Interpretation
 1. In this Regulation, “applicant” means, (a) a non-profit corporation that has its head office in the Province of Ontario and that operates a museum, (b) a council of a municipality that operates a museum, (c) a public library board, under the Public Libraries Act that operates a museum, (d) a council of an Indian Band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada) that operates a museum, and (e) a conservation authority established by or under the Conservation Authorities Act
that operates a museum; “curator” means a person whose full-time service is devoted to the administration of a museum; “eligible operating expenses” means the operating expenses incurred by an applicant in the preceding calendar year minus, (a) any grant received by the applicant in the preceding calendar year under this Regulation or a predecessor thereof, (b) any grants received by the applicant from the Government of Canada or the Province of Ontario or any agent of either of them, and (c) any amount used by the applicant in the preceding calendar year to qualify for any grants for operating expenses from the Government of Canada or the Province of Ontario or any agent of either of them; “museum” means an institution that, (a) is established for the purpose of acquiring, conserving, studying, interpreting, assembling and exhibiting to the public for its instruction and enjoyment a collection of artifacts of historical interest, (b) has a definable site used exclusively for the operation of the institution and that apportions its physical space, with respect to public purposes and administrative support purposes, so as to effectively carry out the role of a museum, (c) maintains a bookkeeping system for the exclusive use of the institution that sets out the income and expenses of the institution separately from all other income and expenses of the applicant, (d) has a statement of purpose that clearly sets out the aims and objectives of the institution and that has a collections policy relative to such aims and objectives, (e) owns a catalogued collection consisting mainly of three dimensional historical artifacts of local or provincial significance that reflects the aims and objectives of the institution, (f) has an appointed or elected governing body that is solely responsible for the management of the institution, (g) has an appointed curator, (h) is open to the public, (i) is exempt from the payment of tax under the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (Canada), (j) is not an art museum, (k) is not established primarily for the purpose of conducting temporary exhibitions, (l) is not a community recreation centre as defined in the Community Recreation Centres Act, and (m) is not a specialized museum as designated by the National Museums Corporation of Canada; “open to the public” means accessible to the public at any time on those days and within those hours posted or advertised, without prior reservation or appointment; “operating expenses” means, (a) salaries and benefits expenses, (b) administration expenses, (c) maintenance expenses, (d) curatorial expenses, (e) conservation expenses, (f) display expenses, (g) events and activities expenses, (h) advertising and publicity expenses, and (i) collection acquisition expenses, incurred by an applicant in a calendar year; “seasonal museum” means a museum that is open to the public for at least 360 hours and sixty days in a year and is not a year round museum; “year round museum” means a museum that is open to the public for at least 1,080 hours and 180 days in a year, and at least twenty days in each of eight months of the year.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 877, s. 1.