1 (1) In this Act, “child” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; (“enfant”) “children’s aid society” means an agency designated as a children’s aid society under subsection 34 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; (“société d’aide à l’enfance”) “children’s aid society service” means a service provided by a children’s aid society in performing a function under subsection 35 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; (“service d’une société d’aide à l’enfance”) “governmental organization” means a Ministry, commission, board or other administrative unit of the Government of Ontario, and includes any agency thereof; (“organisation gouvernementale”) “local board” means, except in section 14.1, (a) a local board as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 and subsection 3 (1) of the
City of Toronto Act, 2006, other than any local board prescribed by regulations made under clause (2) (a) of this Act, (b) any body prescribed by regulations made under clause (2) (b); (“conseil local”) “minister” means a member of the Executive Council. (“ministre”) “municipally-controlled corporation” means, (a) a municipally-controlled corporation as defined in section 223.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001; (b) a city-controlled corporation as defined in section 156 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; and (c) any corporation prescribed by regulations made under clause (2) (c); (“société contrôlée par une municipalité”) “municipal Ombudsman” means an Ombudsman, if any, appointed by a municipality under the Municipal Act, 2001 or the Ombudsman appointed under subsection 170 (1) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as the case may be; (“ombudsman municipal”) “municipal sector entity” means, (a) a municipality; (b) a local board; and (c) a municipally-controlled corporation; (“entité du secteur municipal”) “public sector body” means, (a) a governmental organization; and (b) any other entity to which this Act applies under section 13; (“organisme du secteur public”) “recognized party” has the same meaning as in subsection 62 (5) of the Legislative Assembly Act; (“parti reconnu”) “residential licensee” means the holder of a licence issued under Part IX of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; (“titulaire de permis d’un foyer”) “school board” means a board as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act and the Centre Jules-Léger Consortium; (“conseil scolaire”) “university” means a university in Ontario that receives regular direct operating funding from the Government. (“université”) “young person” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. (“adolescent”) R.S.O. 1990, c. O.6, s. 1; 2014, c. 13, Sched. 9, s. 1 (1-4); 2017, c. 34, Sched. 12, s. 12; 2018, c. 17, Sched. 28, s. 1. Regulations (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) exempting local boards from the definition of “local board” in subsection (1); (b) prescribing bodies that perform a public function as local boards for the purposes of the definition of “local board” in subsection (1); (c) prescribing corporations that perform a public function as municipally-controlled corporations for the purposes of the definition of “municipally-controlled corporation” in subsection (1). 2014, c. 13, Sched. 9, s. 1 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2014, c. 13, Sched. 9, s. 1 (2, 3) - 01/09/2015; 2014, c. 13, Sched. 9, s. 1 (1, 4, 5) - 01/01/2016 2017, c. 34, Sched. 12, s. 12 - 14/12/2017 2018, c. 17, Sched. 28, s. 1 - 01/05/2019 Head of public sector body, municipal sector entity