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Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act

Version of section 2 from 2019-09-01 to 2020-06-30:


Marginal note:Definitions

 In this Act,

beer

 beer has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Excise Act; (bière)

bulk

 bulk has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001; (en vrac)

Chile

Chile has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Chili)

Costa Rica

Costa Rica has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Costa Rica)

denature

 denature has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001; (dénaturation)

EU country or other CETA beneficiary

EU country or other CETA beneficiary has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (pays de l’Union européenne ou autre bénéficiaire de l’AÉCG)

excise warehouse

 excise warehouse has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001; (entrepôt d'accise)

Honduras

Honduras has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Honduras)

intoxicating liquor

intoxicating liquor means any liquor that is, by the law of the province for the time being in force, deemed to be intoxicating liquor and that it is unlawful to sell or have in possession without a permit or other authority of the government of the province or any board, commission, officer or other governmental agency authorized to issue the permit or grant the authority; (boisson enivrante)

Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary

Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Israël ou autre bénéficiaire de l’ALÉCI)

licensed distiller

 licensed distiller means a person who holds a spirits licence under section 14 of the Excise Act, 2001; (distillateur agréé)

NAFTA country

NAFTA country has the meaning assigned to the expression NAFTA country by subsection 2(1) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; (pays ALÉNA)

packaged

 packaged has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001; (emballé)

Panama

Panama has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Panama)

province

province means any province — other than Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut — in which there is in force an Act giving the government of the province or any board, commission, officer or other governmental agency control over the sale of intoxicating liquor in that province; (province)

spirits

spirits has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001; (spiritueux)

Ukraine

Ukraine has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Ukraine)

wine

 wine has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Excise Act, 2001. (vin)

  • R.S., 1985, c. I-3, s. 2
  • 1993, c. 44, s. 159
  • 1997, c. 14, s. 80
  • 2001, c. 28, s. 52
  • 2002, c. 7, s. 182, c. 22, s. 394
  • 2012, c. 26, s. 57
  • 2014, c. 2, s. 12, c. 14, s. 21
  • 2017, c. 6, s. 28, c. 8, s. 18
  • 2019, c. 6, s. 7
  • 2019, c. 29, s. 185

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