tutor; (personne)

  prescribed

  prescribed means prescribed by regulation; (Version anglaise seulement)

  public authority

  public authority includes Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province; (administration publique)

  rate

  rate means an amount of money or other consideration and includes zero consideration; (tarif)

  special Act

  special Act means an Act of Parliament respecting the operations of a particular Canadian carrier; (loi spéciale)

  telecommunications

  telecommunications means the emission, transmission or reception of intelligence by any wire, cable, radio, optical or other electromagnetic system, or by any similar technical system; (télécommunication)

  telecommunications common carrier

  telecommunications common carrier means a person who owns or operates a transmission facility used by that person or another person to provide telecommunications services to the public for compensation; (entreprise de télécommunication)

  telecommunications facility

  telecommunications facility means any facility, apparatus or other thing that is used or is capable of being used for telecommunications or for any operation directly connected with telecommunications, and includes a transmission facility; (installation de télécommunication)

  telecommunications service

  telecommunications service means a service provided by means of telecommunications facilities and includes the provision in whole or in part of telecommunications facilities and any related equipment, whether by sale, lease or otherwise; (service de télécommunication)

  telecommunications service provider

  telecommunications service provider means a person who provides basic telecommunications services, including by exempt transmission apparatus; (fournisseur de services de télécommunication)

  transmission facility

  transmission facility means any wire, cable, radio, optical or other electromagnetic system, or any similar technical system, for the transmission of intelligence between network termination points, but does not include any exempt transmission apparatus. (installation de transmission)

• Marginal note:Definition of network termination point

  (2) The Commission may define the expression network termination point for purposes of the definition transmission facility in subsection (1).