1 (1) In this Act, “affected person” means, in relation to an incident referred to in subsection 15 (1), a person, (a)  who died or was seriously injured, (b)  at whom a firearm was discharged, or (c)  who reported that he or she was sexually assaulted; (“personne concernée”) “appointing official” and “extra-provincial commander” have the same meaning as in the Interprovincial Policing Act, 2009; (“agent de nomination”, “commandant extraprovincial”) “de-identify”, in relation to the personal information of an individual, means to remove any information that identifies the individual or for which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances that it could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify the individual; (“anonymiser”) “designated authority” means, (a)  in relation to an official who is a police officer other than a chief of police, the chief of police of the police force of which the police officer is a member, Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, clause (a) of the definition of “designated authority” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “police force” and substituting “police service”. (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1)) (b)  in relation to any other official, the person prescribed by the Minister for the official in respect of this Act or the regulations or in respect of a particular provision of this Act or of a regulation;  (“autorité désignée”) “Minister” means the Attorney General or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”) “official” means, (a)  a police officer, (b)  a special constable employed by the Niagara Parks Commission, and (c)  a person who is a peace officer under section 103.0.2 of the Legislative Assembly Act; (“agent”) “personal information” means personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; (“renseignements personnels”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “serious injury” means an injury listed in subsection (2) or any other injury sustained by a person that is likely to interfere with the person’s health or comfort and is not transient or trifling in nature; (“blessure grave”) “SIU Director” means the Special Investigations Unit Director appointed under subsection 5 (1); (“directeur de l’UES”) “subject official” means, in respect of an incident referred to in subsection 15 (1), an official whose conduct appears, in the opinion of the SIU Director, to have been a cause of the incident; (“agent impliqué”) “witness official” means an official who, in the opinion of the SIU Director, is involved in an incident referred to in subsection 15 (1), but is not a subject official in relation to the incident. (“agent témoin”) 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 1 (1); 2020, c. 15, s. 20. Serious injuries (2) A person sustains a serious injury if he or she, (a)  sustains an injury as a result of which he or she is admitted to a hospital; (b)  suffers a fracture to the skull, or to a limb, rib or vertebra; (c)  suffers burns to a significant proportion of his or her body; (d)  loses any portion of his or her body; (e)  as a result of an injury, experiences a loss of vision or hearing; or (f)  sustains a prescribed injury. 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 1 (2). Interpretation, police matters (3) Words and expressions used in this Act and in the regulations that relate to policing and police matters have the same meanings as under the Police Services Act, unless the context requires otherwise. 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 1 (3). Note: On the later of the day section 1 of this Act comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, subsection 1 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “Police Services Act” and substituting “Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019”. (See: 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (2)) Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 40 (1, 2) - not in force 2020, c. 15, s. 20 - 01/12/2020