Public Agents Firearms Regulations (SOR/98-203)

1 The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Firearms Act. (Loi)

agency firearm

agency firearm means a firearm that is in the possession of a public service agency for use by its public agents. (arme à feu d’agence)

agency identification number

agency identification number[Repealed, SOR/2004-265, s. 1]

class

class means one of the following classes of firearms, namely, prohibited firearms, restricted firearms and non-restricted firearms. (classe)

controlled item

controlled item means a prohibited device, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon or prohibited ammunition. (article contrôlé)

firearm identification number

firearm identification number means a number assigned to a firearm under paragraph 7(1)(b). (numéro d’enregistrement)

non-restricted firearm

non-restricted firearm means a firearm that is neither a prohibited firearm nor a restricted firearm. (arme à feu sans restrictions)

protected firearm

protected firearm means a firearm that is in the possession of a public service agency and that is not an agency firearm. (arme à feu protégée)

public agent

public agent means

• (a) any of the following persons in the course of their duties or for the purposes of their employment:

  • (i) peace officers,

  • (ii) persons training to become police officers or peace officers under the control and supervision of a police force or a police academy or similar institution designated by the federal Minister or the lieutenant governor in council of a province,

  • (iii) persons or members of a class of persons employed in the public service of Canada or by the government of a province or municipality who are prescribed to be public officers by the Regulations Prescribing Public Officers, and

  • (iv) chief firearms officers and firearms officers, and

• (b) an individual acting on behalf of, and under the authority of, a police force or a department of the Government of Canada or of a province. (agent public)

public agency identification number

public agency identification number means the number assigned to a public service agency or unit under paragraph 7(1)(a). (numéro d’identification)

public service agency

public service agency means a police force, a department or agency of the public service of Canada or of a province or municipality, a police academy or other public agency that employs or otherwise has under its authority public agents. (agence de services publics)

sticker

sticker means a self-adhesive label issued by the Registrar under subsection 7(2). (étiquette)

unit

unit means any part of a public service agency. (subdivision)