Low-materiality Fees Regulations
SOR/2019-109
Registration 2019-04-25
Low-materiality Fees Regulations
The Treasury Board, on the recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board, pursuant to paragraph 22(2)(a) of the Service Fees ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Low-materiality Fees Regulations.
Return to footnote aS.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
- Act
Act means the Service Fees Act. (Loi)
- report
report means a report tabled in accordance with subsection 20(1) of the Act. (rapport)
Low-materiality Fees
Marginal note:Criteria
2 (1) For the purpose of subsection 22(1) of the Act, the following fees are considered to be low-materiality fees:
(a) any fee that is less than $51;
(b) any fee that is $51 or more but less than $151 if
(i) the three most recent reports tabled in respect of the fee before the first day of the current fiscal year set out no more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee,
(ii) the fee has been adjusted since the tabling of the most recent report in respect of it and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of it set out no more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee,
(iii) there have not been three reports in respect of the fee and the fee has, at no time since the day on which these Regulations came into force, been more than $151 or referred to in Schedule 2, or
(iv) the fee was previously considered a low-materiality fee in accordance with paragraph (a), subparagraphs (i) to (iii) or paragraph (c) and has not since ceased to be a low-materiality fee in accordance with section 3; and
(c) the fees referred to in Schedule 1.
Marginal note:Exceptions
(2) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to
(a) any fee the amount of which is determined by a formula; and
(b) the fees referred to in Schedule 2.
Marginal note:Cessation of low-materiality
3 (1) A low-materiality fee ceases to be a low-materiality fee on
(a) the day on which it is increased to $151 or more;
(b) if the fee is $51 or more but less than $151, the first day of the fiscal year after the tabling of a third consecutive report setting out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee;
(c) the day on which it is adjusted, if the adjusted fee is $51 or more but less than $151 and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of the fee set out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee;
(d) the day on which it is added to Schedule 2; or
(e) the day on which it is removed from Schedule 1 if
(i) it is $151 or more, or
(ii) it is $51 or more but less than $151 and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of it set out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee.
Marginal note:Exception
(2) Paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) do not apply to fees referred to in Schedule 1.
Transitional Provision
Marginal note:Fees from $51 to $151
4 Despite subparagraph 2(1)(b)(iii), a fee that is $51 or more but less than $151 is not, unless it is referred to in Schedule 1, considered to be a low-materiality fee if, during the one-year period before the day on which these Regulations come into force, a report setting out more than $500,000 of revenue received from that fee was tabled or a document to the same effect was published on the website of the federal entity in relation to which the fee was fixed.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:S.C. 2017, c. 20
Footnote *5 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 22 of the Service Fees Act, as enacted by section 451 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.
Return to footnote *[Note: Regulations in force May 1, 2019, see SI/2019-20.]
SCHEDULE 1(Paragraphs 2(1)(c) and 3(1)(e), subsection 3(2) and section 4)Low-materiality Fees
PART 1Miscellaneous Fees
1 Fees for copies of documents
2 Parking fees
PART 2Financial Administration Act
1 Fee referred to in section 2 of the Canadian Heraldic Authority Fee Order
2 Fees set out in the schedule to the Consular Fees (Specialized Services) Regulations
3 Charges referred to in subsection 43(1) of the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations
4 Charges referred to in subsection 43(1) of the Nunavut Mining Regulations
PART 3Territorial Lands Act
1 Fees set out in items 5, 6, 10 and 12 to 16 of Schedule 1 to the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations
2 Fees set out in items 5, 6, 10 and 12 to 16 of Schedule 1 to the Nunavut Mining Regulations
PART 4Canada Wildlife Act
1 Fee set out in item 4 of Part III of Schedule III to the Wildlife Area Regulations
PART 5Canada Petroleum Resources Act
1 Fees set out in items 10, 11 and 15 of the schedule to the Frontier Lands Registration Regulations
PART 6Canadian Agricultural Loans Act
1 Fees referred to in subsection 17(1) of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Regulations
PART 7Department of Industry Act
1 Fees for written opinions, as set out in the Competition Bureau Fee and Service Standards Policy, as amended from time to time
PART 8Parks Canada Agency Act
1 The following fees, as set out in the Parks Canada Master List of Fees, as amended from time to time:
(a) fees for business licences
(b) fees for operating a boat cruise (commercial services)
(c) multimedia fees
(d) film and photography fees
(e) realty documentation fees
(f) cemetery fees
(g) fees for heritage presentation special programs
(h) waste transfer station fees
(i) firefighting fees
(j) commercial operator canoe launch fees
(k) fees for ambulance services
PART 9Canada Small Business Financing Act
1 Registration fee and annual administration fee referred to in subsections 4(1) and (2), respectively, of the Canada Small Business Financing Regulations
PART 10Canada National Parks Act
1 Fees set out in items 1, 4 and 6 of Part I of the schedule to the National Parks Building Regulations
2 Fee referred to in paragraph 9(3)(b) and charges referred to in sections 16, 17.1 and 17.2 and set out in Schedules IV and VIII to the National Parks of Canada Water and Sewer Regulations
3 Charges referred to in sections 12 and 13 and set out in Schedules II and III to the National Parks of Canada Garbage Regulations
PART 11Canada Shipping Act, 2001
1 Fees set out in items 1, 3, 4 and 16 of the table to section 2 of the Vessels Registry Fees Tariff
SCHEDULE 2(Subparagraph 2(1)(b)(iii) and paragraphs 2(2)(b) and 3(1)(d))Fees that are not Considered Low-materiality Fees
PART 1Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
1 Fees referred to in subsection 132(1) and section 136 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules
PART 2Fisheries Act
1 Fees set out in Schedule IV to the Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations
2 Fees set out in Schedule III to the Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations
3 Fees referred to in subsections 67(3) and 73(2) of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
4 Fees set out in Schedule II to the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985
5 Fee referred to in subsection 49(2) and set out in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990
6 Fees set out in the table to subsection 4(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations
7 Fees set out in Part I of Schedule II to the Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993
8 Fees set out in the table to section 5 of the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations
9 Fees set out in the table to subsection 4(1) of the Marine Mammal Regulations
10 Fees set out in subsections 53(1) and 68(2) of the Fishery (General) Regulations
11 Fees set out the table to section 17 of the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996
PART 3Patent Act
1 Fees set out in subparagraphs 30(a)(i), (b)(i) and (c)(i) and clauses 31(a)(i)(A), (b)(i)(A) and (c)(i)(A) of Part VI of Schedule II to the Patent Rules
PART 4Radiocommunication Act
1 Fees set out in Schedule III to the Radiocommunication Regulations
PART 5Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act
1 Fees set out in Parts 4, 5, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, as amended from time to time
PART 6Parks Canada Agency Act
1 The following fees, as set out in the Parks Canada Master List of Fees, as amended from time to time:
(a) entry fees
(b) pool admission fees
(c) golf fees
(d) fees for hiking — Chilkoot Trail
(e) camping fees
(f) backcountry use and camping fees
(g) backcountry daily excursion fees
(h) excursion/camping fees
(i) accommodation fees
2 Fees set out in the Parks Canada National Accommodation Product Fees, as amended from time to time
PART 7Canada Shipping Act, 2001
1 Fees referred to in section 22 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees
2 Fees set out in Part VI of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees
3 Fees referred to in section 30 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees, other than those set out in item 5 of the table to that section
4 Fees referred to in section 31 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees
5 Fees set out in items 1 to 19 of the schedule to the Port Wardens Tariff
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