3. Subject to section 5 and the reductions provided for in sections 6 and 7, a notifier of a new substance who for the first time provides the information required under any schedule to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall pay for the assessment of that substance the amount set out in column 2 under the heading corresponding to the notifier’s annual sales in Canada.

4. Subject to section 5 and the reductions provided for in sections 6 and 7, a notifier of a new substance who has provided with respect to that substance the information required under any schedule to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers), and who subsequently provides, with respect to the same substance, information required by another schedule to those Regulations set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, shall pay for the assessment of that substance in respect of that other schedule the amount set out in column 2 under the heading corresponding to the notifier’s annual sales in Canada, reduced by any amount previously paid for the assessment of that substance in respect of any other schedule to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers), but the reduction may not result in a negative amount.

5. Subject to the reductions provided for in sections 6 and 7, a notifier of a new substance who provides the information required under Schedule 5 or 9 to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers), and who is not required under those Regulations to provide subsequent information with respect to the same substance, shall pay for the assessment of that substance the amount set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations under the heading corresponding to the notifier’s annual sales in Canada, reduced by any amount previously paid for the assessment of that substance in respect of any other schedule to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers), if applicable, but the reduction may not result in a negative amount.

6. A notifier of a new substance who requests of the Department of the Environment the use of information that was previously provided by another notifier with respect to the same substance, which notification is known as a matched notification, is not required to pay an amount under section 3, 4 or 5, but shall pay an amount of $200 for the assessment of that substance.

7. A notifier of a maximum of six new substances of the same class, where the information provided under the schedules to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) for each substance is identical, which notification is known as a consolidated notification, shall pay the amount required under section 3, 4 or 5 for the assessment of one of those substances and an amount of $250 for the assessment of each other of those substances.