APPENDIX A – GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Area ~ Windsor/Essex Court Service Area, which encompasses the geographic territory of the City of Windsor, Essex County and Pelee Island

ARO ~ ARO, Inc., one of the registered Canadian collection agencies who have been retained in 2016 to assist the POA Program in the collection of defaulted fines owed by Canadian residents

Bill 108 ~ amending legislation to the Provincial Offences Act which in 1998 added Part X thereto, enabling the transfer of administration of justice functions to the municipal sector

City ~ The Corporation of the City of Windsor, a single tier municipality continued as such under the Municipal Act, 2001

Council ~ the elected City of Windsor Municipal Council

CAMS ~ A Collection Agency Management System installed in 2014 used to track, record and document newly issued as well as defaulted fines.

CBV ~ CBV Collections Services, LTD, one of the registered Canadian collection agencies who have been retained in 2016 to assist the POA Program in the collection of defaulted fines owed by Canadian residents

Early Resolution ~ used to be known as First Attendance early resolution, slated for implementation in 2012. While taking a more formalistic approach, provision is made for convictions of those defendants who fail to appear for their meetings with the prosecutor

Gatestone ~ Gatestone & Co International Inc., one of the registered collection agencies who have been retained in 2016 to assist the POA Program in the collection of defaulted fines owed by Canadian residents

ICON ~ Integrated Courts Offences Network, being the provincial mainframe application used and relied upon by administration of justice staff in relation to all aspects of POA matters

ISA ~ the Intermunicipal Court Service Agreement underpinning the local POA Court operations for Windsor/Essex, entered into amongst the City and the other 9 municipalities together constituting the Area

Liaison Committee ~ the Windsor/Essex Court Service Area Liaison Committee erected pursuant to the ISA, being an advisory administrative body

LSA ~ Local Side Agreement, being one of the 2 contracts together constituting the Transfer Agreement

MAG ~ the Ministry of the Attorney General for the Province of Ontario