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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,

“adult” means a person who is eighteen years of age or over that age;

“adverse event” means an undesirable experience occurring following the administration of a medicure and the event does not necessarily have a causal relationship with treatment;

“child” means a person who is below eighteen years of age; and

“clinical trial” means an investigation consisting of a particular description by, or under the direction of a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon to the patient or animal where there is evidence that a medicine, medical device or procedure or herbal medicine of that description has effects which may be beneficial to and safe to the patient or animal, and the medicine, medical device or procedure or herbal medicine is for the purpose of ascertaining beneficial or harmful effects.