1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“analyst” means a person appointed as an analyst under this Act.(analyste)
“container” means transport equipment, including equipment that
(conteneur)
(a)
is carried on a chassis,
(b)
is strong enough to be suitable for repeated use, and
(c)
is designed to facilitate the transportation of goods without intermediate reloading,
but does not include a vehicle.
“dangerous goods” means a product, substance or organism included by its nature or by the regulations in any of the classes listed in Schedule A.(marchandises dangereuses)
“highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of a street, road, lane, alley, park, parking lot, drive-in theatre, school yard, picnic site, beach, winter road across ice or place where any part of it is used by the general public for the passage or parking of vehicles and includes the bridges on it. (route)
“inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector under this Act.(inspecteur)
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“packaging” means a receptacle or enveloping material used to contain or protect goods but does not include a container or a vehicle.(emballage)
“prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations.(prescrit)
“safety mark” includes a design, symbol, device, sign, label, placard, letter, word, number, abbreviation or any combination of a design, symbol, device, sign, label, placard, letter, word, number or abbreviation that is to be displayed on dangerous goods, packaging, containers or vehicles used in the transportation of dangerous goods.(indication de danger)
“safety requirements” means requirements with respect to the transportation of dangerous goods, the reporting of the transportation, the training of persons engaged in the transportation and the inspection of the transportation.(règles de sécurité)
“safety standards” means standards regulating the design, construction, equipping, functioning or performance of containers, packaging or vehicles used in the transporting of dangerous goods.(normes de sécurité)
“shipping document” means a document that accompanies dangerous goods being transported and that describes or contains information relating to goods and includes a bill of lading, cargo manifest, shipping order and waybill.(document d’expédition)
“vehicle” means a device in, on or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.(véhicule)
1988, c.T-11.01, s.1; 1991, c.27, s.42; 2000, c.26, s.276; 2016, c.37, s.189; 2019, c.2, s.143; 2020, c.25, s.113; 2022, c.28, s.54