National Capital Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. N-4)
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National Capital Act
R.S.C., 1985, c. N-4
An Act respecting the development and improvement of the National Capital Region
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the National Capital Act.
- R.S., c. N-3, s. 1.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. In this Act,
“Chairperson”
« président »
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Commission;
“Chief Executive Officer”
« premier dirigeant »
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission;
“Commission”
« Commission »
“Commission” means the National Capital Commission continued by section 3;
“department”
« ministère »
“department” means
(a) any department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act,
(a.1) any division or branch of the federal public administration named in Schedule I.1 to that Act,
(a.2) any commission under the Inquiries Act designated as a department for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act,
(b) any corporation named in Schedule II or III to the Financial Administration Act, and
(c) any board, commission, corporation or other body that is, for all its purposes or for all the purposes of the Act of Parliament under which it is established, an agent of Her Majesty;
“Her Majesty”
« Sa Majesté »
“Her Majesty” means Her Majesty in right of Canada;
“highway”
« voie publique »
“highway” includes any street, road, lane, thoroughfare or driveway;
“local municipality”
« municipalité locale »
“local municipality” means a municipality wholly or partly within the National Capital Region;
“member”
Version anglaise seulement“member” means a member of the Commission;
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Prime Minister of Canada or such other member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;
“National Capital Region”
« région de la capitale nationale »
“National Capital Region” means the seat of the Government of Canada and its surrounding area, more particularly described in the schedule;
“property”
« bien » ou « propriété »
“property” means real or personal property or any interest therein;
“property of the Commission”
« bien de la Commission » ou « propriété de la Commission »
“property of the Commission” means property under the control and management of, or vested in the name of, the Commission;
“public lands”
« terrains publics »
“public lands” means real property or any interest therein, under the control and management of a department;
- “Vice-Chairperson”
“Vice-Chairperson”[Repealed, 2006, c. 9, s. 283]
“work”
Version anglaise seulement“work” means any work, structure or undertaking.
- R.S., 1985, c. N-4, s. 2;
- R.S., 1985, c. 45 (4th Supp.), s. 1;
- 1992, c. 1, s. 141;
- 1995, c. 29, s. 55(E);
- 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E);
- 2006, c. 9, s. 283.