Interpretation
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(1) In this Regulation, “Audit Guideline” means the document entitled “Registry Procedure – Audit” published by the Authority and dated February 20, 2018, as amended from time to time, and available on the Registry; (“Guide de vérification”) “calculated weight” means weight calculated in accordance with subsection (2); (“poids calculé”) “end-of-life vehicle” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 85/16 (Registrations under Part II.2 of the Act — End-of-life Vehicles) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“véhicule hors d’usage”) “land disposed” has the same meaning as “land disposal” in Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“éliminé en milieu terrestre”) “large tire” has the meaning set out in the Weight Conversion Guideline; (“gros pneu”) “local municipality” means a single-tier municipality or a lower-tier municipality; (“municipalité locale”) “motor assisted bicycle” has the same meaning as in the Highway Traffic Act; (“cyclomoteur”) “motor vehicle” includes an automobile, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle, tractor, transport truck, aircraft and any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power, but does not include a power-assisted bicycle or personal mobility device; (“véhicule automobile”) “muscular-powered equipment” means equipment, with tires, that is propelled or drawn by muscular power, but does not include equipment designed to transport a person; (“équipement fonctionnant au moyen de la force musculaire”) “personal mobility device” means a device, with tires, driven by muscular power or any other kind of power that is designed for a person whose mobility is limited by one or more conditions or physical impairments; (“appareil de mobilité personnelle”) “power-assisted bicycle” has the same meaning as in the Highway Traffic Act; (“bicyclette assistée”) “processed materials” means materials that result from the processing of tires; (“matériaux transformés”) “processing”, in respect of a tire, means, (a) transforming a tire into constituent materials, including by shredding, chipping, grinding, cutting or cryogenic crushing, and (b) any activity designed to chemically alter a tire, such as depolymerization; (“transformation”) “producer” means a person who is required to carry out responsibilities relating to tires, as determined in accordance with section 3 of this Regulation; (“producteur”) “producer responsibility organization” means a person retained by a producer for the purposes of carrying out one or more of the following producer responsibilities relating to tires: 1. Arranging for the establishment or operation of a collection or management system. 2. Establishing or operating a collection or management system. 3. Preparing and submitting reports; (“organisme assumant les responsabilités d’un producteur”) “resident in Canada” means a person having a permanent establishment in Canada; (“résident du Canada”) “resident in Ontario” means a person having a permanent establishment in Ontario; (“résident de l’Ontario”) “territorial district” means a geographic area, other than a municipality, named and described in Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 180/03 (Division of Ontario into Geographic Areas) made under the Territorial Division Act, 2002; (“district territorial”) “tire” means a component that is designed to surround the rim of a vehicle’s wheel and has an actual weight of one kilogram or more; (“pneu”) “tire collection site” means a site where tires are collected for the purposes of resource recovery or disposal and includes a site where end-of-life vehicles with tires are managed; (“lieu de collecte de pneus”) “tire collector” means a person who owns or operates a tire collection site in Ontario, but does not include, (a) a person who, in addition to collecting tires at the tire collection site, retreads or processes tires at the site, (b) a person who collects tires for private domestic purposes, or (c) a person who owns or operates a site where tires are only collected from the on-site servicing of vehicles the person owns or operates; (“collecteur de pneus”) “tire hauler” means a person who arranges for the transport of tires that are used by consumers in Ontario and are destined for processing, reuse, retreading or disposal, but does not include a person who arranges for the transport of tires initially generated by that person; (“transporteur de pneus”) “tire processor” means a person who receives and processes tires collected in Ontario for the purposes of resource recovery or disposal; (“transformateur de pneus”) “tire retreader” means a person who replaces the tread on worn tires with a new tread in order for the tire to be used for its original purpose; (“rechapeur de pneus”) “tire type” includes, (a) large tires, (b) medium truck tires, (c) off the road tires, except for large tires that are off the road tires, and (d) passenger and light truck tires; (“type de pneus”) “trailer” means any equipment, with tires, that is suitable for being attached to and drawn by a motor vehicle; (“remorque”) “vehicle” includes motor vehicles, muscular-powered equipment and trailers; (“véhicule”) “volunteer organization” means a person who owns a brand that is used in respect of tires and is not resident in Canada; (“organisme bénévole”) “Weight Conversion Guideline” means the document entitled “Registry Procedure – Weight Conversion Factors (Tires)” published by the Authority and dated February 20, 2018, as amended from time to time, and available on the Registry. (“Guide de conversion du poids”) O. Reg. 225/18, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 552/22, s. 1. (2) For the purposes of the definition of “calculated weight” in subsection (1), calculated weight is, (a) the actual weight of tires; or (b) the corresponding weight of tires determined in accordance with the Weight Conversion Guideline. O. Reg. 225/18, s. 1 (2). (3) For greater certainty, any reference in this Regulation to the calculated weight of a tire or the actual weight of a tire does not include the weight of the rim the tire surrounds. O. Reg. 225/18, s. 1 (3). Designated Class