1 Interpretation
(a) "enact" includes issue, m ake, establish or prescribe;
(b) "public officer" includes any person in the public service of
the Province
(i) who is authorized by or under an enactment to do or
enforce the doing of an act or thing or to exercise a
power, or
(ii) on whom a duty is imposed by or under an enactment;
(c) "regulation" means a regulat ion, order, rule, form, tariff of
costs or fees, proclamation, bylaw or resolution enacted
(i) in the execution of a power conferred by or under the
authority of an Act, or
(ii) by or under the authority of the Lieutenant Governor in
Council,
but does not include an order of a court made in the course
of an action or an order made by a public officer or
administrative tribunal in a dispute between 2 or more
persons;
(d) "repeal" includes strike o ut, revoke, cancel or rescind.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, an enactment that has expired or
lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect is deemed to have been
repealed.
RSA 1980 cI-7 s1
RSA 2000