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Excise Tax Act

Version of section 241 from 2014-06-19 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Registration

  •  (1) The Minister may register any person that applies for registration and, upon doing so, must assign a registration number to the person and notify the person in writing of the registration number and the effective date of the registration.

  • Marginal note:Group registration

    (1.1) If a person applies to register a group of selected listed financial institutions that is prescribed for the purposes of subsection 240(1.3), the Minister may register the group and, upon doing so, the following rules apply:

    • (a) the Minister must assign a registration number to the group and notify in writing the person that is prescribed in respect of the group for the purpose of paragraph 240(1.3)(b) and each financial institution listed on the application of the registration number and the effective date of the registration of the group;

    • (b) for each member of the group that is registered under this Subdivision on the day preceding the effective date, that registration is cancelled as of the effective date of the registration of the group; and

    • (c) each member of the group is deemed, for the purposes of this Part other than section 242, to be registered under this Subdivision as of the effective date of the registration of the group and to have a registration number that is the same as the registration number of the group.

  • Marginal note:Addition of new member to group registration

    (1.2) If an application is made to add a selected listed financial institution to the registration of a group under paragraph 240(1.4)(b), the Minister may add the financial institution to the registration and, upon doing so, the following rules apply:

    • (a) the Minister must notify in writing the person that is prescribed in respect of the group for the purpose of paragraph 240(1.3)(b) and the financial institution of the effective date of the addition to the registration;

    • (b) if the financial institution is registered under this Subdivision on the day preceding the effective date, that registration of the financial institution is cancelled as of the effective date; and

    • (c) the financial institution is deemed, for the purposes of this Part other than section 242, to be registered under this Subdivision as of the effective date and to have a registration number that is the same as the registration number of the group.

  • Marginal note:Notice of intent

    (1.3) If the Minister has reason to believe that a person that is not registered under this Subdivision is required to be registered for the purposes of this Part and has failed to apply for registration under this Subdivision as and when required, the Minister may send a notice in writing (in this section referred to as a “notice of intent”) to the person that the Minister proposes to register the person under subsection (1.5).

  • Marginal note:Representations to Minister

    (1.4) Upon receipt of a notice of intent, a person shall apply for registration under this Subdivision or establish to the satisfaction of the Minister that the person is not required to be registered for the purposes of this Part.

  • Marginal note:Registration by Minister

    (1.5) If, after 60 days after the particular day on which a notice of intent was sent by the Minister to a person, the person has not applied for registration under this Subdivision and the Minister is not satisfied that the person is not required to be registered for the purposes of this Part, the Minister may register the person and, upon doing so, shall assign a registration number to the person and notify the person in writing of the registration number and the effective date of the registration, which effective date is not to be earlier than 60 days after the particular day.

  • Marginal note:Taxi business

    (2) Where, on the day on which the registration under subsection (1) of a person becomes effective or is varied under subsection 242(2.1), the person is a small supplier carrying on a taxi business and an approval under subsection 240(3.1) in respect of the registration does not become effective on that day, the registration does not apply to any other commercial activity engaged in by the person in Canada throughout the period commencing on that day and ending on the earlier of the first day thereafter that the person ceases to be a small supplier and the day, specified in a notice issued under subsection 240(3.1) in respect of that registration or varied registration, as the case may be, from which the registration is to apply to all commercial activities engaged in by the person in Canada.

  • [NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text
  • see relevant amending Acts and regulations.]
  • 1990, c. 45, s. 12
  • 1993, c. 27, s. 101
  • 2012, c. 31, s. 83
  • 2014, c. 20, s. 47

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