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INTERPRETATIONDefinitions 3. In this Act, "alternative format"
"alternative format", with respect to a record, means a format that allows a person with a sensory disability to read or listen to that record; "Court"
"Court" means the Federal Court; "designated Minister"
"designated Minister", in relation to any provision of this Act, means such member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of that provision; "foreign state"
"foreign state" means any state other than Canada; "government institution"
"government institution" means any department or ministry of state of the Government of Canada listed in Schedule I or any body or office listed in Schedule I; "head"
"head", in respect of a government institution, means "Information Commissioner"
"Information Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under section 54; "record"
"record" includes any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microform, sound recording, videotape, machine readable record, and any other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and any copy thereof; "sensory disability"
"sensory disability" means a disability that relates to sight or hearing; "third party"
"third party", in respect of a request for access to a record under this Act, means any person, group of persons or organization other than the person that made the request or a government institution. R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 3; 1992, c. 21, s. 1; 2002, c. 8, par. 183(1)(a).
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