CONSOLIDATION

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer

SI/2009-24

Current to June 20, 2022



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

Current to June 20, 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer

Interpretation

Authorization

Application

Payment

No Crown Liability

Current to June 20, 2022

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Registration SI/2009-24 April 15, 2009

OTHER THAN STATUTORY AUTHORITY Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer

P.C. 2009-423

March 26, 2009

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Treasury Board, hereby makes the annexed Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer.

Current to June 20, 2022

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer

Interpretation 1 In this Order, Minister means the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Authorization 2 The Minister is hereby authorized, on application under subsection 3(1), to make an ex-gratia payment of $20,000 to any person or entity that, in the opinion of the Minister, should receive the payment on behalf of a person who, at the time of their death, (a) met the criteria set out in section 2 of the Order

Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers1 but had not made an application under that Order; or (b) met the criteria set out in section 2 of the Order

Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Persons who were in Conjugal Relationships with now Deceased Chinese Head Tax Payers or to Designated Beneficiaries2 but had not made an application under that Order.

Application 3 (1) An application for an ex-gratia payment referred

to in this Order must have been made to the Minister on or before March 31, 2008, in the form approved by the Minister and supported by any evidence that the Minister considers necessary. (2) If an application was submitted after March 31, 2008

but on or before March 31, 2009, the application may be accepted by the Minister if he or she is satisfied that the applicant was unable to submit the application before 1

SI/2006-109

SI/2006-137

Current to June 20, 2022

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Any Person or Entity that Should Receive those Payments on Behalf of a Deceased Person who was a Chinese Head Tax Payer or who was in a Conjugal Relationship with a Head Tax Payer Application Sections 3-5

that date because of facts or circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.

Payment 4 Each payment shall be a one-time lump sum payment.

No Crown Liability 5 Payments made under this Order shall not be construed as an admission of liability on the part of the Crown.

Current to June 20, 2022

