Section 81 — Access to Information Act: Definitions

The following definitions apply in sections 82 to 90 . government entity means a government institution that is a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act , a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to that Act, or a corporation named in Schedule II to that Act. ( entité fédérale ) quarter means a three-month period that begins on the first day of April, July, October or January. ( trimestre ) senior officer or employee means, in respect of a government institution, any person who exercises the powers or performs the duties and functions of a deputy minister, an associate deputy minister, an assistant deputy minister, a deputy head, an assistant deputy head, a president, a vice-president, a chief executive officer or a member of a board of directors, and any person who holds a position of an equivalent rank. ( dirigeant ou employé )