Excise Act, 2001

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The definitions in this section apply in this Act.

absolute ethyl alcohol

alcool éthylique absolu

absolute ethyl alcohol means the substance with the chemical composition C₂H₅OH. (alcool éthylique absolu)

accredited representative

représentant accrédité

accredited representative means a person who is entitled under the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act to the tax exemptions specified in Article 34 of the Convention set out in Schedule I to that Act or in Article 49 of the Convention set out in Schedule II to that Act. (représentant accrédité)

Agency

Agence

Agency means the Canada Revenue Agency continued by subsection 4(1) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act. (Agence)

alcohol

alcool

alcohol means spirits or wine. (alcool)

alcohol licensee

titulaire de licence d’alcool

alcohol licensee means a person who is a spirits licensee or a wine licensee. (titulaire de licence d’alcool)

alcohol registrant

détenteur autorisé d’alcool

alcohol registrant means a person who holds an alcohol registration issued under section 17. (détenteur autorisé d’alcool)

analyst

analyste

analyst means a person who is designated as an analyst under section 11. (analyste)

approved formulation

préparation approuvée

approved formulation means

• (a) any product made with alcohol by a licensed user in accordance with a formula for which the user has approval from the Minister; and

• (b) any imported product that, in the opinion of the Minister, would be a product under paragraph (a) if it were made in Canada by a licensed user. (préparation approuvée)

assessment

cotisation

assessment means an assessment under this Act and includes a reassessment. (cotisation)

beer

bière

beer means beer or malt liquor as defined in section 4 of the Excise Act. (bière)

black stock

non ciblé

black stock, in respect of manufactured tobacco, means that the tobacco is stamped but not marked in accordance with any statute of a province to indicate that it is intended for retail sale in a particular province or in particular provinces. (non ciblé)

bottle-your-own premises

centre de remplissage libre-service

bottle-your-own premises means premises in which, in accordance with the laws of the province in which they are located, alcohol is supplied from a marked special container of alcohol for the purpose of being packaged by a purchaser. (centre de remplissage libre-service)

bulk

en vrac

bulk, in respect of alcohol, means alcohol that is not packaged. (en vrac)

cigar

cigare

cigar includes

• (a) a cigarillo or cheroot; and

• (b) any roll or tubular construction intended for smoking that consists of a filler composed of pieces of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco, a binder of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco in which the filler is wrapped and a wrapper of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco. (cigare)

cigarette

cigarette

cigarette includes any roll or tubular construction intended for smoking, other than a cigar or a tobacco stick. If a cigarette exceeds 102 mm in length, each portion of 76 mm or less is considered to be a separate cigarette. (cigarette)

Commissioner

commissaire

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Revenue appointed under section 25 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act. (commissaire)

container

contenant

container, in respect of a tobacco product, means a wrapper, package, carton, box, crate or other container that contains the tobacco product. (contenant)

customs bonded carrier

transporteur cautionné

customs bonded carrier means a person who transports or causes to be transported goods in accordance with section 20 of the Customs Act. (transporteur cautionné)

customs bonded warehouse

entrepôt de stockage

customs bonded warehouse means a place that is licensed as a bonded warehouse under the Customs Tariff. (entrepôt de stockage)

customs bonded warehouse licensee

exploitant agréé d’entrepôt de stockage

customs bonded warehouse licensee means a person licensed under the Customs Tariff to operate a bonded warehouse. (exploitant agréé d’entrepôt de stockage)

data

données

data means representations, in any form, of information or concepts. (données)

denature

dénaturation

denature means to denature spirits into denatured alcohol or specially denatured alcohol using prescribed denaturants in the prescribed manner. (dénaturation)

denatured alcohol

alcool dénaturé

denatured alcohol means any prescribed grade of denatured alcohol made from spirits in accordance with the prescribed specification for that grade. (alcool dénaturé)

duty

droit

duty means, unless a contrary intention appears, the duty imposed under this Act and the duty levied under section 21.1 or 21.2 of the Customs Tariff and, except in Parts 3 and 4, includes special duty. (droit)

duty free shop

boutique hors taxes

duty free shop means a place that is licensed as a duty free shop under the Customs Act. (boutique hors taxes)

duty free shop licensee

exploitant agréé de boutique hors taxes

duty free shop licensee means a person licensed under the Customs Act to operate a duty free shop. (exploitant agréé de boutique hors taxes)

duty-paid market

marché des marchandises acquittées

duty-paid market means the market for goods in respect of which duty, other than special duty, is payable. (marché des marchandises acquittées)

duty-paid value

valeur à l’acquitté

duty-paid value means

• (a) in respect of imported cigars, the value of the cigars as it would be determined for the purpose of calculating an ad valorem duty on the cigars in accordance with the Customs Act, whether or not the cigars are subject to ad valorem duty, plus the amount of any duty imposed on the cigars under section 42 of this Act and section 20 of the Customs Tariff; and

• (b) in respect of imported cigars that, when imported, are contained in containers or otherwise prepared for sale, the total of the value of the cigars as determined in accordance with paragraph (a) and the value similarly determined of the container in which they are contained. (valeur à l’acquitté)

excise stamp

timbre d’accise

excise stamp means a stamp that is issued by the Minister under subsection 25.1(1) and that has not been cancelled under section 25.5. (timbre d’accise)

excise warehouse

entrepôt d’accise

excise warehouse means the premises of an excise warehouse licensee that are specified by the Minister as the excise warehouse of the licensee. (entrepôt d’accise)

excise warehouse licensee

exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’accise

excise warehouse licensee means a person who holds an excise warehouse licence issued under section 19. (exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’accise)

export

exportation

export means to export from Canada. (exportation)

ferment-on-premises facility

vinerie libre-service

ferment-on-premises facility means the premises of a ferment-on-premises registrant that are specified by the Minister as the registrant’s ferment-on-premises facility. (vinerie libre-service)

ferment-on-premises registrant

exploitant autorisé de vinerie libre-service

ferment-on-premises registrant means a person who holds a ferment-on-premises registration issued under section 15. (exploitant autorisé de vinerie libre-service)

fiscal half-year

semestre d’exercice

fiscal half-year means a fiscal half-year as determined under subsection 159(1.1). (semestre d’exercice)

fiscal month

mois d’exercice

fiscal month means a fiscal month as determined under section 159. (mois d’exercice)

fiscal year

exercice

fiscal year of a person means the same period that is the person’s fiscal year under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act. (exercice)

foreign duty free shop

boutique hors taxes à l’étranger

foreign duty free shop means a retail store that is located in a country other than Canada and that is authorized under the laws of that country to sell goods free of certain duties and taxes to individuals who are about to leave that country. (boutique hors taxes à l’étranger)

foreign ships’ stores

provisions de bord à l’étranger

foreign ships’ stores means tobacco products taken on board a vessel or aircraft while the vessel or aircraft is outside Canada and that are intended for consumption by or sale to the passengers or crew while the passengers and crew are on board the vessel or aircraft. (provisions de bord à l’étranger)

Her Majesty

Sa Majesté

Her Majesty means Her Majesty in right of Canada. (Sa Majesté)

import

importation

import means to import into Canada. (importation)

intoxicating liquor

boisson enivrante

intoxicating liquor has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act. (boisson enivrante)

judge

juge

judge, in respect of any matter, means a judge of a superior court having jurisdiction in the province in which the matter arises or a judge of the Federal Court. (juge)

licensed tobacco dealer

commerçant de tabac agréé

licensed tobacco dealer means a person who holds a tobacco dealer’s licence issued under section 14. (commerçant de tabac agréé)

licensed user

utilisateur agréé

licensed user means a person who holds a user’s licence issued under section 14. (utilisateur agréé)

liquor authority

administration des alcools

liquor authority means a government board, commission or agency that is authorized by the laws of a province to sell intoxicating liquor. (administration des alcools)

listed international agreement

accord international désigné

listed international agreement means the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, concluded at Strasbourg on January 25, 1988, as amended from time to time. (accord international désigné)

manufacture

fabrication

manufacture, in respect of a tobacco product, includes any step in the preparation or working up of raw leaf tobacco into the tobacco product. It includes packing, stemming, reconstituting, converting or packaging the raw leaf tobacco or tobacco product. (fabrication)

manufactured tobacco

tabac fabriqué

manufactured tobacco means every article, other than a cigar or packaged raw leaf tobacco, that is manufactured in whole or in part from raw leaf tobacco by any process. (tabac fabriqué)

mark

marquer

mark means, in respect of

• (a) a special container of spirits, to mark in the prescribed form and manner to indicate that the container is intended for

  • (i) delivery to and use by a registered user, or

  • (ii) delivery to and use at a bottle-your-own premises; and

• (b) a special container of wine, to mark in the prescribed form and manner to indicate that the container is intended for delivery to and use at a bottle-your-own premises. (marquer)

Minister

ministre

Minister means the Minister of National Revenue. (ministre)

month

mois

month means a period beginning on a particular day in a calendar month and ending on

• (a) the day immediately before the day in the next calendar month that has the same calendar number as the particular day; or

• (b) if the next calendar month does not have a day that has the same calendar number as the particular day, the last day of that next calendar month. (mois)

non-duty-paid

non acquitté

non-duty-paid, in respect of packaged alcohol, means that duty, other than special duty, has not been paid on the alcohol. (non acquitté)

officer

préposé

officer means, except in section 167, in the definition contact information in subsection 211(1) and in sections 226 and 296,

• (a) a person who is appointed or employed in the administration or enforcement of this Act;

• (b) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or a member of a police force designated under subsection 10(1); and

• (c) with respect to imported goods that have not been released under the Customs Act, an officer as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act. (préposé)

packaged

emballé

packaged means

• (a) in respect of raw leaf tobacco or a tobacco product, packaged in a prescribed package; or

• (b) in respect of alcohol, packaged

  • (i) in a container of a capacity of not more than 100 L that is ordinarily sold to consumers without the alcohol being repackaged, or

  • (ii) in a marked special container. (emballé)

partially manufactured tobacco

tabac partiellement fabriqué

partially manufactured tobacco means manufactured tobacco that is cut filler or cut rag or that is manufactured less fully than cut filler or cut rag. (tabac partiellement fabriqué)

peace officer

agent de la paix

peace officer has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code. (agent de la paix)

person

personne

person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a trust, the estate of a deceased individual, a government or a body that is a society, a union, a club, an association, a commission or another organization of any kind. (personne)

personal use

usage personnel

personal use, in relation to the use of a good by an individual, means the use of the good by the individual or by others at the individual’s expense. It does not include the sale or other commercial use of the good. (usage personnel)

prescribed

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prescribed means

• (a) in the case of a form or the manner of filing a form, authorized by the Minister;

• (b) in the case of the information to be given on or with a form, specified by the Minister; and

• (c) in any other case, prescribed by regulation or determined in accordance with rules prescribed by regulation. (Version anglaise seulement)

produce

production

produce means

• (a) in respect of spirits, to bring into existence by distillation or other process or to recover; or

• (b) in respect of wine, to bring into existence by fermentation. (production)

raw leaf tobacco

tabac en feuilles

raw leaf tobacco means unmanufactured tobacco or the leaves and stems of the tobacco plant. (tabac en feuilles)

record

registre

record means any material on which data are recorded or marked and which is capable of being read or understood by a person or a computer system or other device. (registre)

registered user

utilisateur autorisé

registered user means a person who holds a user’s registration issued under section 16. (utilisateur autorisé)

reporting period

période de déclaration

reporting period means a reporting period as determined under section 159.1. (période de déclaration)

responsible

responsable

responsible, in relation to a person, means that the person is responsible for bulk alcohol in accordance with sections 104 to 121. (responsable)

restricted formulation

préparation assujettie à des restrictions

restricted formulation means an approved formulation on which the Minister has imposed the condition or restriction under section 143 that the formulation can only be used by a licensed user or be exported. (préparation assujettie à des restrictions)

sale price

prix de vente

sale price, in respect of cigars, means the total of

• (a) the amount charged as the price for the cigars before an amount payable in respect of a tax under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act is added,

• (b) the amount charged as the price for or in respect of the container in which the cigars are contained,

• (c) any amount that the purchaser is liable to pay to the vendor by reason of or in respect of the sale of the cigars in addition to the amount charged as the price, whether payable at the same or any other time, including, but not limited to, any amount charged for or to make provision for advertising, financing, commissions or any other matter, and

• (d) the amount of duty imposed on the cigars under section 42. (prix de vente)

SDA registrant

détenteur autorisé d’alcool spécialement dénaturé

SDA registrant means a person who holds a specially denatured alcohol registration issued under section 18. (détenteur autorisé d’alcool spécialement dénaturé)

special container

contenant spécial

special container means

• (a) in respect of spirits, a container of a capacity of more than 100 L but not more than 1,500 L; and

• (b) in respect of wine, a container of a capacity of more than 100 L. (contenant spécial)

special duty

droit spécial

special duty means

• (a) in respect of a tobacco product, a special duty imposed under subsection 53(1), 54(2) or 56(1); and

• (b) in respect of imported spirits, the special duty imposed under subsection 133(1). (droit spécial)

special excise warehouse

entrepôt d’accise spécial

special excise warehouse means the premises of a special excise warehouse licensee that are specified by the Minister as the special excise warehouse of the licensee. (entrepôt d’accise spécial)

special excise warehouse licensee

exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’accise spécial

special excise warehouse licensee means a person who holds a special excise warehouse licence issued under section 20. (exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’accise spécial)

specially denatured alcohol

alcool spécialement dénaturé

specially denatured alcohol means any prescribed grade of specially denatured alcohol made from spirits in accordance with the prescribed specification for that grade. (alcool spécialement dénaturé)

specified premises

local déterminé

specified premises, in respect of a licensed user, means the premises of the licensed user that are specified by the Minister under subsection 23(3). (local déterminé)

spirits

spiritueux

spirits means any material or substance containing more than 0.5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume other than

• (a) wine;

• (b) beer;

• (c) vinegar;

• (d) denatured alcohol;

• (e) specially denatured alcohol;

• (f) fusel oil or other refuse produced as a result of the distillation process;

• (g) an approved formulation; or

• (h) any product containing or manufactured from a material or substance referred to in paragraphs (b) to (g) that is not consumable as a beverage. (spiritueux)

spirits licensee

titulaire de licence de spiritueux

spirits licensee means a person who holds a spirits licence issued under section 14. (titulaire de licence de spiritueux)

stamped

estampillé

stamped, in respect of a tobacco product, means that an excise stamp, and all prescribed information in a prescribed format, are stamped, impressed, printed or marked on, indented into or affixed to the product or its container in the prescribed manner to indicate that duty, other than special duty, has been paid on the product. (estampillé)

sufferance warehouse

entrepôt d’attente

sufferance warehouse has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act. (entrepôt d’attente)

sufferance warehouse licensee

exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’attente

sufferance warehouse licensee means a person licensed under the Customs Act to operate a sufferance warehouse. (exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’attente)

take for use

utilisation pour soi

take for use, in respect of alcohol, means to consume, analyze or destroy alcohol or to use alcohol for any purpose that results in a product other than alcohol. (utilisation pour soi)

Tax Court

Cour de l’impôt

Tax Court means the Tax Court of Canada. (Cour de l’impôt)

tobacco dealer

commerçant de tabac

tobacco dealer means a person, other than a tobacco licensee, who purchases for resale, sells or offers to sell raw leaf tobacco on which duty is not imposed under this Act. (commerçant de tabac)

tobacco licensee

titulaire de licence de tabac

tobacco licensee means a person who holds a tobacco licence issued under section 14. (titulaire de licence de tabac)

tobacco manufacturing equipment

matériel de fabrication du tabac

tobacco manufacturing equipment means any machinery or equipment designed or modified specifically for the manufacture of a tobacco product. (matériel de fabrication du tabac)

tobacco marking

mention obligatoire

tobacco marking means prescribed information that is required under this Act to be printed on or affixed to a container of tobacco products that are not required under this Act to be stamped. (mention obligatoire)

tobacco product

produit du tabac

tobacco product means manufactured tobacco, packaged raw leaf tobacco or cigars. (produit du tabac)

tobacco stick

bâtonnet de tabac

tobacco stick means any roll or tubular construction of tobacco intended for smoking, other than a cigar, that requires further preparation to be consumed. If a tobacco stick exceeds 90 mm in length or 800 mg, each portion of 60 mm or less or each portion of 650 mg or less, respectively, is considered to be a separate stick. (bâtonnet de tabac)

wine

vin

wine means

• (a) a beverage, containing more than 0.5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume, that is produced without distillation, other than distillation to reduce the absolute ethyl alcohol content, by the alcoholic fermentation of

  • (i) an agricultural product other than grain,

  • (ii) a plant or plant product, other than grain, that is not an agricultural product, or

  • (iii) a product wholly or partially derived from an agricultural product or plant or plant product other than grain;

• (b) sake; and

• (c) a beverage described by paragraph (a) or (b) that is fortified not in excess of 22.9% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume. (vin)

wine licensee

titulaire de licence de vin

wine licensee means a person who holds a wine licence issued under section 14. (titulaire de licence de vin)