Interpretation
1.(1)In this Regulation, “board” means a district school board; (“conseil”) “board area” means the area of jurisdiction, expressed in square kilometres, of a board, as set out in the Schedule; (“territoire du conseil”) “Commission” means the Education Improvement Commission established under section 334 of the Act; (“Commission”) “committee” means an education improvement committee referred to in clause 335 (3) (l) of the Act; (“comité”) “density” means the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the relevant electoral group by the board area; (“densité”) “density member position” means a board position determined by the application of Tables 2 and 3, but not Table 1; (“poste de membre lié à la densité”) “election” means the regular election to be held in 1997 referred to in subsection 4 (1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996; (“élection”) “electoral group” means a public school English-language electoral group, a separate school English-language electoral group, a public school French-language electoral group or a separate school French-language electoral group; (“groupe électoral”) “existing board” has the same meaning as “board” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act but does not include a school authority; (“conseil existant”) “high density board” means a board that has, (a) eight members or less, of whom not more than one occupies a density member position, or (b) nine or more members, of whom not more than two occupy density member positions; (“conseil d’un territoire à forte densité”) “low density board” means a board that is not a high density board; (“conseil d’un territoire à faible densité”) “population member position” means a board position determined by the application of Table 1, but not Tables 2 and 3; (“poste de membre lié à la population”) “start date” means the latest of, (a) the date on which this Regulation is filed, (b) the date on which the clerk of the municipality in the area of jurisdiction of the board that has the largest population of the relevant electoral group receives the results of a determination of population under subsection 2 (4) or (5), (c) the date on which the supervisory officer receives the last direction under subsection 2 (7) or (8), and (d) the date on which the supervisory officer receives the last estimate of results under subsection 2 (9); (“date de commencement”) “supervisory officer” means the person referred to in subsection 4 (5); (“agent de supervision”) “ward” does not include a ward of a regional or district municipality. (“quartier”) (2)A reference in this Regulation, other than in clause 6 (3) (e), to a municipality or ward shall be deemed to be a reference to the part of a municipality or ward that is within the area of jurisdiction of the board. O. Reg. 250/97, s. 1 (1, 2). (3)A reference in this Regulation to the clerk shall be deemed to be a reference to, (a) if the clerk is the clerk of a municipality in respect of which an order has been implemented under section 25.2 or 25.3 of the Municipal Act and the order assigns responsibility for conducting the election in the municipality to a person other than the clerk, that other person; (b) if the clerk is the clerk of an area municipality in The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, the person designated under paragraph 2 of section 23 of the City of Toronto Act, 1997.  O. Reg. 279/97, s. 1. (4)For the purposes of this Regulation, (a) the relevant electoral group for an English-language public district school board is the group of persons who are members of a public school English-language electoral group and who reside in the area of jurisdiction of the English-language public district school board; (b) the relevant electoral group for an English-language separate district school board is the group of persons who are members of a separate school English-language electoral group and who reside in the area of jurisdiction of the English-language separate district school board; (c) the relevant electoral group for a French-language public district school board is the group of persons who are members of a public school French-language electoral group and who reside in the area of jurisdiction of the French-language public district school board; and (d) the relevant electoral group for a French-language separate district school board is the group of persons who are members of a separate school French-language electoral group and who reside in the area of jurisdiction of the French-language separate district school board. (5)In this section, “public school English-language electoral group”, “separate school English-language electoral group”, “public school French-language electoral group” and “separate school French-language electoral group” have the same meaning as in Part VIII of the Education Act as it read on January 1, 1997. (“groupe électoral de langue anglaise des écoles publiques”, “groupe électoral de langue anglaise des écoles séparées”, “groupe électoral de langue française des écoles publiques”, “groupe électoral de langue française des écoles séparées”) O. Reg. 250/97, s. 1 (4, 5). Population Data