Transitional Assistance Benefit Regulations — 2
2 In these Regulations, Automotive Agreement means the Canada-United States Agreement on Automotive Products signed on January 16, 1965, by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada; ( accord de l’automobile ) average weekly wages and salaries in the industries means the average wages and salaries of employees in the Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Industries weighted according to the number of persons employed in each industry for the latest twelve months for which figures are published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and effective the first of the month following the publication thereof; ( traitements et salaires hebdomadaires moyens dans les industries ) Board means the General Adjustment Assistance Board established by the General Adjustment Assistance Regulations ; ( Commission ) Board of Referees means a board of referees appointed pursuant to the Unemployment Insurance Act ; ( conseil arbitral ) certificate means a certificate issued to the Department of Labour by the Board in accordance with section 12 of the Automotive Manufacturing Assistance Regulations ; ( certificat ) Commission means the Unemployment Insurance Commission established pursuant to the Unemployment Insurance Act ; ( Commission ) dependant means a person considered a dependant under the provisions of subsection (3) of section 47 of the Unemployment Insurance Act ; ( personne à charge ) effective date of the lay-off means the day stated by the Board in a certificate to be the effective date of the lay-off of the employees named in the certificate; ( date effective du débauchage ) employer means an employer of employees named in a certificate issued by the Board and any other employer who, in the opinion of the Minister of Industry, is engaged in producing products to which the Automotive Agreement applies; ( employeur ) employee means an employee named in a certificate issued by the Board; ( employé ) insurance officer means an officer or employee appointed or employed pursuant to the Unemployment Insurance Act and authorized by the Commission to be an insurance officer for the purposes of that Act; ( fonctionnaire de l’assurance ) maximum benefit entitlement in respect of an employee means the weekly sum of money established under section 10; ( allocation maximum attribuable ) Minister means the Minister of Labour; ( Ministre ) previous earnings means the gross weekly wages of an employee for a normal full week of employment without overtime by an employer immediately preceding the effective date of the lay-off; ( gains antérieurs ) qualifying week means a week (i) for which a contribution in respect of earnings of at least twenty dollars of an insured person is payable under the Unemployment Insurance Act and has been paid by an employer, or (ii) in which an employee for whom contributions are not payable under the Unemployment Insurance Act has worked for an employer and has earned at least twenty dollars, if the fact of his having so worked is established to the satisfaction of an insurance officer; ( semaine ouvrant droit à prestations ) supplemental unemployment benefits means benefits under a private supplemental unemployment benefit plan that has been approved by the Commission pursuant to the Unemployment Insurance Act ; and ( prestations supplémentaires de chômage ) week means a calendar week. ( semaine ) SOR/65-526, s. 1; SOR/69-30, s. 1; SOR/71-322, s. 1