Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum — 2
pared by the returning officer under section 106. ( liste électorale officielle ) periodical publication means a paper, magazine or periodical that is published periodically or in parts or numbers and that contains public news, intelligence or reports of events, or advertisements. ( publication périodique ) personal information means personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act . ( renseignements personnels ) polling division means a polling division referred to in section 538 of the Canada Elections Act . ( section de vote ) polling station means a place established under section 120, 122, 125, 205, 206, 207, 253 or 255 for electors to cast their votes. ( bureau de scrutin ) preliminary list of electors means the list of electors prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection 93(1). ( liste électorale préliminaire ) prescribed , in relation to a form or an oath, means one that is authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer. ( prescrit ) recount means a recount of votes by a judge under sections 29 and 30 of the Referendum Act , and under Part 14 of this Act. ( dépouillement judiciaire ) referendum documents means the following documents: (a) the writ with the return of the referendum endorsed on it; (b) not applicable; (c) the reserve supply of undistributed blank ballot papers; (d) documents relating to the revision of the lists of electors; (e) the statements of the vote from which the validation of results was made; and (f) the other returns from the various polling stations enclosed in sealed envelopes, as required by Part 12, and containing (i) a packet of stubs and unused ballot papers, (ii) packets of ballot papers cast for each answer to a referendum question, (iii) a packet of spoiled ballot papers, (iv) a packet of rejected ballot papers, (v) a packet containing the list of electors used at the polling station, the written authorizations of agents of registered referendum committees and witnesses and the used transfer certificates, if any, and (vi) a packet containing the registration certificates. ( documents référendaires ) referendum officer means a person referred to in subsection 32(1) of the Referendum Act and in subsection 22(1) of this Act. ( fonctionnaire référendaire ) registered party has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Elections Act . ( parti enregistré ) Register of Electors means the Register of Electors established under section 44 of the Canada Elections Act . ( Registre des électeurs ) revised list of electors means the list of electors prepared by the returning officer under section 105. ( liste électorale révisée ) spoiled , in relation to a ballot or a special ballot as defined in section 177, means (a) one that has not been deposited in the ballot box but has been found by the deputy returning officer to be soiled or improperly printed; or (b) one that is dealt with under subsection 152(1), including in relation to advance polls by virtue of subsection 171(1), or subsection 213(4), 242(1) or 258(3). ( annulé ) writ means a writ of referendum. ( bref ) Definitions (1.1) The definitions in this subsection apply in the Referendum Act . auditor means a person who is a member in good standing of a corporation, an association or an institute of professional accountants, and a partnership of which every partner is a member in good standing of a corporation, an association or an institute of professional accountants. ( vérificateur ) network means a network as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act , but does not include a temporary network operation as defined in that subsection. ( réseau ) network operator means a person or undertaking to which permission has been granted by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to form and operate a network. ( exploitant de réseau ) prime time , in the case of a radio station, means the time between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and, in the c