SUMMARY

This enactment provides a definition of ``child'' as a person under eighteen years of age that applies to all Acts and regulations except in cases where a different age is set for particular reasons. This does not apply where the word implies only a relationship regardless of age or where the issue of the person's majority is subject to provincial law.

This definition is consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Canada is a signatory.

The enactment will ensure that ``child'' has a consistent meaning in Canadian enactments.