Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 36, Sched. 7

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Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act, 2020

S.o. 2020, chapter 36
Schedule 7

Consolidation Period: From March 1, 2022 to the e-Laws currency date.

Last amendment: 2021, c. 40, Sched. 5.

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Definitions

1 In this Act,

“affiliate” means an affiliated body corporate within the meaning of section 5; (“membre du même groupe”)

“articles of incorporation” or “articles” means the original or restated articles of incorporation, articles of amalgamation, articles of amendment, memorandum of association, a special Act or other instrument by which a credit union is incorporated and includes any amendment thereto; (“statuts constitutifs” ou “statuts”)

“Authority” means the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario continued under subsection 2 (1) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016; (“Autorité”)

“Authority rule” means a rule made under subsection 285 (1) of this Act or under subsection 21 (2) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016; (“règle de l’Autorité”)

“board” means, with respect to a credit union, its board of directors; (“conseil”)

“body corporate” means any body corporate with or without share capital and whether or not it is a corporation to which this Act applies; (“personne morale”)

“borrow” does not include the taking of deposits; (“emprunter”)

“central” means a corporation incorporated as a credit union central or federation under this Act; (“fédération”)

“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under subsection 10 (2) of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario Act, 2016; (“directeur général”)

“court”, except where the context indicates otherwise, means the Superior Court of Justice; (“tribunal”)

“credit union” means a corporation incorporated or continued as a credit union or caisse populaire under this Act or a predecessor of this Act; (“caisse”, “caisse populaire”)

“debt obligation” means a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of an entity, whether secured or unsecured; (“titre de créance”)

“deposit” includes money deposited with a credit union under a federal or provincial registered savings plan or fund; (“dépôt”)

“depositor” means a person with funds on deposit with a credit union; (“déposant”)

“entity” means a body corporate, trust, partnership, fund, an unincorporated organization, Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province, an agency of Her Majesty in either of such rights and the government of a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof and any agency thereof; (“entité”)

“financial institution” means,

(a) a bank or authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act (Canada),

(b) an insurer licensed under the Insurance Act,

(c) a corporation registered under the Loan and Trust Corporations Act,

(d) an entity that is,

(i) incorporated or formed by or under an Act of the Parliament of Canada or of the legislature of a province, and

(ii) primarily engaged in dealing in securities, including portfolio management and investment counselling,

(e) a credit union,

(f) a central,

(g) a retail association as defined under the Cooperative Credit Associations Act (Canada), and

(h) such other entities or classes of entities as may be prescribed by regulation; (“institution financière”)

“financial statement” means a financial statement referred to in section 177; (“état financier”)

“incorporator” means an individual who signs articles of incorporation; (“fondateur”)

“member” means a person who is a member of a credit union under this Act, the articles and the by-laws of the credit union governing membership; (“sociétaire”)

“membership share” means an interest in the equity of a credit union that confers the rights referred to in subsection 44 (1); (“part sociale”)

“Minister” means the Minister of Finance or any other member of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this Act is assigned or transferred under the Executive Council Act; (“ministre”)

“patronage share” means a share of a class provided for by the articles of a credit union in accordance with section 45; (“part de ristourne”)

“personal representative” means a person who stands in place of and represents another person and includes, as the circumstances require, a trustee, an executor, an administrator, a committee, a guardian, a curator, an assignee, a receiver, an agent or an attorney of any person, but does not include a delegate; (“représentant personnel”)

“regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlement”)

“regulatory capital” in respect of a credit union, has the meaning given to that expression by the Authority rules; (“capital réglementaire”)

“related person”, when used to indicate a relationship with any natural person, means,

(a) a spouse of the person,

(b) any son or daughter of the person, or

(c) any relative by blood, marriage or adoption, of the person or of any person mentioned in clause (a) or (b); (“personne liée”)

Note: On the day section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020 comes into force, the French version of clause (c) of the definition of “related person” in section 1 of the Act is amended. (See: 2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 6 (1))

“security” means a security as defined under the Securities Act but does not include a deposit with a financial institution or any instrument evidencing the deposit; (“valeur mobilière”)

“share” includes a membership share unless specifically excluded by this Act; (“action”)

“shareholder” means a shareholder as defined in subsection 8 (1); (“actionnaire”)

“special resolution” means a resolution passed by two-thirds or more of the votes cast by or on behalf of the persons who voted in respect of that resolution; (“résolution extraordinaire”)

“spouse” means a spouse as defined under Part III of the Family Law Act; (“conjoint”)

“subordinated indebtedness” means an instrument evidencing an indebtedness of a credit union that, by its terms, provides that the indebtedness will, in the event of the insolvency or winding up of the credit union, be subordinate in right of payment to all deposit liabilities of the credit union and all other liabilities of the credit union except those that, by their terms, rank equally with or are subordinate to the indebtedness; (“titre secondaire”)

“Tribunal” means the Financial Services Tribunal continued under the Financial Services Tribunal Act, 2017. (“Tribunal”). 2020, c. 36, Sched. 7, s. 1; 2021, c. 40, Sched. 5, s. 1.

Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y)

2021, c. 4, Sched. 11, s. 6 (1) - not in force; 2021, c. 40, Sched. 5, s. 1 - 01/03/2022

Joint shareholders

2 (1) For the purposes of this Act, two or more persons holding the same share or shares jointly are considered as one member or shareholder.

Exception

(2) Despite subsection (1), two or more persons jointly holding enough membership shares to entitle each of them to be a member in their own right are all considered as separate members.

Subsidiary

3 For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate is a subsidiary of another body corporate if,

(a) it is controlled by,

(i) that other,

(ii) that other and one or more bodies corporate each of which is controlled by that other, or

(iii) two or more bodies corporate that are that other’s subsidiary; or

(b) it is a subsidiary of a body corporate that is that other’s subsidiary.

Holding body corporate

4 For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate is another’s holding body corporate if that other is its subsidiary.

Affiliation

5 (1) For the purposes of this Act, one body corporate is affiliated with another body corporate if one of them is the subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body corporate or each of them is controlled by the same person.

Affiliate by order

(2) On application in writing by a credit union, the Chief Executive Officer may, by order and on the terms specified in the order, deem a corporate body named in the order to be an affiliate for the purposes of this Act or for the purpose of specific provisions of this Act.

Revocation of order

(3) The Chief Executive Officer may, by order, revoke an order under subsection (2) if the Chief Executive Officer believes that the credit union has failed to comply with a term set out in the order under subsection (2) or that it is no longer appropriate to deem the corporate body in respect of which the order under subsection (2) was made to be an affiliate.

Procedural rules

(4) Section 209 applies with respect to an order under this section.

Controlling body corporate

6 For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate is controlled by another person or by two or more bodies corporate if,

(a) voting securities of the first mentioned body corporate carrying more than 50 per cent of the votes for the election of directors are held, other than by way of security only, by or for the benefit of the other person or by or for the benefit of the other bodies corporate; and

(b) the votes carried by the securities are sufficient, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of the first-mentioned body corporate.

Member

7 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a holder of a membership share of a credit union when, according to the register under section 202, the person is the owner of the membership share or is entitled to be entered in the register as the owner of the share.

Holder of membership share

(2) A reference in this Act to the holding of a membership share by or in the name of a person is a reference to the fact that the person is registered or is entitled to be registered in the register under section 202 as the holder of the share.

Shareholder

8 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a shareholder of a body corporate when, according to the...

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