2 (1)  In this Act, “aboriginal person” means a member of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, as defined in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982; (“personne autochtone”) “Agency” means the corporation established by regulation under section 20.4; (“Agence”) “conservation fund species” means a species that is designated under subsection 20.1 (3) for the purposes of the Fund; (“espèce ciblée par le fonds de conservation”) “COSSARO” means the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario; (“CDSEPO”) “enforcement officer” means an enforcement officer under section 21; (“agent d’exécution”) “Fund” means the Species at Risk Conservation Fund established under section 20.1; (“Fonds”) “habitat” means, (a)  with respect to a species of animal, plant or other organism for which a regulation made under clause 56 (1) (a) is in force, the area prescribed by that regulation as the habitat of the species, or (b)  with respect to any other species of animal, plant or other organism, an area on which the species depends, directly or indirectly, to carry on its life processes, including life processes such as reproduction, rearing, hibernation, migration or feeding, and includes places in the area described in clause (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, that are used by members of the species as dens, nests, hibernacula or other residences; (“habitat”) “justice” has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Act; (“juge”) “Minister” means the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”) “officer in charge” has the same meaning as in Part VIII of the Provincial Offences Act; (“agent responsable”) “operating agreement” means an operating agreement entered into by the Minister and the Agency under section 20.11; (“accord de fonctionnement”) “person” includes an unincorporated body referred to in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of subsection 19 (1); (“personne”) “recovery strategy” means a strategy prepared under section 11 for the recovery of a species; (“programme de rétablissement”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “species” means a species, subspecies, variety or genetically or geographically distinct population of animal, plant or other organism, other than a bacterium or virus, that is native to Ontario; (“espèce”) “Species at Risk in Ontario List” means the regulations made under section 7; (“Liste des espèces en péril en Ontario”) “species conservation charge” means a charge that is paid to the Agency in accordance with section 20.3. (“redevance pour la conservation des espèces”) 2007, c. 6, s. 2 (1); 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 1 (1-3). Definition of “habitat”, cl. (b) (2) For greater certainty, clause (b) of the definition of “habitat” in subsection (1) does not include an area where the species formerly occurred or has the potential to be reintroduced unless existing members of the species depend on that area to carry on their life processes.  2007, c. 6, s. 2 (2). First time listing (3) For greater certainty, a reference in this Act to a species being listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an endangered or threatened species for the first time is a reference to a species being so listed in circumstances where the species has not been previously listed as either an endangered species or a threatened species. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 1 (4). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 1 (1-4) - 01/07/2019 Classification of Species