CONSOLIDATION

Low-materiality Fees Regulations

SOR/2019-109

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on May 1, 2019



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. The last amendments came into force on May 1, 2019. 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”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Low-materiality Fees Regulations

Interpretation 1

Definitions

Low-materiality Fees 2

Criteria

Cessation of low-materiality

Transitional Provision 4

Fees from $51 to $151

Coming into Force *5

S.C. 2017, c. 20.

SCHEDULE 1

Low-materiality Fees SCHEDULE 2

Fees that are not Considered Lowmateriality Fees

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Registration SOR/2019-109

April 25, 2019

SERVICE FEES ACT Low-materiality Fees Regulations

The Treasury Board, on the recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board, pursuant to paragraph 22(2)(a) of the Service Fees Acta, makes the annexed Low-materiality Fees Regulations.

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S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations

Interpretation Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act means the Service Fees Act. (Loi) report means a report tabled in accordance with subsection 20(1) of the Act. (rapport)

Low-materiality Fees Criteria 2 (1) For the purpose of subsection 22(1) of the Act, the following fees are considered to be low-materiality fees: (a) any fee that is less than $51; (b) any fee that is $51 or more but less than $151 if (i) the three most recent reports tabled in respect of the fee before the first day of the current fiscal year set out no more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee, (ii) the fee has been adjusted since the tabling of the most recent report in respect of it and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of it set out no more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee, (iii) there have not been three reports in respect of

the fee and the fee has, at no time since the day on which these Regulations came into force, been more than $151 or referred to in Schedule 2, or (iv) the fee was previously considered a low-materiality fee in accordance with paragraph (a), subparagraphs (i) to (iii) or paragraph (c) and has not since ceased to be a low-materiality fee in accordance with section 3; and (c) the fees referred to in Schedule 1.

Exceptions (2) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) do not apply to

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations Low-materiality Fees Sections 2-4

(a) any fee the amount of which is determined by a

formula; and (b) the fees referred to in Schedule 2.

Cessation of low-materiality 3 (1) A low-materiality fee ceases to be a low-materiality

fee on (a) the day on which it is increased to $151 or more; (b) if the fee is $51 or more but less than $151, the first day of the fiscal year after the tabling of a third consecutive report setting out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee; (c) the day on which it is adjusted, if the adjusted fee is $51 or more but less than $151 and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of the fee set out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee; (d) the day on which it is added to Schedule 2; or (e) the day on which it is removed from Schedule 1 if (i) it is $151 or more, or (ii) it is $51 or more but less than $151 and the three most recent reports tabled in respect of it set out more than $500,000 of annual revenue received from that fee.

Exception (2) Paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) do not apply to fees referred

to in Schedule 1.

Transitional Provision Fees from $51 to $151 4 Despite subparagraph 2(1)(b)(iii), a fee that is $51 or

more but less than $151 is not, unless it is referred to in Schedule 1, considered to be a low-materiality fee if, during the one-year period before the day on which these Regulations come into force, a report setting out more than $500,000 of revenue received from that fee was tabled or a document to the same effect was published on the website of the federal entity in relation to which the fee was fixed.

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations Coming into Force Section 5

Coming into Force S.C. 2017, c. 20.

5 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 22 of the Service Fees Act, as enacted by section 451 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered. *

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[Note: Regulations in force May 1, 2019, see SI/2019-20.]

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 1 Low-materiality Fees

SCHEDULE 1 (Paragraphs 2(1)(c) and 3(1)(e), subsection 3(2) and section 4)

Low-materiality Fees PART 1

Miscellaneous Fees 1 Fees for copies of documents 2 Parking fees

PART 2

Financial Administration Act 1 Fee referred to in section 2 of the Canadian Heraldic Authority Fee Order 2 Fees set out in the schedule to the Consular Fees (Specialized Services) Regulations 3 Charges referred to in subsection 43(1) of the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations

4 Charges referred to in subsection 43(1) of the Nunavut Mining Regulations

PART 3

Territorial Lands Act 1 Fees set out in items 5, 6, 10 and 12 to 16 of Schedule 1 to the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations

2 Fees set out in items 5, 6, 10 and 12 to 16 of Schedule 1 to the Nunavut Mining Regulations

PART 4

Canada Wildlife Act 1 Fee set out in item 4 of Part III of Schedule III to the

Wildlife Area Regulations

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 1 Low-materiality Fees

PART 5

Canada Petroleum Resources Act 1 Fees set out in items 10, 11 and 15 of the schedule to the Frontier Lands Registration Regulations

PART 6

Canadian Agricultural Loans Act 1 Fees referred to in subsection 17(1) of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Regulations

PART 7

Department of Industry Act 1 Fees for written opinions, as set out in the Competition Bureau Fee and Service Standards Policy, as amended from time to time

PART 8

Parks Canada Agency Act 1 The following fees, as set out in the Parks Canada

Master List of Fees, as amended from time to time: (a) fees for business licences (b) fees for operating a boat cruise (commercial services) (c) multimedia fees (d) film and photography fees (e) realty documentation fees (f) cemetery fees (g) fees for heritage presentation special programs (h) waste transfer station fees (i) firefighting fees

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 1 Low-materiality Fees

(j) commercial operator canoe launch fees (k) fees for ambulance services

PART 9

Canada Small Business Financing Act 1 Registration fee and annual administration fee referred to in subsections 4(1) and (2), respectively, of the Canada Small Business Financing Regulations

PART 10

Canada National Parks Act 1 Fees set out in items 1, 4 and 6 of Part I of the schedule to the National Parks Building Regulations

2 Fee referred to in paragraph 9(3)(b) and charges referred to in sections 16, 17.1 and 17.2 and set out in Schedules IV and VIII to the National Parks of Canada Water and Sewer Regulations 3 Charges referred to in sections 12 and 13 and set out in

Schedules II and III to the National Parks of Canada Garbage Regulations

PART 11

Canada Shipping Act, 2001 1 Fees set out in items 1, 3, 4 and 16 of the table to section 2 of the Vessels Registry Fees Tariff

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 2 Fees that are not Considered Low-materiality Fees

SCHEDULE 2 (Subparagraph 2(1)(b)(iii) and paragraphs 2(2)(b) and 3(1)(d))

Fees that are not Considered Low-materiality Fees PART 1

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1 Fees referred to in subsection 132(1) and section 136 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency General Rules

PART 2

Fisheries Act 1 Fees set out in Schedule IV to the Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations 2 Fees set out in Schedule III to the Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations 3 Fees referred to in subsections 67(3) and 73(2) of the

Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations 4 Fees set out in Schedule II to the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985 5 Fee referred to in subsection 49(2) and set out in Part 2

of Schedule 5 to the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 6 Fees set out in the table to subsection 4(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations 7 Fees set out in Part I of Schedule II to the Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 8 Fees set out in the table to section 5 of the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations 9 Fees set out in the table to subsection 4(1) of the Marine Mammal Regulations 10 Fees set out in subsections 53(1) and 68(2) of the

Fishery (General) Regulations 11 Fees set out the table to section 17 of the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 2 Fees that are not Considered Low-materiality Fees

PART 3

Patent Act 1 Fees set out in subparagraphs 30(a)(i), (b)(i) and (c)(i)

and clauses 31(a)(i)(A), (b)(i)(A) and (c)(i)(A) of Part VI of Schedule II to the Patent Rules

PART 4

Radiocommunication Act 1 Fees set out in Schedule III to the Radiocommunication Regulations

PART 5

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act 1 Fees set out in Parts 4, 5, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, as amended from time to time

PART 6

Parks Canada Agency Act 1 The following fees, as set out in the Parks Canada

Master List of Fees, as amended from time to time: (a) entry fees (b) pool admission fees (c) golf fees (d) fees for hiking — Chilkoot Trail (e) camping fees (f) backcountry use and camping fees (g) backcountry daily excursion fees (h) excursion/camping fees (i) accommodation fees

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Low-materiality Fees Regulations SCHEDULE 2 Fees that are not Considered Low-materiality Fees

2 Fees set out in the Parks Canada National Accommodation Product Fees, as amended from time to time

PART 7

Canada Shipping Act, 2001 1 Fees referred to in section 22 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees 2 Fees set out in Part VI of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees 3 Fees referred to in section 30 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees, other than those set out in item 5 of the table to that section 4 Fees referred to in section 31 of the Board of Steamship Inspection Scale of Fees 5 Fees set out in items 1 to 19 of the schedule to the Port Wardens Tariff

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