Purchasing Management Association of Canada Act

CHAPTER 381

OF THE

REVISED STATUTES, 1989

amended 2012, c. 33
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An Act Respecting the Purchasing
Management Association of Canada

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Purchasing Management Association of Canada Act. R.S., c. 381, s. 1.

Interpretation

2 In this Act,

(a) "Association" means the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, a body corporate incorporated by letters patent issued under the Great Seal of the Province of Ontario on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1931;

(b) "eligible member" means a member of the Association who

Use of designation

3 No person shall

(a) use the designation "Certified Professional Purchaser" or "Supply Chain Management Professional"; or

(b) use the designation "C.P.P.", "CPP", "S.C.M.P." or "SCMP" to indicate that the person is or has the qualifications of an eligible member,

unless the person is an eligible member. R.S., c. 381, s. 3; 2012, c. 33, s. 1.

Right of non-member unaffected

4 Nothing in this Act affects the right of any person who is not a member of the Association to practise as or hold himself or herself out as a purchaser or a supply chain management professional so long as the person does not use the designation "Certified Professional Purchaser", "C.P.P.", "CPP", "Supply Chain Management Professional", "S.C.M.P." or "SCMP". 2012, c. 33, s. 2

Right of non-purchaser unaffected

5 Nothing in this Act affects the right of any person who is not a member of the Association to use the initials "C.P.P.", "CPP", "S.C.M.P." or "SCMP" after the person's name so long as that person is not practising as a purchaser or a supply chain management professional. 2012, c. 33, s. 3.

Offence

6 Every person who contravenes this Act is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. R.S., c. 381, s. 6.

Prima facie proof

7 In any prosecution of an offence under this Act, a certificate purporting to be the certificate of the President or a Vice-president of the Association that a person is or is not an eligible member is prima facie proof that that person is or is not an eligible member. R.S., c. 381, s. 7.

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