Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  appropriate officer

  appropriate officer[Repealed, 2013, c. 18, s. 2]

  child

  child means a person who is or, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of eighteen years; (enfant)

  Code of Conduct

  Code of Conduct means the regulations made pursuant to section 38; (code de déontologie)

  Commission

  Commission means the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police established by subsection 45.29(1); (Commission)

  Commission Chairman

  Commission Chairman[Repealed, 2013, c. 18, s. 2]

  Commissioner

  Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (commissaire)

  Committee

  Committee means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police External Review Committee established by section 25; (Comité)

  Committee Chairman

  Committee Chairman[Repealed, 2013, c. 18, s. 2]

  conduct authority

  conduct authority, in respect of a member, means a person designated under subsection (3) in respect of the member; (autorité disciplinaire)

  Force

  Force means the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (Gendarmerie)

  guardian

  guardian means, in respect of a child, any person, other than a parent of the child, who is under a legal duty to provide for the child or who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of the child; (tuteur)

  member

  member means any person who has been appointed under section 5 or subsection 6(3) or (4) or 7(1) and who is employed with the Force; (membre)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; (ministre)

  officer

  officer means a member appointed under section 5 or subsection 6(3) or (4); (officier)

  proceedings

  proceedings, in relation to the Commission, means any investigation or hearing conducted by the Commission with respect to a complaint made under Part VII or VII.2. (procédure)

  representative

  representative means a person who is representing or assisting a member or a conduct authority under section 47.1. (représentant)

• Marginal note:Commissioner’s standing orders

  (2) The rules made by the Commissioner under any provision of this Act empowering the Commissioner to make rules shall be known as Commissioner’s standing orders.

• Marginal note:Designation

  (3) The Commissioner may designate any person to be a conduct authority in respect of a member either for the purposes of this Act generally or for the purposes of any particular provision of this Act.