1. These Regulations may be cited as the Personnel Training for the Assistance of Persons with Disabilities Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Canada Transportation Act; (Loi)

“attendant”

“attendant” means a person who travels with a person with a disability to provide a service related to a disability that is not usually provided by a carrier; (accompagnateur)

“carrier”

“carrier” means a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration Act, a government in Canada or an agent thereof, or any other person or entity that is controlled in fact by Canadians and, where applicable, of which at least 75 per cent of the voting interests are held and controlled by Canadians, that operates a passenger transportation service within or from Canada; (transporteur)

“commuter rail service”

“commuter rail service” means a passenger-train service that accommodates principally persons who commute between points on the railway of the company that provides the service; (service ferroviaire de banlieue)

“contractor”

“contractor” means any person, or employee of that person, who performs services pursuant to a contract or an arrangement with a carrier or a terminal operator, and who is not an employee of the carrier or the terminal operator, but does not include a travel agency; (entrepreneur)

“disability”

“disability” means a physical, sensory, developmental, mental health or medical functional limitation or restriction that affects a person in such a manner that the person is a person with a disability; (déficience)

“lodge operation”

“lodge operation” means an operation that involves a commercial air service of a small aeroplane, as defined in section 2 of the Air Carriers Using Small Aeroplanes Order; (hôtel pavillonnaire)

“mobility aid”

“mobility aid” includes wheelchairs, scooters, transfer chairs, walkers, canes, crutches and braces; (aide à la mobilité)

“person with a disability”

“person with a disability” means a person who is, has been or will be a passenger on a service operated by a carrier and who, because of a disability, requires services that are not usually extended to other passengers, including assistance

• (a) when making travel arrangements,

• (b) when embarking and disembarking,

• (c) on board a vehicle, and

• (d) during any movements between facilities inside or outside the terminal buildings that involve transportation-related services; (personne ayant une déficience)

“service animal”

“service animal” means an animal that is required by a person with a disability for assistance and is certified, in writing, as having been trained to assist a person with a disability by a professional service animal institution; (animal aidant)

“terminal operator”

“terminal operator” means the owner, operator or lessee of facilities or premises related to the transport of passengers within the transportation network governed by the Act; (exploitant de terminal)

“transportation-related services”

“transportation-related services” includes passenger security screening, baggage handling, vehicle rental, public parking and, in the case of air terminals, all ground transportation from the terminal. (services liés au transport)