Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act (S.C. 2001, c. 9)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2013-03-27. Previous Versions

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

S.C. 2001, c. 9

Assented to 2001-06-14

An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

 This Act may be cited as the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

 The following definitions apply in this section and in sections 3 to 34.

“Agency”

« Agence »

“Agency” means the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada established under section 3.

“bank holding company”

« société de portefeuille bancaire »

“bank holding company” means a bank holding company as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act;

“Commissioner”

« commissaire »

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Agency appointed under section 4.

“consumer provision”

« disposition visant les consomma­teurs »

“consumer provision” means

  • (a) paragraphs 157(2)(e) and (f), sections 273.1 and 413.1, subsection 418.1(3), sections 439.1 to 459.5, subsections 540(2) and (3) and 545(4) and (5), paragraphs 545(6)(b) and (c), subsection 552(3) and sections 559 to 576.3 of the Bank Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

  • (a.1) sections 992 to 1003 of the Bank Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (a);

  • (b) paragraphs 167(2)(f) and (g), subsection 382.2(3) and sections 385.05 to 385.28 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

  • (b.1) sections 487.01 to 487.12 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (b);

  • (c) paragraphs 165(2)(f) and (g), subsection 469.1(3), sections 479 to 489.3, subsection 542.061(3) and sections 598 to 607.2 of the Insurance Companies Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

  • (c.1) sections 1034 to 1045 of the Insurance Companies Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (c);

  • (d) paragraphs 161(2)(e) and (f), subsection 418.1(3) and sections 425.1 to 444.3 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

  • (d.1) sections 539.01 to 539.12 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (d); and

  • (e) subsection 469.1(3) as set out in paragraph 17(1)(f) of the Green Shield Canada Act and the provisions referred to in paragraph 17(1)(f.1) of that Act as they apply to Green Shield Canada in accordance with section 17 of that Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions.

“Deputy Commissioner”

« commissaire adjoint »

“Deputy Commissioner” means a Deputy Commissioner appointed under section 8.

“financial institution”

« institution financière »

“financial institution” means

“Financial Literacy Leader”

« chef du développement de la littératie financière »

“Financial Literacy Leader” means the person appointed under section 4.1.

“governing statute”

« loi d’application »

“governing statute” means

“insurance holding company”

« société de portefeuille d’assurances »

“insurance holding company” means an insurance holding company as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act.

“Minister”

« ministre »

“Minister” means the Minister of Finance.

“payment card network operator”

« exploitant de réseau de cartes de paiement »

“payment card network operator” means an entity, as defined in section 3 of the Payment Card Networks Act, that operates or manages a payment card network, as defined in that section, including by establishing standards and procedures for the acceptance, transmission or processing of payment transactions and by facilitating the electronic transfer of information and funds.

“penalty”

« pénalité »

“penalty” means an administrative monetary penalty.

“prescribed”

Version anglaise seulement

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation.

  • 2001, c. 9, s. 2;
  • 2009, c. 2, s. 280;
  • 2010, c. 12, s. 1835;
  • 2012, c. 5, ss. 217, 222;
  • 2013, c. 1, s. 2.