Old Age Security Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 33 (1) The following definitions apply in this section and sections 33.01 to 33.11 and 39.

  administration

  mise en oeuvre

  administration includes the development, operation, evaluation and enforcement of policies and programs. (mise en oeuvre)

  federal institution

  institution fédérale

  federal institution means a department or any other body referred to in a schedule to the Financial Administration Act. (institution fédérale)

  public officer

  fonctionnaire public

  public officer means an officer or employee of a federal institution, or a prescribed individual or a member of a prescribed class of individuals. (fonctionnaire public)

• Marginal note:Interpretation

  (2) The definition of a word or expression in subsection (1) does not affect its interpretation in any other provision of this Act.

• Marginal note:Purpose

  (3) This section and sections 33.01 to 33.09 set out the rules that apply to the protection and the making available of information with respect to an individual that was obtained under this Act or prepared under this Act from that information.