Regulations Prescribing the Fees to be Paid for a Pest Control Product Application Examination Service Provided by or on behalf of Her Majesty in Right of Canada, for a Right or Privilege to Manufacture or Sell a Pest Control Product in Canada and for Establishing a Maximum Residue Limit in Relation to a Pest Control Product (SOR/97-173)

3. The fee payable for the examination by the Minister of an application for the issuance or amendment of a certificate of registration of a pest control product is

• (a) if the application includes only one component set out in column I of an item of Schedule I, the fee set out in column II of that item; and

• (b) if the application includes more than one component set out in column I of an item of Schedule I, a fee that is equal to the sum of the applicable fees for all of the components.

4. The fee payable for the examination by the Minister of an application set out in column I of an item of Schedule II is the fee set out in column II of that item.

5. The fee payable for the examination by the Minister of an application for amendment of a certificate of registration that does not include a component set out in Schedule I or is not an application referred to in Schedule II is $150.

• 6. (1) This section applies in respect of an application referred to in section 3 or 4 that is received by the Minister on or after April 16, 1997.

• (2) Where the fee payable for an application referred to in section 3 is $1,000 or less, the fee is payable at the time the application is made.

• (3) Where the fee payable for an application referred to in section 3 is more than $1,000, the fee is payable as follows:

  • (a) 10 per cent of the fee at the time the application is made;

  • (b) 25 per cent on receipt of a notice from the Minister stating that the application has been accepted for a preliminary review for deficiencies; and

  • (c) 65 per cent on receipt of a notice from the Minister stating that the application has been accepted for evaluation.

• (4) The preliminary review for deficiencies referred to in paragraph (3)(b) is a review by the Minister of the information submitted with an application in order to determine that the information is sufficient to enable the Minister to undertake an evaluation of the application.

• (5) The review referred to in paragraph (3)(b) and the evaluation referred to in paragraph (3)(c) will be undertaken after receipt of the payment referred to therein.

• (6) The fee payable for an application referred to in section 4 is payable at the time the application is made.

• 7. (1) This section applies in respect of an application referred to in section 3 or 4 that is received by the Minister during the period beginning on April 1, 1995 and ending on April 15, 1997 where, as of April 15, 1997,

  • (a) the application has not been accepted for evaluation; or

  • (b) the application has been accepted for evaluation, but the application or one or more of its components are not yet under evaluation.

• (2) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, an application referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is subject to the payment of

  • (a) 65 per cent of all applicable fees provided for in this Part on receipt of a notice from the Minister stating that the application has been accepted for evaluation; and

  • (b) 25 per cent of all applicable fees provided for in this Part on receipt of a notice from the Minister stating that the evaluation of the application has been completed.

• (3) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, an application referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is subject to the payment of

  • (a) 65 per cent of all applicable fees provided for in this Part with respect to any evaluation commenced on or after April 16, 1997, payable on receipt of a notice from the Minister indicating the status of the evaluation; and

  • (b) 25 per cent of all applicable fees provided for in this Part on receipt of a notice from the Minister stating that the evaluation of the application has been completed.