Service Fees Act

Marginal note:Consumer Price Index

• 17 (1) A fee is adjusted in each fiscal year — on the anniversary of a date that is selected by the responsible authority with respect to the fee before the first adjustment — by the percentage change over 12 months in the April All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act, for the previous fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) A fee is not adjusted by operation of subsection (1) in a fiscal year if

  • (a) the fee is fixed in that fiscal year before the adjustment date; or

  • (b) the percentage change described in subsection (1) for that fiscal year is less than 1%.

• Marginal note:Adjustment — subsequent fiscal year

  (3) If paragraph (2)(b) applies with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage change referred to in that paragraph is carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year. If the combined percentage change is less than 1%, the fee is not adjusted for that subsequent fiscal year and the combined percentage change is carried forward to the next subsequent fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Adjustment of fee — round down

  (4) The responsible authority may, in accordance with Treasury Board policies or directives, round down a fee after an adjustment under subsection (1) in a given fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Anniversary date — change

  (5) Despite subsection (1), the responsible authority may change the anniversary date selected in respect of a fee in accordance with Treasury Board policies or directives.