National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

appropriate Minister

appropriate Minister means

• (a) with respect to a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister presiding over the department;

• (b) with respect to a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister set out in column II of that schedule;

• (c) with respect to a corporation named in Schedule II to the Financial Administration Act, the Minister designated as the appropriate Minister by order of the Governor in Council made under that Act;

• (d) with respect to a parent Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act, the appropriate Minister as defined in that subsection;

• (e) with respect to the Canadian Forces, the Minister of National Defence; or

• (f) with respect to the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner appointed under subsection 9(1) of the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (ministre compétent)

department

department means, other than in subsection 42(2), a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, a division or branch of the federal public administration — other than a review body and the office of the Intelligence Commissioner — set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to that Act, a corporation named in Schedule II to that Act, a parent Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of that Act, the Canadian Forces or the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner appointed under subsection 9(1) of the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act. (ministère)

deputy head

deputy head means, except in section 42,

• (a) with respect to a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act, the deputy minister of that department;

• (b) with respect to the Canadian Forces, the Chief of the Defence Staff;

• (c) with respect to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;

• (d) with respect to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Director;

• (e) with respect to any other portion of the federal public administration, the person designated by order of the Governor in Council to be the deputy head of that portion of the federal public administration for the purposes of this Act; and

• (f) with respect to any inquiry established under the Inquiries Act, if there is a single commissioner, that commissioner or, if there is more than one commissioner, the commissioner designated by order of the Governor in Council to be the deputy head of that inquiry for the purposes of this Act. (administrateur général)

Director

Director means the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. (directeur)

Review Agency

Review Agency means the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency established under section 3. (Office de surveillance)

review body

review body means

• (a) the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police established by subsection 45.29(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act; or

• (b) the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. (organisme de surveillance)