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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.
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This definition is consistent with the principles of the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Canada is a signatory.
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The enactment will ensure that ``child'' has a consistent meaning in
Canadian enactments.
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