Answers
Question: What are the 4 types of law?
Correct Answer: 1. Constitutional Law 2. Administrative law 3. Civil criminal or regulatory law 4. Civil
law
Question: Constitutional law
Correct Answer: Based on the Constitution and involves the various legal components that exist in
Canada. Constitutional law considers the powers of the federal,provincial, and municipal governments.
Question: Civil Law
Correct Answer: A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.
Adresses wrongs done to individuals
Question: Administrative law
Correct Answer: The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form of rules, regulations,
orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
Question: Criminal law
Correct Answer: Codes of behavior related to the protection of property and individual safety. Addresses
wrong done in society
Question: legislation
Correct Answer: the act of making or enacting laws. boilers and pressure vessles act.
Question: Regulation
Correct Answer: a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. Engineers regulations.
Question: Constutional law definition
Correct Answer: comprises all of the fundamental rules for determining who and which institutions have
the right to make laws for the government of our society. its a " law for the making of laws"
Question: Canada Act 1982
Correct Answer: is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was passed at the request of the
Canadian federal government to "patriate" Canada's constitution, ending the necessity for the British
parliament to be involved in making changes to the Constitution of Canada.
Question: Constitutional act 1867
Correct Answer: outlines the structure of our government and defines the governments limit of power.
outlines who has the power to make various decisions
Question: Municipal Government
Correct Answer: the government unit that administers a city or town . They have been defined as local
public authorities. examples are municipalities, school boards, health boards, commissions
Question: Corporations
, Correct Answer: Absa, they have the authority for code compliance and management. They have powers
assigned within a provincial government
Question: Provincial courts
Correct Answer: 1. Civil Court may include claims for damages, debt or both, not exceeding 4000. 2.
Criminal Court deals with offences under provincial legislation, summary convictions, offences under
criminal code, preliminary hearings,
Question: Superior Court of the Province
Correct Answer: The highest criminal and civil court in a province, consisting of a trial division and an
appeal division.
Question: Court of Queen's Bench
Correct Answer: Deals with a wide variety of issues including civil and criminal law, family law,
bankruptcy, enforcement of orders, wills and estates.
Question: Court of Appeals
Correct Answer: it hears appeals regarding: 1. criminal cases 2. Civil matters 3. application for new trials
4. appeals of admin law decisions
Question: Federal Court of Canada
Correct Answer: The court that deals with some types of litigation involving the federal government
Question: Supreme Court of Canada
Correct Answer: the highest appeals court in Canada; also deals with constitutional questions referred to it
by the federal government
Question: Statutory delegates
Correct Answer: Whom the federal and provincial governments have delegated a wide range of power to
Question: Legislative delegation
Correct Answer: delegates to an agency the power to perform its regulatory purpose
Question: judicial delegation
Correct Answer: are those functions that the federal, provincial governments have given to the courts
Question: administrative delegation
Correct Answer: are often called the executive functions, they are functions regarding enforcement of tbe
legislation.
Question: Safety Officer
Correct Answer: Inspector or enforcement
Question: define duty of care
Correct Answer: Moral and legal obligation to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people in your care
Question: Standard of care
Correct Answer: the degree of care that a reasonably prudent person should exercise under the same or
similar circumstances. training documents, procedure manuals, codes