Definitions
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “benefit-based apportionment method” means the method of apportioning an authority’s operating expenses and capital costs described in subsection 7 (6); («méthode de répartition fondée sur les avantages») “Category 1 CWA/LSPA operating expense or capital cost” means an operating expense or capital cost that is related to the provision of a Category 1 CWA/LSPA program or service; («dépense d’exploitation ou coût en immobilisations LES/LPLS de catégorie 1») “Category 1 CWA/LSPA programs and services” means the mandatory programs and services that an authority is required to provide under section 21.1 of the Act with respect to its duties, functions and responsibilities under the Clean Water Act, 2006 and under the Lake Simcoe Protection Act, 2008; («programmes et services LES/LPLS de catégorie 1») “Category 1 operating expense or capital cost” means an operating expense or capital cost that is related to the provision of a Category 1 program or service; («dépense d’exploitation ou coût en immobilisations de catégorie 1») “Category 1 programs and services” means the mandatory programs and services that an authority is required to provide under section 21.1 of the Act; («programmes et services de catégorie 1») “Category 2 operating expense or capital cost” means an operating expense or capital cost that is related to the provision of a Category 2 program or service; («dépense d’exploitation ou coût en immobilisations de catégorie 2») “Category 2 programs and services” means the municipal programs and services that an authority provides under section 21.1.1 of the Act on behalf of a municipality situated in whole or in part within its area of jurisdiction; («programmes et services de catégorie 2») “Category 3 operating expense or capital cost” means an operating expense or capital cost that is related to the provision of a Category 3 program or service; («dépense d’exploitation ou coût en immobilisations de catégorie 3») “Category 3 programs and services” means programs and services that are not Category 1 or Category 2 programs and services but are other programs and services provided by an authority under section 21.1.2 of the Act; («programmes et services de catégorie 3») “general operating expense or capital cost” means an operating expense or capital cost that is not related to the provision of a program or service that an authority provides; («dépense d’exploitation générale ou coût en immobilisations général») “MCVA apportionment method” means a method of apportioning an authority’s operating expenses and capital costs that is based on the modified current value assessment of the properties within the authority’s area of jurisdiction and further described in subsections 7 (2), (3), (4) and (5); («méthode de répartition EVAM») “reduced capital costs” means the capital costs of an authority for a given year, as reduced under section 6; («coûts en immobilisations réduits») “reduced operating expenses” means the operating expenses of an authority for a given year, as reduced under section 6; («dépenses d’exploitation réduites») “specified municipality” means a specified municipality as defined in subsection 27.2 (1) of the Act. («municipalité précisée») (2) For the purposes of clause (e) of the definition of “operating expenses” in section 1 of the Act, any costs, other than capital costs in connection with a project, that support the operations of an authority are prescribed as operating expenses. (3) For the purposes of the definitions of “Category 1 operating expense or capital cost”, “Category 2 operating expense or capital cost” and “Category 3 operating expense or capital cost” in subsection (1), (a) a capital cost shall be considered related to the provision of a Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 program or service, as the case may be, if it is incurred in connection with a project that is related to the provision of the program or service; and (b) an operating expense that is incurred in connection with a project shall be considered related to the provision of a Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 program or service, as the case may be, if the project is related to the provision of the program or service.