Economic Recovery Act (stimulus) (S.C. 2009, c. 31)
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PART 2MISCELLANEOUS
Coming into Force
Marginal note:April 1, 1998
46. Subsection 45(1) is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 1998.
1988, c. 28Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
47. (1) The definition “former Act” in subsection 246(1) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act is repealed.
(2) The definitions “deemed profit”, “fiscal incentive”, “offshore revenue threshold” and “threshold rate of return” in subsection 246(1) of the English version of the Act are repealed.
48. (1) Subsection 247(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Adjustment payment
247. (1) Subject to this section, the Federal Minister may, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, pay an amount to Her Majesty in right of the Province equal to seventy-five per cent of the profit realized on or after April 1, 2010, and determined in the manner prescribed, in respect of a project.
(2) Subsection 247(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Restriction
(2) No payment shall be made pursuant to subsection (1) in respect of a project unless the Provincial Minister demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Federal Minister that the rate of return in respect of that project that would have been obtained on behalf of Her Majesty in right of the Province, calculated in the manner prescribed, is equal to or greater than an annual rate of return on invested capital that is equal to the lesser of 20% and the aggregate of 7% and the average annual cost to the Province of borrowing money.
(3) Subsections 247(3) and (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Exception
(2.1) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of the Sable Offshore Energy Project and the Deep Panuke Offshore Gas Development Project.
Marginal note:Reduction for fiscal incentives
(3) The aggregate amount of payments made pursuant to subsection (1) in respect of any project shall be reduced by the aggregate amount, determined in the manner prescribed, of all fiscal incentives and any other benefits that are
(a) established by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament;
(b) prescribed for the purposes of this Part or approved in the manner prescribed; and
(c) received in respect of the project.
Marginal note:Exception
(3.1) Subsection (3) does not apply in respect of fiscal incentives and other benefits generally prevailing in Canada.
Marginal note:Time of payments
(4) Subject to the regulations, a payment made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be made annually, not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year.
(4) Subsection 247(6) of the Act is repealed.
49. The heading before section 248 of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Règlements
50. Section 248 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Regulations
248. Subject to section 6, the Governor in Council may make regulations, on the recommendation of the Minister,
(a) respecting, for the purpose of section 247, the information that must be provided to the Federal Minister in order for a profit to be determined in respect of a project;
(b) respecting the making of payments pursuant to subsection 247(1) if the Minister determines that the Minister has underpaid any amount payable under that subsection;
(c) respecting the recovery of overpayments made pursuant to subsection 247(1); and
(d) prescribing anything that is, by this Part, to be prescribed.
1997, c. 36Customs Tariff
Amendments to the Act
Marginal note:2009, c. 2, s. 122
51. Paragraph 133(c) of the Customs Tariff is replaced by the following:
(c) for the purposes of tariff item No. 9801.10.10, 9801.10.20, 9801.10.30, 9801.20.00, 9808.00.00 or 9810.00.00, prescribing conditions under which goods may be imported;
52. The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9801.10.10 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by replacing the reference to “---Conveyances,” with a reference to “---Conveyances, not including trailers and semi-trailers of subheading 8716.31 or 8716.39,”.
53. The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9801.10.20 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by replacing
(a) the reference to “30 days” with a reference to “365 days”; and
(b) the reference to “The containers provided for in this tariff item may engage in the transportation of goods from one point in Canada to another point in Canada where: (a) that transportation is incidental to the international traffic of the goods; (b) the transportation does not occur outside the territorial limits of Canada; and (c) the container has not entered Canada for the purpose of an in-transit movement through Canada to a point outside of Canada” with a reference to “The containers provided for in this tariff item may engage in the transportation of goods from one point in Canada to another point in Canada where: (a) the transportation does not occur outside the territorial limits of Canada; and (b) the container has not entered Canada for the purpose of an in-transit movement through Canada to a point outside of Canada”.
54. The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9897.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by replacing the reference to “9801.10.20” with a reference to “9801.10.20, 9801.10.30”.
55. Chapter 98 of the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by adding, in numerical order, the tariff provision set out in the schedule to this Act.
56. The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9993.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by replacing the reference to “9801.10.20” with a reference to “9801.10.20, 9801.10.30”.
Coordinating Amendments
Marginal note:Bill C-23
57. (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if Bill C-23, introduced in the 2nd session of the 40th Parliament and entitled the Canada–Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (referred to in this section as the “other Act”), receives royal assent.
(2) If subsection 48(1) of the other Act comes into force before section 55 of this Act, tariff item No. 9801.10.30 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff is amended by
(a) adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Initial Rate”, above the reference to “GPT: Free”, a reference to “COLT: Free”; and
(b) adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Final Rate”, above the reference to “GPT: Free (A)”, a reference to “COLT: Free (A)”.
(3) If subsection 48(1) of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 55 of this Act, then that section 55 is deemed to have come into force before that subsection 48(1).
R.S., c. F-11Financial Administration Act
Amendments to the Act
58. The Financial Administration Act is amended by adding the following after section 65:
Marginal note:Quarterly financial reports
65.1 (1) Every department shall cause to be prepared, in the form and manner provided for by the Treasury Board, a quarterly financial report for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year.
Marginal note:Contents
(2) The report shall contain
(a) a financial statement for the fiscal quarter and the period from the start of the fiscal year to the end of that fiscal quarter;
(b) comparative financial information for the preceding fiscal year; and
(c) a statement outlining the results, risks and significant changes in relation to operations, personnel and programs.
Marginal note:Report to be made public
(3) The appropriate Minister shall cause the report to be made public within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which the report relates.
Marginal note:Regulations
(4) The Treasury Board may, by regulation, exempt a department from the requirement set out in subsection (1) or provide that any of the content referred to in subsection (2) be excluded from its report.
Marginal note:2006, c. 9, s. 262(1)
59. Subsection 85(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Exemption for Bank of Canada
85. (1) Divisions I to IV, except for sections 131.1 and 154.01, do not apply to the Bank of Canada.
60. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 131:
Marginal note:Quarterly financial reports
131.1 (1) Each parent Crown corporation shall, in respect of itself and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, if any, cause to be prepared, in the form and manner provided for by the Treasury Board, a quarterly financial report for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year.
Marginal note:Contents
(2) The report shall contain
(a) a financial statement for the fiscal quarter and the period from the start of the fiscal year to the end of that fiscal quarter;
(b) comparative financial information for the preceding fiscal year; and
(c) a statement outlining the results, risks and significant changes in relation to operations, personnel and programs.
Marginal note:Report to be made public
(3) The parent Crown corporation shall cause the report to be made public within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which the report relates.
Marginal note:Regulations
(4) The Treasury Board may, by regulation, exempt a parent Crown corporation from the requirement set out in subsection (1) or provide that any of the content referred to in subsection (2) be excluded from its report.
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