SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Accountable Advances Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“accountable advance”

“accountable advance” means

• (a) a sum of money advanced to a person from an appropriation, and

• (b) a sum of money advanced to a person from the sum of money described in paragraph (a)

for which the person is accountable and includes imprest funds and working capital advances administered under an imprest system; (avance comptable)

“appropriation”

“appropriation” includes a revolving fund; (crédit)

“cash”

“cash” means bank notes and coins; (espèces)

“change fund”

“change fund” means cash provided to a cashier or other individual for the purpose of making change; (fonds d’appoint)

“collective agreement”

“collective agreement” has the same meaning as in the Public Service Staff Relations Act; (convention collective)

“deposit account”

“deposit account” means an account with a supplier that is funded by an accountable advance and from which the supplier deducts the value of material as it is shipped; (compte de dépôt)

“deputy head”

“deputy head” has the same meaning as in the Public Service Employment Act; (sous-chef)

“employee”

“employee” means an individual appointed to a position in a department or other portion of the public service of Canada listed in Schedule I to the Public Service Staff Relations Act; (employé)

“holder or custodian”

“holder or custodian” means the person to whom an accountable advance has been issued or who is responsible for an accountable advance; (détenteur ou dépositaire)

“person”

“person” means an individual, a corporation, an organization and any branch or division of a department; (personne)

“petty cash expenditure”

“petty cash expenditure” means a disbursement made from a petty cash fund; (dépense de petite caisse)

“petty cash fund”

“petty cash fund” means cash kept on hand under an imprest system for the purpose of making small payments in cash; (fonds de petite caisse)

“standing advance”

“standing advance” means an accountable advance issued in a specified amount for an indeterminate period and replenished to that specific amount each time an accounting for expenditures is made. (avance permanente)