Service Fees Act

Marginal note:Non-application — sections 17 and 18

16 Sections 17 and 18 do not apply in respect of a fee if

• (a) the fee is fixed by contract;

• (b) the person or body that fixes the fee does so by fixing a manner for determining the amount of the fee over which that person or body has no control, such as an auction or referring to a market rate;

• (c) it is fixed under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act;

• (d) it is adjusted periodically by operation of an Act of Parliament other than this Act, or by operation of an instrument made under such an Act; or

• (e) it is paid only by or on behalf of a minister or federal entity.