Firearms Act — F-11.6 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, authorization to carry means an authorization described in section 20; ( autorisation de port ) authorization to export means an authorization referred to in section 44 and includes a permit to export goods that is issued under the Export and Import Permits Act and that is deemed by regulations made under paragraph 117(a.1) to be an authorization to export; ( autorisation d’exportation ) authorization to import means an authorization referred to in section 46; ( autorisation d’importation ) authorization to transport means an authorization described in section 19; ( autorisation de transport ) business means a person who carries on a business that includes (a) the manufacture, assembly, possession, purchase, sale, importation, exportation, display, repair, restoration, maintenance, storage, alteration, pawnbroking, transportation, shipping, distribution or delivery of firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices or prohibited ammunition, (b) the possession, purchase or sale of ammunition, or (c) the purchase of cross-bows and includes a museum; ( entreprise ) carrier means a person who carries on a transportation business that includes the transportation of firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices or prohibited ammunition; ( transporteur ) chief firearms officer means (a) in respect of a province, the individual who is designated in writing as the chief firearms officer for the province by the provincial minister of that province, (b) in respect of a territory, the individual who is designated in writing as the chief firearms officer for the territory by the federal Minister, or (c) in respect of any matter for which there is no chief firearms officer under paragraph (a) or (b), the individual who is designated in writing as the chief firearms officer for the matter by the federal Minister; ( contrôleur des armes à feu ) commencement day , in respect of a provision of this Act or the expression “former Act” in a provision of this Act, means the day on which the provision comes into force; ( date de référence ) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Firearms appointed under section 81.1; ( 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 ) customs office has the meaning assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act ; ( bureau de douane ) customs officer has the meaning assigned to the word “officer” by subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act ; ( agent des douanes ) federal Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; ( ministre fédéral ) firearms officer means (a) in respect of a province, an individual who is designated in writing as a firearms officer for the province by the provincial minister of that province, (b) in respect of a territory, an individual who is designated in writing as a firearms officer for the territory by the federal Minister, or (c) in respect of any matter for which there is no firearms officer under paragraph (a) or (b), an individual who is designated in writing as a firearms officer for the matter by the federal Minister; ( préposé aux armes à feu ) former Act means Part III of the Criminal Code , as it read from time to time before the commencement day; ( loi antérieure ) museum means a person who operates a museum (a) in which firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices or prohibited ammunition are possessed, bought, displayed, repaired, restored, maintained, stored or altered, or (b) in which ammunition is possessed or bought; ( musée ) non-resident means an individual who ordinarily resides outside Canada;  ( non-résident ) prescribed means (a) in the case of a form or the information to be included on a form, prescribed by the federal Minister, and (b) in any other case, prescribed by the regulati