1 Interpretation
(a) "administrative penalty" means an administrative penalty
required to be paid under section 158.1(1);
(a.1) "advertiser" means a person who prints, publishes,
distributes, broadcasts or telecasts other people's
advertisements;
(b) "consumer" means, subj ect to the regulations under
subsection (2) and except in section 108.1(c), an individual
who
(i) receives or has the right t o receive goods or services
from a supplier as a result of a purchase, lease, gift,
contest or other arrangement, but does not include an
individual who intends to sell the goods after receiving
them,
(ii) has a legal obligation to c ompensate a supplier for goods
that have been or are to be supplied to another individual
and the other individual does not intend to sell the goods
after receiving them, or
(iii) has a legal obligation to compensate a supplier for
services that have been or are to be supplied to another
individual;
(c) "consumer transaction" mean s, subject to the regulations
under subsection (2),
(i) the supply of goods or services by a supplier to a
consumer as a result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or
other arrangement, or
(ii) an agreement between a supplier and a consumer, as a
result of a purchase, lease, gift, contest or other
arrangement, in which the supplier is to supply goods or
services to the consumer or to another consumer
specified in the agreement;
(c.1) "credit agreement" means a n agreement under which credit
is extended and, without limitation, includes
(i) a loan of money,
(ii) a credit sale, and
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(iii) an agreement under which a loan of money or a credit
sale may occur in the future;
(d) "Director" means the Direct or of Fair Trading appointed
under section 173;
(e) "goods", except in Part 12, means, subject to the regulati ons
under subsection (2),
(i) any personal property that is used or ordinarily used
primarily for personal, family or household purposes,
(ii) a voucher, or
(iii) a new residential dwelling whether or not the dwelling i s
affixed to land;
(f) "inspector" means an insp ector appointed under section 173;
(g) "licence" means a licence issu ed or renewed under this Act;
(h) "loan broker" means a person who for compensation
directly assists a person in obtaining credit or a loan of
money for business or personal use, including credit or a
loan made from the loan broker's own funds;
(i) "Minister" means the Minist er determined under section 16
of the Government Organization Act as the Minister
responsible for this Act;
(i.1) "notice of administrativ e penalty" means a notice given
under section 158.1(1);
(i.2) "ongoing consumer transaction" means a consumer
transaction providing for the continuing or periodic supply
of goods or services, whether for a fixed or an indeterminate
period of time;
(i.3) "recorded mail" means a form of document delivery by mail
or courier in which receipt of the document must be
acknowledged in writing;
(j) "regulatory board" means a regulatory board established
under the regulations;
(k) "services" means, subject to the regulations under
subsection (2), any service offered or provided primarily for
personal, family or household purposes, including
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(i) a service offered or provi ded that involves the addition
to or maintenance, repair or alteration of goods or any
residential dwelling,
(ii) a membership in any club or organization if the club or
organization is a business formed to make a profit for its
owners,
(ii.1) under a life le ase as defined in Part 3.1, the exclusive
right to occupy a residential dwelling and, if applicable,
use areas intended for the common use of occupants of a
building,
(iii) the right to use property under a time share contract, and
(iv) any credit agreement;
(l) "supplier" means, subject to the regulations under
subsection (2), a person who, in the course of the person's
business,
(i) provides goods or services to consumers,
(ii) manufactures, assemb les or produces goods,
(iii) promotes the us e or purchase of goods or services, or
(iv) receives or is entitled to receive money or other
consideration as a result of the provision of goods or
services to consumers,
and includes any salesperson , employee, representative or
agent of the person;
(m) "time share contract" me ans a contract in which an
individual acquires the right to use, occupy or possess real
or personal property, whether or not it is located in Alberta,
(i) for a period of time of less than one year during an
interval specified in the contract, and
(ii) as part of a plan that provides for the use of the proper ty
to circulate among persons participating in the plan;
(n) "voucher" means any document that purports to give the
holder of the document the right to obtain goods or a service
or the right to obtain goods or a service at a discounted or
reduced price.
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(1.1) The Minister may, for the purposes of this Act or any part of
this Act and for the purposes of the regulations, make regulations
defining any word or term used but not defined in this Act or in the
part of this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1.1), the
Minister may make regulations that restrict or broaden the
definitions of consumer, consumer transaction, goods, services and
supplier, and the restricting or broadening of the definitions may
apply to one or more provisions of this Act and to one or more
provisions of the regulations under this Act.
RSA 2000 cF-2 s1;2005 c9 s2;2012 c7 s1;2016 c8 s2;
2017 c18 s1(5);2018 c11 s7;2024 c3 s2