Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Energy Efficiency Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“dealer”

« fournisseur »

“dealer” means a person engaged in the business of

• (a) manufacturing energy-using products in Canada,

• (b) importing energy-using products into Canada, or

• (c) selling or leasing energy-using products obtained directly or indirectly from a person engaged in a business described in paragraph (a) or (b) or an agent thereof;

“energy efficiency standard”

« norme d’efficacité énergétique »

“energy efficiency standard”, in respect of an energy-using product, means the standard, if any, prescribed pursuant to section 20 for that product or for a class of energy-using products that includes that product;

“energy-using product”

« matériel consommateur d’énergie »

“energy-using product” means a prescribed product;

“inspector”

« inspecteur »

“inspector” means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to subsection 9(1);

“manufacture”

« fabrication »

“manufacture” includes the process of assembling or altering an energy-using product in order to complete that product for sale to the first retail purchaser or for lease to the first lessee;

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources;

“prescribed”

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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation.

Meaning of “class”

2.1 For greater certainty, a reference in this Act to a “class” in relation to energy-using products includes classes based on common energy-consuming characteristics, the intended use of the products or the conditions under which the products are normally used.