Emergency Measures Regulations (SOR/2022-21)

Marginal note:Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply to these Regulations

Act

Act means the Emergencies Act (Loi)

critical infrastructure

critical infrastructure means the following places, including any land on which they are located:

• (a) airports, aerodromes, heliports, harbours, ports, piers, lighthouses, canals, railway stations, railways, tramway lines, bus stations, bus depots and truck depots;

• (b) infrastructure for the supply of utilities such as water, gas, sanitation and telecommunications;

• (c) international and interprovincial bridges and crossings;

• (d) power generation and transmission facilities;

• (e) hospitals and locations where COVID-19 vaccines are administered;

• (f) trade corridors and international border crossings, including ports of entry, ferry terminals, customs offices, bonded warehouses, and sufferance warehouses. (infrastructures essentielles)

foreign national

foreign national has the same meaning as in subsection 2‍(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (étranger)

peace officer

peace officer means a police officer, police constable, constable, or other person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace (agent de la paix)

protected person

protected person has the same meaning as in subsection 95‍(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (personne protégée)