Definitions
1. In this Act, “area municipality” means an area municipality as defined in a Regional Act; (“municipalité de secteur”) “bridge” means a public bridge, and includes a bridge forming part of a highway or on, over, under or across which a highway passes; (“pont”) “chair” means the chair of a Regional Council; (“président”) “day of establishment” means, in respect of any regional municipality, the day on which the area municipalities that form that regional municipality were originally constituted under the relevant Regional Act; (“date de création”) “debt” includes any obligation for the payment of money; (“dette”) “divided municipality” means a local municipality parts of which were annexed to two or more municipalities to constitute an area municipality under a Regional Act; (“municipalité démembrée”) “highway” and “road” mean a common and public highway or any part thereof, and include a street, bridge, and any other structure incidental thereto or any part thereof; (“voie publique”, “route”) “land” includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and any estate or interest therein, and any right or easement affecting them, and land covered with water, and includes any buildings or improvements on land; (“bien-fonds”) “local board” means any school board, public utility commission, transportation commission, public library board, board of park management, board of health, police services board, planning board or any other board, commission, committee, body or local authority established or exercising any power or authority under any general or special Act with respect to any of the affairs or purposes, including school purposes, of a Regional Corporation or of an area municipality or of two or more area municipalities or parts thereof; (“conseil local”) “local municipality” means any local municipality or portion thereof that, after the day of establishment, is within a Regional Area; (“municipalité locale”) “Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Municipal Affairs; (“ministère”) “money by-law” means a by-law for contracting a debt or obligation or for borrowing money, other than a by-law passed under section 110; (“règlement municipal de finance”) “Municipal Board” means the Ontario Municipal Board; (“Commission des affaires municipales”) “Regional Act” means an Act establishing or continuing one of the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo or York; (“loi régionale”) “Regional Area” means the area from time to time included within the area municipalities that form a regional municipality; (“secteur régional”) “Regional Corporation” means the corporation of a regional municipality; (“Municipalité régionale”) “Regional Council” means the council of a Regional Corporation; (“conseil régional”) “regional municipality” means the corporation of The Regional Municipality of Durham, The Regional Municipality of Halton, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, The Regional Municipality of Peel, The Regional Municipality of Waterloo or The Regional Municipality of York; (“municipalité régionale”) “regional road” means a road forming part of a regional road system continued under Part III; (“route régionale”) “roadway” means that part of the highway designed or intended for use by vehicular traffic. (“chaussée”) R.S.O. 1990, c. R.8, s. 1; 2000, c. 5, s. 21 (1).