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(a) to have made, at the particular time, a taxable supply of a service in respect of each filled and sealed returnable container of that class containing the particular beverage (i) that was, immediately before the particular time, held by the registrant for the purpose of making a taxable supply of the particular beverage in the province in circumstances in which the registrant would be deemed under paragraph (2)(b) to have made a supply of a service in respect of the container, and (ii) that was last supplied to the registrant in the province in circumstances in which the registrant was deemed under that paragraph to have received a supply of a service in respect of which the registrant was entitled to claim an input tax credit or would have been so entitled if tax would, in the absence of section 156 or 167, have been payable in respect of that supply of the service; and (b) to have collected, at the particular time, tax in respect of each supply of a service in respect of a returnable container that is deemed under paragraph (a) to have been made by the registrant equal to the tax that was payable or would, in the absence of section 156 or 167, have been payable by the registrant in respect of the supply to the registrant of the service referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) in respect of that container. Change in practice — ceasing to apply special rules (11) If, after changing their usual business practice with respect to supplies of a particular beverage in returnable containers of a particular class to the practice described in subsection (9), a registrant makes, at a particular time, in a province in which an Act prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) applies, a supply of the particular beverage in a returnable container of that class in circumstances in which the registrant is deemed under that paragraph to have made a supply of a service in respect of the container and the supply is the first supply by the registrant of the particular beverage in a returnable container of that class in respect of which paragraph (8)(b) would have applied but for the change in practice, the registrant is deemed, for the purposes of this Part, (a) to have received, at the particular time, for use exclusively in a commercial activity of the registrant, a taxable supply of a service in respect of each filled and sealed returnable container of that class containing the particular beverage (i) that was, immediately before the particular time, held by the registrant for the purpose of making a taxable supply of the particular beverage in the province in circumstances in which the registrant would be deemed under paragraph (2)(b) to have made a supply of a service in respect of the container, and (ii) that was last supplied to the registrant in the province in circumstances in which the registrant was deemed under that paragraph to have received a supply of a service in respect of which, owing solely to paragraph (8)(a), the registrant was not entitled to claim an input tax credit or would not have been so entitled if tax would, in the absence of section 156 or 167, have been payable in respect of that supply of the service; and (b) to have paid, at the particular time, tax in respect of each supply of a service in respect of a returnable container that is deemed under paragraph (a) to have been received by the registrant equal to the tax that was or would, in the absence of section 156 or 167, have been payable by the registrant in respect of the supply to the registrant of the service referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii) in respect of that container. Ceasing to be registrant while special rules apply (12) If a person who makes supplies of a particular beverage in filled and sealed returnable containers of a particular class in a province in which an Act prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) applies ceases at any time to be a registrant, the person is deemed, for the purposes of this Part, (a) to have received, immediately