Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.001
Definitions 210.001 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part. authorization means an authorization issued under paragraph 142(1)(b) or subsection 142.011(1). ( autorisation ) Chief Safety Officer means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 144. ( délégué à la sécurité ) committee means a special committee and a workplace committee. ( comité ) coordinator means an employee designated under subsection 210.045(1) to act as an occupational health and safety coordinator. ( coordonnateur ) declaration means a declaration referred to in subsection 143.1(1) or (2). ( déclaration ) employee means an individual who, in return for monetary compensation, performs work or services for an employer in respect of a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued. ( employé ) employer means a person who employs or contracts for the services of any individual in respect of a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued, if that person has the power to exercise direction and control over the individual’s work at the workplace. ( employeur ) hazardous substance includes a controlled product and any chemical, biological or physical agent that, by reason of a property that the agent possesses, is hazardous to the health or safety of an individual exposed to it. ( substance dangereuse ) health and safety officer means an occupational health and safety officer or a special officer. ( agent de santé et de sécurité ) interest holder has the same meaning as in section 49. ( Version anglaise seulement ) marine installation or structure (a) includes (i) any ship, including any ship used for construction, production or diving or for geotechnical or seismic work, (ii) any offshore drilling unit, including a mobile offshore drilling unit, (iii) any production platform, subsea installation, pipeline as defined in section 138, pumping station or storage structure, (iii.1) any facility or structure used for producing, storing or transmitting an offshore renewable energy product, including an electrical substation, (iii.2) any living accommodation or loading or landing platform, and (iv) any other work, or work within a class of works, prescribed under paragraph (4)(a); but (b) does not include (i) any vessel, including any supply vessel, standby vessel, shuttle tanker or seismic chase vessel, that provides any supply or support services to a ship, installation, facility, structure, work or anything else described in paragraph (a), unless the vessel is within a class of vessels that is prescribed under paragraph (4)(b), or (ii) any ship or vessel within a class of ships or vessels prescribed under paragraph (4)(c). ( ouvrage en mer ) Nova Scotia social legislation means the provisions of the following Acts, as those Acts are amended from time to time: the Human Rights Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 214, the Labour Standards Code , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 246, the Workers’ Compensation Act , S.N.S. 1994-95, c.10, and the Health Protection Act , S.N.S. 2004, c. 4. ( lois sociales ) occupational health and safety officer means an individual designated by the Federal Minister under section 210.072. ( agent de santé et de sécurité au travail ) operator means a person who holds an authorization. ( exploitant ) owner means a person who has a right, title or interest, including a leasehold interest, recognized by law, in a marine installation or structure that is used or is to be used as a workplace, or any entity in which the person has vested all or any part of their right, title or interest. ( propriétaire ) passenger craft means any aircraft or vessel used to transport employees to or from a workplace while — and immediately before — it is transporting them. ( véhicule de transport ) person includes individuals, corporations and partnerships. ( personne ) personal protective equipment includes personal protective clothing, personal protective devices and personal protective materials. ( équipement de protection personn