Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Suspicious Transaction Reporting Regulations

1 (1) For the purposes of the Act and in these Regulations, casino means a person or entity that is licensed, registered, permitted or otherwise authorized to do business under any of paragraphs 207(1)(a) to (g) of the Criminal Code and that conducts its business activities in a permanent establishment

• (a) that the person or entity holds out to be a casino and in which roulette or card games are carried on; or

• (b) where there is a slot machine, which, for the purposes of this definition, does not include a video lottery terminal.

It does not include a person or entity that is a registered charity as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act and is licensed, registered, permitted or otherwise authorized to carry on business temporarily for charitable purposes, if the business is carried out in the establishment of the casino for not more than two consecutive days at a time under the supervision of the casino.

(2) The definitions in this subsection apply in these Regulations.

accountant

accountant means a chartered accountant, a certified general accountant or a certified management accountant. (comptable)

accounting firm

accounting firm means an entity that is engaged in the business of providing accounting services to the public and has at least one partner, employee or administrator that is an accountant. (cabinet d’expertise comptable)

Act

Act means the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. (Loi)

cash

cash means coins referred to in section 7 of the Currency Act, notes issued by the Bank of Canada pursuant to the Bank of Canada Act that are intended for circulation in Canada and coins or bank notes of countries other than Canada. (espèces)

cash

cash or currency[Repealed, SOR/2002-185, s. 2]

CICA Handbook

CICA Handbook means the handbook prepared and published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, as amended from time to time. (Manuel de l’ICCA)

electronic funds transfer

electronic funds transfer means the transmission — through any electronic, magnetic or optical device, telephone instrument or computer — of instructions for the transfer of funds, including a SWIFT MT 100 or MT 103 message. (télévirement)

financial entity

financial entity means an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act in respect of its business in Canada or a bank to which that Act applies, a cooperative credit society, savings and credit union or caisse populaire that is regulated by a provincial Act, an association that is regulated by the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies and a trust company and loan company regulated by a provincial Act. It includes a department or agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province where the department or agent is carrying out an activity referred to in section 8. (entité financière)

funds

funds means cash, currency or securities, or negotiable instruments or other financial instruments, in any form, that indicate a person’s or an entity’s title or interest in them. (fonds)

legal firm

legal firm[Repealed, SOR/2003-102, s. 1]

life insurance broker or agent

life insurance broker or agent means a person or entity that is registered or licensed under provincial legislation to carry on the business of arranging contracts of life insurance. (représentant d’assurance-vie)

money services business

money services business means a person or entity that is engaged in the business of remitting funds or transmitting funds by any means or through any person, entity or electronic funds transfer network, or of issuing or redeeming money orders, traveller’s cheques or other similar negotiable instruments. It includes a financial entity when it carries out one of those activities with a person or entity that is not an account holder. (entreprise de transfert de fonds ou de vente de titres négociables)

real estate broker or sales representative

real estate broker or sales representative means a person or entity that is registered or licensed under provincial legislation in respect of the sale or purchase of real estate. (courtier ou agent immobilier)

SWIFT

SWIFT means the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. (SWIFT)

trust company

trust company means a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies or a trust company regulated by a provincial Act. (société de fiducie)