1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“agent” means, except in subsections 2(1.2) and (1.3), an agent to whom a distributor has assigned all or part of the distributor’s responsibilities under subsection 4(5). (représentant)
“beverage” means a liquid intended for human consumption by drinking but does not include any liquid excluded by regulation. (boisson)
“beverage container” means a container that
(récipient à boisson)
(a)
holds five litres or less of a beverage, and
(b)
is delivered sealed to
(i)
a retailer who sells the beverage without opening the container, or
“distributor” means a person
(distributeur)
(a)
who sells, by wholesale or other means, beverages in beverage containers to a retailer or food service in the Province, or
(b)
who enters into a contract for the bottling of a beverage in a beverage container for sale to a retailer or food service in the Province.
“environmental fee” means the fee established to provide for the costs of administering programs for the reduction, reuse and recycling of waste produced by littering, failing to reuse or recycle or other actions or inactions by individuals. (droit de protection de l’environnement)
“food service” means
(service alimentaire)
(a)
a restaurant or cafeteria, and
(b)
a hospital facility, nursing home or other institution that, as part of the service it provides, also provides meals.
“inspector” means a person designated under subsection 20(1). (inspecteur)
“licence” means a valid and subsisting licence issued to the operator of a redemption centre under section 13 and includes any licence deemed under any other Act to be a licence under this Act. (permis)
“Minister” means the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“recyclable beverage container” means a type of beverage container that is intended to be recycled and is approved under subsection 5(2). (récipient à boisson recyclable)
“redemption centre” means a business enterprise involving the acceptance of empty beverage containers from the public in exchange for a refund, or the storage, holding or return of empty beverage containers for or to a distributor or, if applicable, the distributor’s agent, but does not include the retention of empty beverage containers by a retailer solely for the purpose of storage. (centre de remboursement)
“refillable beverage container” means a type of beverage container that is intended to be used more than once for the sale of a beverage and is approved under subsection 5(2). (récipient à boisson réutilisable)
“retailer” means a person who sells beverages in beverage containers to the public for consumption off the premises and a person who sells by a coin-operated vending machine. (détaillant)
“sell” includes offer for sale. (vendre)
1991, c.B-2.2, s.1; 1993, c.29, s.1; 1998, c.45, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.27; 2006, c.16, s.16; 2012, c.39, s.21; 2020, c.25, s.12; 2021, c.40, s.1