“adult” means a person who is neither a young person nor a child;(adulte)
“alternative measures” means measures other than judicial proceedings used to deal with a young person alleged to have committed an offence;(mesures de rechange)
“child” means a person who is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be under the age of twelve years;(enfant)
“parent” includes, in respect of another person, any person who is under a legal duty to provide for that other person or any person who has, in law or in fact, the custody or control of that other person, but does not include a person who has custody or control of that other person by reason only of proceedings in relation to an offence alleged to have been committed by a young person;(parent)
“pre-sentence report” means a report submitted to a youth court judge as a result of a request under paragraph 49(2)(b) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;(rapport présentenciel)
“provincial director” means the person appointed or designated for the Province to perform the duties and functions of a provincial director under the Young Offenders Act;(directeur provincial)
“Young Offenders Act” means the Young Offenders Act (Canada);(Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants)
“young person” means a person who is or, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, appears to be
(adolescent)
(a)
twelve years of age or older, but
(b)
under eighteen years of age,
and, where the context requires, includes any person who is charged with having committed an offence while the person was a young person or is found guilty of an offence committed while the person was a young person;
“youth court” means a court established or designated as a youth court for the Province for the purposes of the Young Offenders Act;(tribunal pour adolescents)
“youth court judge” means a person appointed to be or authorized, by whatever title the person may be designated, to act as a judge of a youth court;(juge d’un tribunal pour adolescents)
“youth worker” means a person appointed or designated, whether by the title of youth worker or probation officer or by any other title, for the Province to perform the duties and functions of a youth worker under the Young Offenders Act.(délégué à la jeunesse)