2 (1) In this Act, “authorized recreational and skill building programs” means programs that meet the description set out in subsection 6 (4); (“programmes autorisés de loisirs et de développement des compétences”) “child” means a person who is younger than 13 years old; (“enfant”) “child care” has the meaning set out in section 3; (“garde d’enfants”, “services de garde”) “child care and early years programs and services” means programs and services that, (a)  include the provision of child care, or (b)  are early years programs and services; (“programmes et services pour la garde d’enfants et la petite enfance”) “child care and early years programs and services plan” means the plan established and approved under section 51; (“plan de programmes et de services pour la garde d’enfants et la petite enfance”) “child care centre” means a premises operated by a person licensed under this Act to operate a child care centre at the premises; (“centre de garde”) “child care provider” means any person who provides child care for one or more children; (“fournisseur de services de garde”) “designated senior employee” means a person employed in the Ministry as a deputy minister, associate deputy minister or assistant deputy minister, or in a position prescribed by the regulations; (“titulaire d’un poste supérieur désigné”) “director” means a director appointed under section 66; (“directeur”) “district social services administration board” means a board established under the District Social Services Administration Boards Act; (“conseil d’administration de district des services sociaux”) “early years programs and services” means programs and services for children or parents that are specified or meet the description set out in the regulations, which, (a)  involve or relate to the learning, development, health and well-being of children, (b)  do not provide child care and are not extended day programs, and (c)  are funded wholly or partly by the Ministry; (“programmes et services pour la petite enfance”) “exempt circumstances” means the circumstances set out in section 4 in which temporary care for and supervision of children are provided; (“circonstances exclues”) “extended day program” has the same meaning as in the Education Act; (“programme de jour prolongé”) “First Nation” means a band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada); (“Première Nation”) “home child care” means child care that meets the description set out in paragraph 1 of subsection 6 (3); (“services de garde en milieu familial”) “home child care agency” means a person that is licensed as a home child care agency under this Act; (“agence de services de garde en milieu familial”) “in-home services” means child care that meets the description set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 6 (3); (“services à domicile”) “justice” means a provincial judge or a justice of the peace; (“juge”) “licence” means a licence issued under this Act and, unless the context indicates otherwise, includes a provisional licence; (“permis”) “licensed child care” means child care that, (a)  is provided at a child care centre, (b)  is home child care, or (c)  is in-home services; (“services de garde agréés”) “licensee” means a person who holds a licence issued under this Act; (English version only) “Minister” means the Minister of Education or such other member of the Executive Council to whom the administration of this Act may be assigned under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”) “operator” means a person who has control or management of a premises, agency, program or service, and “operate” has a corresponding meaning; (“exploitant”, “exploiter”, “faire fonctionner”, “fonctionnement”) “parent” includes a person having lawful custody of a child or a person who has demonstrated a settled intention to treat a child as a child of his or her family; (“parent”) “personal information” means personal information within the meaning of section 38 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and section 28 of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; (“renseignements personnels”) “police record check” means a police record check within the meaning of the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015. (“vérification de dossier de police”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “prescribed local authority” means a person or entity prescribed by the regulations; (“autorité locale prescrite”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “relative” means, with respect to a child, a person who is the child’s parent, sibling, grandparent, great-uncle, great-aunt, uncle, aunt, cousin or such other person prescribed by the regulations, including through a spousal relationship or adoption; (“membre de la famille”) “residential care” means boarding or lodging, or both, and may include specialized, sheltered or group care in conjunction with the boarding or lodging, or both; (“soins en établissement”) “school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act; (“école”) “school board” means a board as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act; (“conseil scolaire”) “service area”, in relation to a service system manager, means the geographic area specified by the regulations as the service area of that service system manager, in accordance with subsection 65 (2); (“aire de service”) “service system manager” means a municipality or district social services administration board designated by the regulations as a service system manager in accordance with subsection 65 (1); (“gestionnaire de système de services”) “temporary care for or supervision of a child” means providing for a child’s safety, well-being or development, in the absence of the child’s parent and for a continuous period that does not exceed 24 hours; (“garde ou surveillance temporaire d’un enfant”) “Tribunal” means the Licence Appeal Tribunal; (“Tribunal”) “weekday” means any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a holiday. (“jour de semaine”) 2014, c. 11, Sched. 1, s. 2 (1); 2015, c. 30, s. 23 (1, 2); 2016, c. 23, s. 39. Interpretation, home child care agency (2) Nothing in this Act is intended to imply that a home child care agency is an employer of a person who provides home child care or in-home services. 2014, c. 11, Sched. 1, s. 2 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2015, c. 30, s. 23 (1, 2) - 01/11/2018 2016, c. 23, s. 39
- 01/01/2017 2018, c. 3, Sched. 5, s. 4 - no effect - see 2015, c. 30, s. 23 (1)
- 01/11/2018