Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act

Marginal note:Interpretation

3 In this Part,

bank holding company

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

Deputy Superintendent

Deputy Superintendent means a Deputy Superintendent of Financial Institutions appointed pursuant to section 8; (surintendant adjoint)

financial institution

financial institution means

• (a) a bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act,

• (a.1) an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act,

• (b) a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies,

• (c) an association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies,

• (d) a company, society, foreign company or provincial company to which the Insurance Companies Act applies, and

• (e) Green Shield Canada; (institution financière)

• (f) [Repealed, 1996, c. 6, s. 104] 

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)

Office

Office means the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions established pursuant to section 4; (Bureau)

pension plan

pension plan has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 or has the meaning assigned by the definition pooled registered pension plan in subsection 2(1) of the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act, as the case may be; (régime de pension)

Superintendent

Superintendent means the Superintendent of Financial Institutions appointed pursuant to subsection 5(1). (surintendant)