1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“medical treatment” includes
(traitement médical)
(a)
surgical and dental treatment,
(b)
any procedure undertaken for the purpose of diagnosis,
(c)
any procedure undertaken for the purpose of preventing any disease or ailment, and
(d)
any procedure that is ancillary to any treatment as it applies to that treatment.
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf. (ministre)
“offence” means an offence created by an Act of the Legislature or Parliament or by any regulation or by-law made under such Act.(infraction)
“place of open custody” means a place or facility designated as a place of open custody under section 3 or a place or facility within a class of those designated places or facilities and includes a place of open custody designated under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(lieu de garde en milieu ouvert)
“place of secure custody” means a place or facility designated as a place of secure custody under section 3 or a place or facility within a class of those designated places or facilities and includes
(lieu de garde en milieu fermé)
(a)
a place of secure custody designated under the
Young Offenders Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and
(b)
a youth custody facility designated under the
Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
“place of temporary detention” means a place designated as a place of temporary detention under section 3 or a place within a class of those designated places and includes a place of temporary detention designated under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada) by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.(lieu de détention temporaire)
“program” means
(programme)
(a)
a pre-trial detention and supervision program,
(b)
an open or secure custody program,
(c)
a program for the administration and supervision of sentences, and
(d)
any other related service or program.
“provincial director” means a provincial director as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).(directeur provincial)
“superintendent” means the person in charge of a place of secure custody and includes any person designated to act on the superintendent’s behalf.(directeur)
“young person” means a person who is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be 12 years of age or more, but less than 18 years of age and, if the context requires, includes any person who is charged with having committed an offence while he or she was a young person or who is found guilty of an offence while he or she was a young person. (adolescent)
“youth custodial facility” includes a place of open custody, a place of temporary detention and a place of secure custody.(établissement de détention pour adolescents)
1985, c.C-40, s.1; 1988, c.11, s.17; 2000, c.26, s.89; 2004, c.11, s.1; 2016, c.37, s.46; 2019, c.2, s.32; 2020, c.25, s.36; 2022, c.28, s.11