1In this Act
“emergency service provider” means
(fournisseur de services d’urgence)
(a)
a police force as defined in the
Police Act,
(b)
a fire department organized to serve any area of the Province,
(c)
an ambulance service provided in accordance with the
Ambulance Services Act,
(d)
where the Royal Canadian Mounted Police agrees to participate in the development, establishment or operation of the NB 911 service and except in section 3, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and
(e)
such other person or service as may be designated by the Minister;
“Fund” means the NB 911 Service Fund established under section 4.2; (Fonds)
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and includes persons designated by the Minister under subsection 7(2) to act on the Minister’s behalf;(Ministre)
“municipality” means a city, town, village or rural community;(municipalité)
“NBTel” Repealed: 2005, c.18, s.1
“NB 911 service” means a province-wide 911 emergency telephone service for the reporting of emergencies to emergency service providers through a public safety answering point;(service d’urgence 911, N.-B.)
“public safety answering point” means a communication centre that receives emergency calls and dispatches such calls to emergency service providers;(centre de prise d’appels pour la sécurité du public)
“subscriber” means
(abonné)
(a)
an end-user who is located within the Province and subscribes to a landline-based telephone service of a telecommunications service provider, or
(b)
an end-user who is assigned a telephone number associated with an area within the Province and subscribes to a wireless telephone service of a telecommunications service provider;
“telecommunications service provider” means a person who provides a landline-based telephone service or a wireless telephone service in the Province.(fournisseur de service de télécommunications)
1998, c.41, s.45; 2000, c.26, s.101; 2005, c.7, s.26; 2005, c.18, s.1