Access to Information Act
Marginal note:Definitions
3. In this Act,
“alternative format”
« support de substitution »
“alternative format”, with respect to a record, means a format that allows a person with a sensory disability to read or listen to that record;
“Court”
« Cour »
“Court” means the Federal Court;
“designated Minister”
« ministre désigné »
“designated Minister” means a person who is designated as the Minister under subsection 3.2(1);
“foreign state”
« État étranger »
“foreign state” means any state other than Canada;
“government institution”
« institution fédérale »
“government institution” means any department or ministry of state of the Government of Canada listed in Schedule I or any body or office listed in Schedule I;
“head”
« responsable d’institution fédérale »
“head”, in respect of a government institution, means
(a) in the case of a department or ministry of state, the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada who presides over the department or ministry, or
(b) in any other case, either the person designated under subsection 3.2(2) to be the head of the institution for the purposes of this Act or, if no such person is designated, the chief executive officer of the institution, whatever their title;
“Information Commissioner”
« Commissaire à l’information »
“Information Commissioner” means the Commissioner appointed under section 54;
“record”
« document »
“record” means any documentary material, regardless of medium or form;
“sensory disability”
« déficience sensorielle »
“sensory disability” means a disability that relates to sight or hearing;
“third party”
« tiers »
“third party”, in respect of a request for access to a record under this Act, means any person, group of persons or organization other than the person that made the request or a government institution.
- R.S., 1985, c. A-1, s. 3;
- 1992, c. 21, s. 1;
- 2002, c. 8, s. 183;
- 2006, c. 9, s. 141.