Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 1999

15 (1) The Minister may, after receiving from a province a completed application referred to in section 11 or 14 for a fiscal year, make one or more estimates of any amount that may be payable to that province under the Act and these Regulations on account of fiscal stabilization for that fiscal year.

(2) If the Minister estimates under subsection (1) that a fiscal stabilization payment is to be paid to the province for the fiscal year, the Minister may make one or more interim payments to the province on account of that payment. The cumulative total of those payments must not be more than the amount calculated under subsection 6(8) of the Act.