Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-8)

Marginal note:Payments to province

8.4 If there is a sales tax harmonization agreement with the government of a province, the appropriate minister may pay to the province out of amounts received in a fiscal year under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act

• (a) amounts determined in accordance with the agreement as provided, and at such times as are specified, in the agreement; and

• (b) subject to the regulations, advances in respect of the amounts referred to in paragraph (a).

Marginal note:Payments to other persons

• 8.5 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where, under a sales tax harmonization agreement, a federal Minister is responsible for the administration and enforcement of an Act of the legislature of a province respecting the refund, rebate or reimbursement to persons of sales taxes paid or payable by the persons, or of amounts paid or payable as or on account of sales taxes, in respect of the supply, bringing into the province or importation of certain property or services, that Minister may pay out of amounts received in a fiscal year under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act to a person an amount on account of any amount that is payable to the person under that Act in accordance with the agreement.

• Marginal note:Advances from Consolidated Revenue Fund

  (2) Where no amount is held on behalf of a province from which payment under subsection (1) may be made in accordance with a sales tax harmonization agreement with the province, or the amount of the payment exceeds the amount so held, payment under subsection (1) may be made as a recoverable advance out of amounts received in a fiscal year under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act if the repayment of the amount or excess by the government of the province is provided for in the sales tax harmonization agreement.

Marginal note:Statutory authority to make payments

8.6 Notwithstanding any other Act, the payments paid under a sales tax harmonization agreement under the authority of section 8.4 or 8.5 may be made without any other or further appropriation or authority.

Marginal note:Confirmation of past agreements, etc.

• 8.7 (1) Agreements and arrangements that were entered into by the Minister after March 29, 1996, and that, if section 8.3 had been in force on and after that day, could have been authorized under that section, are, for greater certainty, ratified and confirmed and are deemed to have been entered into under that section and approved by the Governor in Council, and all actions taken and payments made under those agreements and arrangements after that day and before this Act is assented to are ratified and confirmed.

• Marginal note:Confirmation of past payments

  (2) Payments that were made before the date on which the Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs Growing Act was assented to and that could have been authorized under section 8.4, as amended by that Act, if that version of section 8.4 had been in force on the date those payments were made are, for greater certainty, ratified and confirmed and all actions taken in respect of those payments are ratified and confirmed.