1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“bank” means a bank listed in Schedule I or II of the Bank Act (Canada).(banque)
“Board” means the Board for Registration of Embalmers, Funeral Directors and Funeral Providers appointed under the Embalmers, Funeral Directors and Funeral Providers Act.(Commission)
“Compensation Fund” means the Pre-arranged Funeral Services Compensation Fund established under this Act.(Fonds d’indemnisation)
“Court of King’s Bench” means The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick.(Cour du Banc du Roi)
“Court of Queen’s Bench” Repealed: 2023, c.17, s.204
“credit union” means a credit union incorporated under the Credit Unions Act or any former Credit Unions Act of the Province.(caisse populaire)
“Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs appointed under the Financial and Consumer Services Commission Act and includes any person designated by the Financial and Consumer Services Commission or the Director to act on the Director’s behalf. (directeur)
“financial institution” means a bank, credit union or trust company.(institution financière)
“funeral provider’s licence” means a funeral provider’s licence issued under section 5 that has not lapsed or been surrendered, suspended or cancelled.(permis de fournisseur de services funèbres)
“funeral services” means
(services de pompes funèbres)
(a)
services and commodities usual in the preparation for burial or cremation of the dead and the burial or cremation of the dead other than the supplying of lots, burial vaults, grave markers, vases and services rendered or to be rendered at the cemetery, and
(b)
any other service prescribed by regulation.
“investigator” means a person appointed as an investigator under section 30.31.(enquêteur)
“legal representative” means a person who stands in place of and represents another person including, but not limited to, a trustee, an executor, an administrator, an agent, a committee or an attorney.(représentant légal)
“licensed funeral provider” means a person who is the holder of a funeral provider’s licence.(fournisseur autorisé de services funèbres)
“licensed manager” means a person who is the holder of a manager’s licence.(gérant autorisé)
“manager’s licence” means a manager’s licence issued under section 6 that has not lapsed or been surrendered or suspended or cancelled.(permis de gérant)
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and includes any person designated by the Minister under section 2 to act on the Minister’s behalf.(ministre)
“pre-arranged funeral plan” means an agreement by which in consideration of payment for it in advance, by a lump sum or instalments, a person contracts to provide funeral services for a person alive at the time the agreement is entered into, but does not include an agreement by which a person contracts to provide the funeral services in consideration of payment of the proceeds of an insurance policy payable on the death of the person for whom the funeral services are to be provided.(arrangement préalable d’obsèques)
“purchaser” means
(acheteur)
(a)
a person who enters into a pre-arranged funeral plan with a licensed funeral provider under this Act, or
(b)
a person who, before July 31, 2010, entered into a pre-arranged funeral plan with a person who held a licence under this Act.
“regulated activity” means any activity governed by this Act or the regulations.(activité réglementée)
“Tribunal” means the Tribunal as defined in the Financial and Consumer Services Commission Act.(Tribunal)
“trust company” means a trust company authorized to do business in New Brunswick.(compagnie de fiducie)
“working day” means any day except a Saturday or a Sunday or other holiday.(jour ouvrable)
R.S.1973, c.P-14, s.1; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.31; 1986, c.66, s.1; 1994, c.26, s.1; 2004, c.51, s.93; 2006, c.16, s.138; 2006, c.20, s.1; 2008, c.13, s.1, s.2; 2012, c.39, s.114; 2013, c.31, s.25; 2016, c.36, s.13; 2016, c.37, s.145; 2017, c.12, s.1; 2019, c.29, s.120; 2023, c.6, s.16; 2023, c.17, s.204