Cooperative Credit Associations Act — C-41.01 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, affairs , with respect to an association, means the relationships among the association and its affiliates and the members, shareholders, directors and officers of the association and its affiliates, but does not include the business of the association or any of its affiliates; ( affaires internes ) affiliate means an entity that is affiliated with another entity within the meaning of section 6; ( groupe ) Agency means the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada established under section 3 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( Agence ) annual statement means the annual financial statement of an association within the meaning of paragraph 292(1)(a); ( rapport annuel ) association means a body corporate referred to in section 14; ( association ) auditor includes a firm of accountants; ( vérificateur ) bearer , in relation to a security, means the person in possession of a security payable to bearer or endorsed in blank; ( porteur ) bearer form , in respect of a security, means a security in bearer form as determined in accordance with subsection 90(2); ( titre au porteur ) beneficial ownership includes ownership through one or more trustees, legal representatives, agents or other intermediaries; ( véritable propriétaire et propriété effective ) body corporate means an incorporated body wherever or however incorporated; ( personne morale ) branch , in respect of an association, means an agency, the head office and any other office of the association; ( bureau ) Canadian financial institution means a financial institution that is incorporated or formed by or under an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province; ( institution financière canadienne ) central cooperative credit society means a cooperative credit society incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, one of whose principal purposes is to provide liquidity support to local cooperative credit societies, and (a) whose membership consists wholly or primarily of local cooperative credit societies, or (b) whose directors are wholly or primarily persons elected or appointed by local cooperative credit societies, but does not include a deposit protection agency; ( coopérative de crédit centrale ou centrale ) central securities register or securities register means the register referred to in section 245; ( registre central des valeurs mobilières ou registre des valeurs mobilières ) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada appointed under section 4 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( commissaire ) common-law partner , in relation to an 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 an association or any matter concerning an association, means (a) a member or former member of an association, (b) a registered holder or beneficial owner, and a former registered holder or beneficial owner, of a security of an association or any of its affiliates, (c) a director or an officer, or a former director or officer, of an association or any of its affiliates, or (d) any other person who, in the discretion of a court, is a proper person to make an application under section 318, 322 or 469; ( plaignant ) consumer provision means a provision referred to in paragraph (b) or (b.1) of the definition consumer provision in section 2 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( disposition visant les consommateurs ) cooperative credit society means a cooperative corporation one of whose principal purposes is to provide financial services to its members; ( coopérative de crédit ) cooperative corporation means a body corporate organized and operated on cooperative principles; ( coopérative ) 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