1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“appropriation” means any authority of the Legislature to pay money out of the Consolidated Fund.(crédit budgétaire)
“bank” means a chartered bank.(banque)
“Board” means the Treasury Board.(Conseil)
“Chair” means the Chair of the Treasury Board.(président)
“Consolidated Fund” means, despite any other Act, the aggregate of all public moneys that are on hand and on deposit to the credit of the Province.(Fonds consolidé)
“credit union” means a credit union incorporated under the Credit Unions Act and under any former Credit Unions Act of the Province.(caisse populaire)
“department” means
(ministère)
(a)
a department prescribed by regulation, and
(b)
a division of the public service prescribed by regulation.
“fiscal year” means the period commencing on April 1 in one year and ending on March 31 in the next year.(exercice financier)
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“Minister of Finance” Repealed: 2019, c.29, s.59
“money” includes negotiable instruments.(somme)
“money paid to the Province for a special purpose” includes all money paid to a public officer under a statute, trust, treaty, undertaking or contract, to be disbursed for a purpose specified in the statute, trust, treaty, undertaking or contract.(somme versée à la province à une fin spéciale)
“negotiable instrument” includes a cheque, draft, traveller’s cheque, bill of exchange, postal note, money order and any other similar instrument.(effet de commerce négociable)
“Province” means the Crown in right of the Province of New Brunswick.(province)
“public money” means all money received or collected on behalf of the Province and includes
(fonds publics)
(a)
revenues of the Province,
(b)
money borrowed by the Province or received through the issue or sale of securities,
(c)
money received or collected for the Province, and
(d)
money paid to the Province for a special purpose.
“securities” means
(valeurs ou titres)
(a)
securities representing part of the public debt of Canada or of a province of Canada,
(b)
bonds or debentures of a corporation if payment is guaranteed both as to principal and interest by Canada, by a province of Canada, or by a local government of the Province of New Brunswick, or
(c)
bonds or debentures of a local government of the Province of New Brunswick.
R.S.1973, c.F-11, s.1; 1975, c.22, s.1; 1979, c.23, s.1; 1981, c.A-17.1, s.19; 1984, c.44, s.1; 2001, c.F-14.05, s.18; 2005, c.7, s.30; 2012, c.39, s.67; 2012, c.52, s.22; 2015, c.6, s.7; 2016, c.37, s.70; 2017, c.20, s.69; 2019, c.29, s.59; 2023, c.17, s.90