Definitions
1. (1) In this Act, “custody order” means a provision in an order of a court, in or out of Ontario, that is enforceable in Ontario for custody of a child, but not for access to a child, and includes such a provision in a separation agreement that is enforceable under the Children’s Law Reform Act; (“ordonnance de garde d’enfants”) “Director” means the Director of the Family Support Plan; (“directeur”) “income source” means an individual, a corporation or other entity that owes periodic payment at regular intervals to a payor of, (a) wages or salary, (b) a commission, bonus, piece-work allowance or other amount if the payment is not recoverable by the income source from the payor should the payor fail to earn the commission or bonus or fail to meet any production target, (c) a benefit under an accident, disability or sickness plan, (d) a disability, retirement or other pension, (e) an annuity, (f) income of a type described in the regulations; (“source de revenu”) “payor” means a person who is required to pay support under a support order; (“payeur”) “provisional order” means an order that has no effect until it is confirmed by another court and includes orders made under subsection 18(2) of the Divorce Act (Canada), sections 3 and 7 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Orders Act and section 44 of the Family Law Act; (“ordonnance conditionnelle”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “support deduction order” means an order requiring any income source that receives notice of the order to make payments to the Director in respect of the payor named in the order out of money owed by the income source to the payor; (“ordonnance de retenue des aliments”) “support order” means a provision in an order made in or outside Ontario and enforceable in Ontario for the payment of money as support or maintenance, and includes a provision for, (a) the payment of an amount periodically, whether annually or otherwise and whether for an indefinite or limited period, or until the happening of a specified event, (b) a lump sum to be paid or held in trust, (c) property to be transferred to or in trust for or vested in a party, whether absolutely, for life or for a term of years, (d) one spouse to be given exclusive possession of a matrimonial home or part of it for life or for the lesser period that the court directs, (e) a spouse to whom exclusive possession of a matrimonial home is given to make the periodic payments to the other spouse that are prescribed in the order, (f) one spouse to be given exclusive possession of the contents of a matrimonial home or household goods or any part of them, (g) a spouse to pay for the repair and maintenance of a matrimonial home or to pay other liabilities arising in respect of it, (h) part or all of the money payable under the order to be paid into court or to another appropriate person or agency for the benefit of a party, (i) payment of support or maintenance in respect of a period before the date of the order, (j) payment to an agency of an amount in reimbursement for a benefit or assistance provided to a party under a statute, including a benefit or assistance provided before the date of the order, (k) payment of expenses in respect of a child’s prenatal care and birth, (l) the irrevocable designation, by a spouse who has a policy of life insurance or an interest in a benefit plan, of the other spouse or a child as the beneficiary, (m) the securing of payment under the order, by a charge on property or otherwise, or (n) interest or the payment of legal fees or other expenses arising in relation to support or maintenance, and includes such a provision in a domestic contract or paternity agreement that is enforceable under section 35 of the Family Law Act. (“ordonnance alimentaire”) R.S.O. 1990, c.S.28, s.1(1); 1991, c.5, s.2(1-3). Status as income source (1.1) An individual, a corporation or other entity continues to be an income source despite temporary interruptions in the periodic payments owed to a payor. 1991, c.5, s.2(4). Acting by solicitor (2) Anything that this Act requires to be signed or done by a person, or that is referred to in this Act as signed or done by a person, may be signed or done by a lawyer acting on the person’s behalf. Act binds Crown (3) This Act binds the Crown. R.S.O. 1990, c.S.28, s.1(2,3).