Parliament of Canada Act

Definition of public office holder

72.06 For the purposes of sections 20.5, 72.05 and 72.07 to 72.09, public office holder means

• (a) a minister of the Crown, a minister of state or a parliamentary secretary;

• (b) a person, other than a public servant, who works on behalf of a minister of the Crown or a minister of state;

• (c) a Governor in Council appointee, other than the following persons, namely,

  • (i) a lieutenant governor,

  • (ii) officers and staff of the Senate, House of Commons and Library of Parliament,

  • (iii) a person appointed or employed under the Public Service Employment Act who is a head of mission within the meaning of subsection 13(1) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Act,

  • (iv) a judge who receives a salary under the Judges Act,

  • (v) a military judge within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act, and

  • (vi) an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, not including the Commissioner; and

• (d) a full-time ministerial appointee designated by the appropriate minister of the Crown as a public office holder.