1. [Repealed, SOR/99-362, s. 2]

2. The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.

“Act”

“Act” means the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act. (Loi)

“contract”

“contract” means a contract described in section 3. (contrat)

“contracting authority”

“contracting authority” means a department of the Government of Canada or a crown corporation as that term is defined under the Financial Administration Act. (adjudicateur)

“contractor”

“contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with a contracting authority. (entrepreneur)

“inspector”

“inspector” has the meaning assigned to that term by Part III of the Canada Labour Code. (inspecteur)

“regional director”

“regional director” has the meaning assigned to that term by Part III of the Canada Labour Code. (directeur régional)

2.1 Any notice or other document required to be sent or given to the regional director for the purpose of these Regulations in respect of a contract shall be sent or given to the regional director whose office is located nearest to the place where the work under the contract is to be carried out.

3. These Regulations apply to every contract made with the Government of Canada through a contracting authority for the construction, remodelling, repair or demolition of any work.

• 4. (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), where there is a wage rate fixed, from time to time, by or under an Act of the legislature of a province that is applicable in the district in which the work is being performed for the character or class of work, and that rate is generally accepted as current, the fair wage shall be the provincial rate.

• (2) Where there is no wage rate fixed by provincial law for the district, the fair wage shall be equivalent to the average of salaries paid in that district for the character or class of work, based on statistical estimates produced by Statistics Canada from an occupational survey of the construction sector.

• (3) Where the wage rates fixed by provincial law for a district are not generally accepted as current, the fair wages shall be the wage rates determined under subsection (2).

• (4) In no case shall the fair wage rate be less than the minimum hourly rate fixed pursuant to Part III of the Canada Labour Code.