CONSOLIDATION

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers

SI/2006-109

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 Chinese Head Tax Payers

Interpretation

Authorization

Application

Payment

No Crown Liability

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Registration SI/2006-109 August 23, 2006

OTHER THAN STATUTORY AUTHORITY Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers

P.C. 2006-767

August 14, 2006

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Treasury Board, hereby makes the annexed Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers.

Current to June 20, 2022

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers

Interpretation 1 In this Order, Minister means the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

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 (a) who paid the head tax or on whose behalf the head

tax was paid under An Act to Restrict and Regulate Chinese Immigration into Canada, S.C. 1885, c. 71, and any subsequent amendment to that Act or under An Act Respecting the Immigration of Chinese Persons, S.N. 1906 (6 Ed. VII), c. 2 of Newfoundland, and any subsequent amendment to that Act; (b) who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or, in the opinion of the Minister, has a long-standing connection to Canada; and (c) who was alive on February 6, 2006.

Application 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an application for an exgratia payment referred to in this Order shall be made to the Minister on or before March 31, 2008, shall be in the form approved by the Minister and shall be supported by such evidence as he or she deems necessary. (2) Where an application is submitted after March 31,

2008, the application may be accepted by the Minister if he or she is satisfied that the applicant was unable to submit the application before 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.

Current to June 20, 2022

Order Respecting Ex-Gratia Payments to Chinese Head Tax Payers No Crown Liability Section 5

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

