Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this section and in sections 3 to 34.

Agency

Agency means the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada established under section 3. (Agence)

bank holding company

bank holding company means a bank holding company as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act; (société de portefeuille bancaire)

Commissioner

Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Agency appointed under section 4. (commissaire)

consumer provision

consumer provision means

• (a) paragraph 157(2)(e), sections 195.1, 273.1, 627.02 to 627.998 and 979.1 to 979.4 of the Bank Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

• (a.1) sections 992 to 1003 of the Bank Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (a);

• (b) paragraphs 167(2)(f) and (g), subsection 382.2(3) and sections 385.05 to 385.28 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

• (b.1) sections 487.01 to 487.12 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (b);

• (c) paragraphs 165(2)(f) and (g), subsection 469.1(3), sections 479 to 489.3, subsection 542.061(3) and sections 598 to 607.2 of the Insurance Companies Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

• (c.1) sections 1034 to 1045 of the Insurance Companies Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (c);

• (d) paragraphs 161(2)(e) and (f), subsection 418.1(3) and sections 425.1 to 444.3 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions;

• (d.1) sections 539.01 to 539.12 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act as those sections apply to any notice, document or other information that is required under the provisions referred to in paragraph (d); and

• (e) subsection 469.1(3) as set out in paragraph 17(1)(f) of the Green Shield Canada Act and the provisions referred to in paragraph 17(1)(f.1) of that Act as they apply to Green Shield Canada in accordance with section 17 of that Act together with any regulations made under or for the purposes of those provisions. (disposition visant les consommateurs)

Deputy Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner means a Deputy Commissioner appointed under section 8. (commissaire adjoint)

external complaints body

external complaints body has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act. (organisme externe de traitement des plaintes)

financial institution

financial institution means

• (a) a bank as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act;

• (b) an authorized foreign bank as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act;

• (c) a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies;

• (d) a retail association as defined in section 2 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act;

• (e) a company or foreign company to which the Insurance Companies Act applies; and

• (f) Green Shield Canada. (institution financière)

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governing statute

governing statute means

• (a) in relation to a bank or authorized foreign bank as defined in the Bank Act, that Act;

• (b) in relation to a retail association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies, that Act;

• (c) in relation to a company or foreign company to which the Insurance Companies Act applies, that Act;

• (d) in relation to a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies, that Act; and

• (e) in relation to Green Shield Canada, the Green Shield Canada Act. (loi d’application)

insurance holding company

insurance holding company means an insurance holding company as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Insurance Companies Act. (société de portefeuille d’assurances)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Finance. (ministre)

participating entity

participating entity means a participating entity under the Consumer-Driven Banking Act. (entité participante)

payment card network operator

payment card network operator means an entity, as defined in section 3 of the Payment Card Networks Act, that operates or manages a payment card network, as defined in that section, including by establishing standards and procedures for the acceptance, transmission or processing of payment transactions and by facilitating the electronic transfer of information and funds. (exploitant de réseau de cartes de paiement)

penalty

penalty means an administrative monetary penalty. (pénalité)

prescribed

prescribed means prescribed by regulation. (Version anglaise seulement)

Senior Deputy Commissioner

Senior Deputy Commissioner means the Senior Deputy Commissioner for Consumer-Driven Banking appointed under subsection 7.2(1). (commissaire adjoint principal)

technical standards body

technical standards body means the technical standards body designated under subsection 8(1) of the Consumer-Driven Banking Act. (organisme de normalisation technique)