Telecommunications Act (S.C. 1993, c. 38)
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Telecommunications Act
S.C. 1993, c. 38
Assented to 1993-06-23
An Act respecting telecommunications
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
1. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Act.
PART I
GENERAL
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
2. (1) In this Act,
“broadcasting undertaking”
« entreprise de radiodiffusion »
“broadcasting undertaking” has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act;
“Canadian carrier”
« entreprise canadienne »
“Canadian carrier” means a telecommunications common carrier that is subject to the legislative authority of Parliament;
“Canadian telecommunications policy objectives”
Version anglaise seulement“Canadian telecommunications policy objectives” means the objectives set out in section 7;
“charge”
Version anglaise seulement“charge” includes to receive in payment;
“Commission”
« Conseil »
“Commission” means the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission;
“control”
« contrôle »
“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;
“decision”
« décision »
“decision” includes a determination made by the Commission in any form;
“exempt transmission apparatus”
« appareil de transmission exclu »
“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;
“intelligence”
« information »
“intelligence” means signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature;
“international submarine cable”
« câble sous-marin international »
“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;
“international submarine cable licence”
« licence de câble sous-marin international »
“international submarine cable licence” means a licence issued under section 19;
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister of Industry;
“person”
« personne »
“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;
“prescribed”
Version anglaise seulement“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation;
“public authority”
« administration publique »
“public authority” includes Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province;
“rate”
« tarif »
“rate” means an amount of money or other consideration and includes zero consideration;
“special Act”
« loi spéciale »
“special Act” means an Act of Parliament respecting the operations of a particular Canadian carrier;
“telecommunications”
« télécommunication »
“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;
“telecommunications common carrier”
« entreprise de télécommunication »
“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;
“telecommunications facility”
« installation de télécommunication »
“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;
“telecommunications service”
« service de télécommunication »
“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;
“telecommunications service provider”
« fournisseur de services de télécommunication »
“telecommunications service provider” means a person who provides basic telecommunications services, including by exempt transmission apparatus;
“transmission facility”
« installation de transmission »
“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.
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).
- 1993, c. 38, s. 2;
- 1995, c. 1, s. 62;
- 1998, c. 8, s. 1;
- 2004, c. 25, s. 174.
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