Bank Act — B-1.01 2
individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) complainant , in relation to a bank or any matter concerning a bank, means (a) a registered holder or beneficial owner, and a former registered holder or beneficial owner, of a security of a bank or any of its affiliates, (b) a director or an officer, or a former director or officer, of a bank or any of its affiliates, (c) any other person who, in the discretion of a court, is a proper person to make an application under section 334, 338 or 989, or (d) a member or a former member of a federal credit union; ( plaignant ) consumer provision means a provision referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (a.2) of the definition consumer provision in section 2 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( disposition visant les consommateurs ) court means (a) in the Province of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice, (b) in the Province of Quebec, the Superior Court of the Province, (c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the Supreme Court of the Province, (d) in the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench for the Province, (e) in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Province, and (f) the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice; ( tribunal ) court of appeal means the court to which an appeal lies from a decision or order of a court; ( cour d’appel ) debt obligation means a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of an entity, whether secured or unsecured; ( titre de créance ) delegate means a natural person appointed or elected to represent a member of a federal credit union at a meeting of members; ( délégué ) director means a natural person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called, of a body corporate, and board of directors or directors refers to the directors of a body corporate as a body; ( administrateur , conseil d’administration ou conseil ) domestic systemically important bank means a bank that is designated as a domestic systemically important bank under section 484.1; ( banque d’importance systémique nationale ) entity means a body corporate, trust, partnership, fund, an unincorporated association or organization, Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province, an agency of Her Majesty in either of such rights and the government of a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof and any agency thereof; ( entité ) equity , in respect of a bank or a bank holding company, means its equity as determined in accordance with the regulations; ( capitaux propres ) external complaints body means the body corporate designated under subsection 627.48(1); ( organisme externe de traitement des plaintes ) federal credit union means a bank that, within the meaning of section 12.1, is organized and carries on business on a cooperative basis; ( coopérative de crédit fédérale ) federal financial institution means (a) a bank, (b) a body corporate to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies, (c) an association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies, or (d) an insurance company or a fraternal benefit society incorporated or formed under the Insurance Companies Act ; ( institution financière fédérale ) federation of cooperative credit societies means an association under the Cooperative Credit Associations Act or a federation, league or corporation incorporated or organized by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, the membership or the shareholders of which include two or more central cooperative credit societies; ( fédération de sociétés coopératives de crédit ) fiduciary means any person acting in a fiduciary capacity and includes a personal representative of a deceased person; ( représentant )