1(1)In this Act
“assessed value” means the value assigned to non-residential property within a business improvement area by the assessment and tax roll prepared by the Director for the purposes of the Assessment Act;(valeur fixée)
“business improvement corporation” means a corporation meeting the conditions of paragraph 3(1)(b);(corporation d’amélioration des affaires)
“council” means the council of a municipality;(conseil)
“Director” means the Executive Director of Assessment under the Assessment Act;(directeur)
“lessor” includes a grantor of a licence;(bailleur)
“levy” means a business improvement levy imposed under this Act;(contribution)
“Minister” means the Minister of Environment and Local Government and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf; (Ministre)
“non-residential property” means non-residential property as defined in the
Assessment Act, except
(biens non résidentiels)
(a)
public parking property of parking commissions, and
“non-residential user” means an individual, body corporate, partnership, firm, society, association, syndicate or other body which is the owner, lessor or occupier of non-residential property in a business improvement area or proposed business improvement area;(usager de bien non résidentiel)
“owner” means the person in whose name real property is assessed under the Assessment Act.(propriétaire)
1(2)A non-residential user who owns, leases or occupies more than one property in a business improvement area is a single non-residential user for the purposes of this Act.
1(3)A non-residential user may designate a representative for any or all purposes of this Act.
1986, c.8, s.18; 1989, c.55, s.23; 1989, c.N-5.01, s.32; 1992, c.2, s.9; 1998, c.41, s.15; 2000, c.26, s.31; 2006, c.16, s.17; 2012, c.39, s.22