Spending Control Act (S.C. 1992, c. 19)

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

controlled fiscal year

controlled fiscal year means a fiscal year referred to in the definition “spending limit”; (exercice déterminé)

Crown corporation

Crown corporation has the meaning assigned by subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act; (société d’État)

emergency

emergency means an urgent and critical situation that

• (a) is caused by drought, earthquake, fire, flood, storm, act of intimidation or coercion, threat to the security of Canada, real or imminent use of force or violence, war, armed conflict, accident or other occurrence,

• (b) is so severe, or of such severity in its effect on life, property, the economy of Canada or a region thereof or the environment, as to constitute a matter of serious national concern, and

• (c) is declared by order of the Governor in Council to be an emergency for the purposes of this Act; (état d’urgence)

expenditure

expenditure in a fiscal year means a charge in respect of a net budgetary expenditure as shown in the statement of revenues and expenditures of the government for the year; (dépense)

government

government means the Government of Canada; (Version anglaise seulement)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Finance; (ministre)

program spending

program spending of the government for a fiscal year means all expenditures in the year, other than

• (a) costs associated with the servicing or repayment of debts incurred by the government under Acts of Parliament authorizing the borrowing of money by the government and of other public debt charges on specified-purpose accounts and other accounts,

• (b) expenditures made in the operation of programs carried on under the Employment Insurance Act but not including any amounts that are required to be paid or contributed by the government as employer’s premiums under that Act,

• (c) expenditures made under subsection 13(3) of the Farm Income Protection Act,

• (d) expenditures made under subsection 17(1) of the Farm Income Protection Act,

• (e) expenditures made as a direct result of an emergency,

• (f) expenditures for specific programs that result from the revision of data provided for a period ending, or in respect of a date, before April 1991,

• (g) expenditures made in satisfaction or settlement of judgments of courts against the government in respect of claims arising before April 1991 and that are identified as such in the Public Accounts, and

• (h) payments made under sections 10 and 11 of the Seized Property Management Act; (dépenses de programmes)

spending limit

spending limit for a fiscal year means

• (a) in the case of the 1991-92 fiscal year, $97,200,000,000, plus all increased expenditures for specific programs that have been certified under subsection 4(1) for the year,

• (b) in the case of the 1992-93 fiscal year, $100,900,000,000, plus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is increased under subsection 3(2), paragraph 3(3)(b) or subsection 6(4) and all increased expenditures for specific programs that have been certified under subsection 4(1) for the year, minus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is reduced under paragraph 3(6)(b) or subsection 6(3),

• (c) in the case of the 1993-94 fiscal year, $104,100,000,000, plus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is increased under subsection 3(2), paragraph 3(3)(b) or (6)(a) or subsection 6(4) and all increased expenditures for specific programs that have been certified under subsection 4(1) for the year, minus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is reduced under paragraph 3(3)(a) or (6)(b) or subsection 6(3),

• (d) in the case of the 1994-95 fiscal year, $107,400,000,000, plus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is increased under subsection 3(2), paragraph 3(3)(b) or (6)(a) or subsection 6(4) and all increased expenditures for specific programs that have been certified under subsection 4(1) for the year, minus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is reduced under paragraph 3(3)(a) or (6)(b) or subsection 6(3), and

• (e) in the case of the 1995-96 fiscal year, $111,250,000,000, plus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is increased under subsection 3(2) or (4), paragraph 3(6)(a) or subsection 6(4) and all increased expenditures for specific programs that have been certified under subsection 4(1) for the year, minus all amounts by which the spending limit for the year is reduced under paragraph 3(3)(a) or (6)(b) or subsection 6(3). (plafond)