1. In this Regulation, “administrative region” means an administrative region of the Ministry as shown on a map produced by the Ministry, as revised November, 1974, designated as Map 2001-4 and filed in the office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Ministry, Regional Operations Division; (“région administrative”) “auditor” means the person appointed by the Minister as the auditor for purposes of this Regulation; (“vérificateur”) “brand of carbonated soft drink” means a carbonated soft drink or carbonated soft drinks designated as a brand of carbonated soft drink in a notice filed under subsection 3 (1) or by the Minister under subsection 3 (8); (“marque de boisson gazeuse”) “brand owner” means a person who has filed a notice with the Ministry under subsection 3 (1); (“propriétaire de marque”) “brand user” means a person designated as such or who first acquires ownership in Ontario of a carbonated soft drink that is not put in its retail container in Ontario; (“usager de marque”) “capacity”, when used with respect to a container for carbonated soft drink, means the volume of carbonated soft drink the container is represented to hold when carbonated soft drink is sold at retail in the container; (“capacité”) “carbonated soft drink” includes unflavoured soda or seltzer water and any carbonated beverage containing alcohol other than liquor with respect to which a licence or permit is required under section 2 of the Liquor Licence and Control Act, 2019; (“boisson gazeuse”) “import sale” means the sale of a carbonated soft drink placed in the container in which it is retailed in a country other than Canada or the United States of America and of which less than 250,000 litres are sold at retail in Ontario in every twelve month period ending on the last day of each month; (“vente d’importation”) “multi-material” means three or more materials, of which one is used newspapers, that can be recycled; (“matériaux multiples”) “non alcoholic beer and wine” means a beverage that would be a malt liquor within the meaning of the Food and Drug Regulations made under the Food and Drugs Act
(Canada) or wine within the meaning of the said Regulations except that the beverage contains less than the proportion of alcohol required under the said Regulations; (“bière et vin non alcoolisés”) “recycling advisory committee” means the advisory committee of that name established by the Minister under the Act for the purposes of this Regulation; (“comité consultatif du recyclage”) “recycling rate” means the rate at which non-refillable containers or non-refillable containers of a particular type are being recycled; (“taux de recyclage”) “refillable container” means a container classified as a refillable container under Regulation 357 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990; (“contenant réutilisable”) “sales area” means an area of the province designated under subsection 3 (7) or (8) as the area in which a particular brand user, (a)  distributes or intends to distribute the carbonated soft drink, (b)  maintains separate warehousing or manufacturing facilities from which the carbonated soft drink is or will be distributed in that area, and (c)  normally maintains separate sales records, or, where no such designation has been made, means an administrative region of the Ministry; (“territoire de vente”) “spring water” means mineral or spring water within the meaning of the Food and Drug Regulations made under the Food and Drugs Act (Canada); (“eau de source”) “steel can” means a metal can of which the sides and one end are made of steel. (“canette en acier”)  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 340, s. 1; O. Reg. 761/21, s. 1.