Definitions
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “amalgamation” means an amalgamation under Part VII of the Act and “amalgamate” has a corresponding meaning; (“fusion”, “fusionner”) “beneficiary” means a person on whose behalf a payment described in subsection 81 (1) of the Act has been made in respect of a proposed unit or a proposed common interest in a common elements condominium corporation and includes the person’s successors and assigns; (“bénéficiaire”) “board’s response” means the response that a board gives under subsection 13.3 (6) to a request for records; (“réponse du conseil”) “comprehensive study” means a comprehensive reserve fund study that meets the requirements of this Regulation; (“étude complète”) “Condominium Corporations Index” means the Condominium Corporations Index mentioned in subsection 3 (3) of the Act; (“Répertoire des associations condominiales”) “core record” means any of the following records of a corporation: 1. A copy of the declaration, by-laws and rules of the corporation. 2. An agreement mentioned in section 113 or subsection 154 (5) of the Act entered into by or on behalf of the corporation. 3. The budget for the corporation’s current fiscal year and all amendments, if any, made to that budget. 4. The most recent financial statements that the board has approved under subsection 66 (3) of the Act. 5. The most recent auditor’s report presented to the audit committee or to the board under subsection 67 (6) of the Act. 6. The current plan proposed by the board under subsection 94 (8) of the Act for future funding of the reserve fund. 7. The records that the corporation is required to maintain under subsection 46.1 (3) or 83 (3) of the Act. 8. All periodic information certificates that the corporation, within the 12-month period before receiving a request for records or a requester’s response, sent to the owners under section 26.3 of the Act or was required by that section to send to the owners. 9. The minutes of meetings of owners or meetings of the board that were held after the day section 51 of Schedule 1 to the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015
comes into force and within the 12-month period before the corporation receives a request for records or a requester’s response. 10. Any other record that a by-law of the corporation specifies as a core record; (“dossier essentiel”) “deposit receipt” means a deposit receipt described in paragraph 2 of subsection 20 (2); (“récépissé de dépôt”) “easement” means an easement, right of way, right or licence in the nature of an easement, profit à prendre or other incorporeal hereditament, but does not include any of those that arise by operation of law; (“servitude”) “fee payable for the request” in connection with a request for records, means the fee described in paragraph 4 of subsection 13.3 (7); (“droits payables à l’égard de la demande”) “information certificate update” means the certificate described in subsection 11.2 (2); (“mise à jour du certificat de renseignements”) “insurer” means the insurer under a policy; (“assureur”) “land registrar” means the land registrar in whose registry or land titles division, as the case may be, the property is situated; (“registrateur”) “new owner information certificate” means the certificate described in subsection 11.3 (3); (“certificat de renseignements à l’intention du nouveau propriétaire”) “parcel of tied land” means a parcel of land described in clause 139 (1) (a) of the Act in the case of a common elements condominium corporation and to which a common interest of an owner in the corporation attaches under clause 139 (2) (a) of the Act; (“parcelle de bien-fonds lié”) “periodic information certificate” means the certificate described in clause 26.3 (a) or (b) of the Act; (“certificat de renseignements périodique”) “phase” means the additional units and common elements in a phased condominium corporation that are created in accordance with Part XI of the Act upon the registration of an amendment to both the declaration and description; (“étape”) “policy”, except in sections 11.1 and 13.1, means a policy described in paragraph 1 of subsection 20 (2); (“police”) “request for records” means a request to examine or obtain copies of records under subsection 55 (3) of the Act; (“demande de dossiers”) “requester’s response” means the response described in subsection 13.3 (11) that a requester returns to a corporation. (“réponse du demandeur”) “standard condominium corporation” means a freehold condominium corporation that is not a common elements condominium corporation or a vacant land condominium corporation; (“association condominiale ordinaire”) “updated study based on a site inspection” means a comprehensive study that has been revised so that it is current as of the date of the revision, where the revision is based on a site inspection of the property and where the revision has been conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation; (“étude à jour fondée sur une inspection sur place”) “updated study not based on a site inspection” means a comprehensive study that has been revised so that it is current as of the date of the revision, where the revision is not based on a site inspection of the property and where the revision has been conducted in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation; (“étude à jour non fondée sur une inspection sur place”) “warranty corporation” means the corporation designated under section 2 of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act.  (“société de garantie”)  O. Reg. 48/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 383/12, s. 1; O. Reg. 180/17, s. 1 (1-3); O. Reg. 397/17, s. 1. (2) In the Act and this Regulation, “actual litigation” means a legal action involving a corporation; (“instance en cours”) “actual or contemplated litigation” means actual litigation or contemplated litigation; (“instance en cours ou envisagée”) “address for service” means an address that is in Ontario and that is capable of receiving prepaid mail; (“adresse aux fins de signification”) “contemplated litigation” means any matter that might reasonably be expected to become actual litigation based on information that is within a corporation’s knowledge or control; (“instance envisagée”) “electronic communication” and “electronic mail” mean a communication that, (a) is transmitted in digital form or in another intangible form by electronic, magnetic or optical means or by any other means that has capabilities for transmission similar to those means, (b) enables the recipient to view, store, retrieve and print, (i) the contents of the communication, (ii) the contents of any documents included in the communication, and (iii) the contents of any links in the communication, including any links to external documents, and (c) clearly identifies, (i) each document mentioned in clause (b), and (ii) each separate electronic file, if any, of which the document consists. (“communication électronique” and “courrier électronique”) O. Reg. 180/17, s. 1 (4); O. Reg. 379/17, s. 1; O. Reg. 191/23, s. 1.