Tax Collection Agreements and Federal Post-Secondary Education and Health Contributions Regulations, 1987 — 6
6 (1) With respect to (a) the program referred to in section 20 of the Act as that section read on March 31, 1996, the Secretary of State, and (b) the programs referred to in sections 22 and 23 of the Act as those sections read on March 31, 1996, the Minister of National Health and Welfare, may make monthly advance payments on account of any amounts that the Minister estimates may become payable to a province in respect of that fiscal year. (2) Advance payments made to a province in respect of a fiscal year may be adjusted by the Minister during that fiscal year so that the cash component of the established programs financing transfer is consistent with the data being used to compute payments to the provinces under the tax collection agreements. (3) An interim adjustment in respect of a program referred to in subsection (1) in a fiscal year may be calculated by the Minister during a subsequent fiscal year and may be given effect by an increase or decrease in (a) any amounts otherwise payable in respect of that program, where the subsequent fiscal year ends on or before March 31, 1996, and (b) any amounts payable in respect of the Canada Health and Social Transfer, where the subsequent fiscal year ends after March 31, 1996, over a period not exceeding eight months, commencing on the first day of the first or the second month following the month in which the adjustment was calculated. (4) A final settlement in respect of a program and fiscal year referred to in subsection (1) shall be calculated by the Minister using only data available during the 30 months following the end of that fiscal year and shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Government of Canada and the government of the province, be given effect during the third fiscal year after that fiscal year (a) where the final settlement is made on or before March 31, 1996, by an increase or decrease in one or more of the amounts that are otherwise payable in respect of the program; and (b) where the final settlement is made after March 31, 1996, by an increase or decrease in one or more of the amounts that are otherwise payable in respect of the Canada Health and Social Transfer. (5) The population of a province for a fiscal year shall be (a) for the purposes of subsection (4), the population of that province on the first day of June of that fiscal year, as estimated by the Chief Statistician of Canada using the most recent information that has been officially obtained by or that is available to Statistics Canada within the period of 30 months immediately following the end of that fiscal year; and (b) for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), the population as estimated by the Minister on the basis of population statistics made available to the Minister by the Chief Statistician of Canada. (5.1) Notwithstanding subsection (5), the population of a province for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 1990 shall be the population of that province on June 1, 1990, as estimated by the Chief Statistician of Canada based on (a) the 1986 and 1991 censuses, excluding non-permanent residents and the adjustment for Net Census Undercoverage for all groups, other than the adjustment in respect of incompletely enumerated Indian settlements and reserves; and (b) the most recent information obtained by or available to Statistics Canada within the period of 30 months immediately following the end of that fiscal year. (6) Subject to subsection (7), the Chief Statistician of Canada shall, immediately following the thirtieth month after the end of a fiscal year, prepare and submit to the Minister a certificate that sets out the population of each province, for the fiscal year and each fiscal year that precedes that fiscal year since April 1, 1972, as estimated in accordance with paragraph (5)(a). (7) The Chief Statistician of Canada shall, in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 1990, prepare and submit to the Minister, immediately following February 28, 1994, a certificate that sets