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Regulations — Minister 22 The Minister may make regulations prescribing (a) the information referred to in section 8 and the form and manner in which it is to be submitted; (b) the form and content of a proper invoice and the manner in which it is to be submitted; (c) the form and any additional content of a notice of non-payment and the manner in which it is to be submitted; (d) the powers, duties and functions of the Adjudicator Authority; (e) the eligibility and qualifications of individuals who may be designated as adjudicators; (f) the powers, duties and functions of adjudicators; (g) the maximum fees for the services of an adjudicator; (h) the form and any additional content of a notice of adjudication and the manner in which it is to be submitted; and (i) the procedure and time limits governing the adjudication.
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Regulations — Governor in Council 23 The Governor in Council may make regulations generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, including regulations prescribing (a) criteria for the purpose of subsection 6 (1); and (b) in respect of any province, any days that are to be excluded from the computation of time for the purposes of the time limits referred to in sections 9 to 11 .
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Section 126 of Criminal Code 24 Section 126 of the Criminal Code does not apply to or in respect of any contravention or alleged contravention of any provision of this Act or its regulations.
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Non-application for one year 25 For one year after the day on which this Act comes into force, this Act does not apply in respect of the following contracts to perform construction work: (a) a contract entered into by a contractor, before the day on which this Act comes into force, with Her Majesty or a service provider; and (b) a contract entered into by a subcontractor, before the day on which this Act comes into force or within one year after that day, with a contractor referred to in paragraph (a) or with any other subcontractor.
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act . 1966-67, c. 89, s. 1
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Definitions 2 In this Act fiscal year means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of March next following; ( année financière ) former Act means the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act , chapter 58 of the Statutes of Canada, 1960-61; ( loi antérieure ) Minister means the Minister of Finance; ( Ministre ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( prescrit ) province does not include the Northwest Territories or the Yukon Territory. ( province ) 1966-67, c. 89, s. 2
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fiscal year means the period of twelve months commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of March next following; ( année financière )
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former Act means the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act , chapter 58 of the Statutes of Canada, 1960-61; ( loi antérieure )
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Minister means the Minister of Finance; ( Ministre )
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prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( prescrit )
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province does not include the Northwest Territories or the Yukon Territory. ( province )
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Provincial revenue equalization payments 3 Subject to this Act, the Minister may pay to a province, for each fiscal year in the period commencing on the 1st day of April 1967 and ending on the 31st day of March 1972, a provincial revenue equalization payment not exceeding the amount computed in accordance with section 7. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 3
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Provincial revenue stabilization payments 4 Subject to this Act, the Minister may pay to a province, for each fiscal year commencing on or after the 1st day of April 1967, a provincial revenue stabilization payment not exceeding the amount computed in accordance with section 10. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 4
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Succession duty payments 5 (1) The Minister may, for each fiscal year commencing on or after the 1st day of April 1967, pay to a province that does not levy a succession duty as defined by regulation in respect of successions or transmissions consequent upon, or on property passing upon, any death occurring in the fiscal year, an amount equal to the basic estate tax applicable to the province for the fiscal year. Idem (2) The Minister may, for each fiscal year commencing on or after the 1st day of April 1967, pay to a province that levies a succession duty as defined by regulation in respect of successions or transmissions consequent upon, or on property passing upon, any death occurring in the fiscal year, if that province does not increase its succession duties in the fiscal year beyond the rates thereof in effect on the 31st day of March 1964, an amount equal to one-third of the basic estate tax applicable to the province for the fiscal year. Basic estate tax (3) In this section basic estate tax as applied to a province for a fiscal year means the amount, as determined by the Minister, that would be derived from a tax equal to seventy-five per cent of the total amount of estate tax payable pursuant to the Estate Tax Act in respect of (a) property situated in the province and included in the estates of persons dying in the fiscal year domiciled in the province, (b) property situated in the province and included in the estates of persons dying in the fiscal year domiciled outside the province, and (c) property (other than real property) situated outside Canada, passing to persons domiciled or resident in the province and included in the estates of persons dying in the fiscal year domiciled in the province. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 5
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C.R.F. 6 The amounts authorized to be paid by sections 3, 4 and 5 shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 6
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Provincial revenue equalization payments 7 The provincial revenue equalization payment that may be paid to a province for a fiscal year is an amount equal to (a) the general equalization applicable to the province for the fiscal year computed in accordance with section 8, (b) in the case of a province to which a grant was paid under subsection 3(2) of the former Act in respect of the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of April 1966, the guaranteed equalization applicable to the province for the fiscal year computed in accordance with subsection 9(1), or (c) in the case of the Province of Saskatchewan and in respect of each fiscal year in the period commencing on the 1st day of April 1967 and ending on the 31st day of March 1971, the guaranteed equalization applicable to the province for the fiscal year computed in accordance with subsection 9(2), whichever is the greatest. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 7
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rposes of this section (a) the population of a province (i) for a calendar year in which a census thereof was taken, is the population as ascertained by the census, and (ii) for any other calendar year, is the population on the 1st day of June in that year as estimated by the Dominion Statistician on the assumption that the population changed by the same number of persons annually between censuses; and (b) the population of a province for a fiscal year is the population determined in accordance with this subsection for the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. R.S.C. 1970, c. F-6, s. 8; 1970-71-72, c. 43, s. 3
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fiscal period for a revenue source means such period as may be prescribed, in the case of that revenue source, for the purpose of determining the national average provincial revenue rate for that revenue source for a fiscal year; ( exercice financier )
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national average provincial revenue rate for a revenue source for a fiscal year is the rate derived by dividing (a) the total revenue, as determined by the Minister, from that revenue source for all the provinces for the fiscal period prescribed in the case of that revenue source, by (b) the total revenue base, as determined by the Minister, for that revenue source for all the provinces for the fiscal period prescribed in the case of that revenue source; ( taux national moyen du revenu provincial )
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revenue base for a revenue source for a province for a fiscal year has the meaning given to that expression by regulation; ( base de revenu )
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revenue source means any of the following sources, as more particularly defined by regulation, from which provincial revenues are or may be derived, namely: (a) personal income tax, (b) corporation income tax, (c) succession duties and shares of estate tax, (d) general sales tax, (e) motor fuel tax, (f) motor vehicle revenues, (g) alcoholic beverage revenues, (h) forestry revenues, (i) oil royalties, (j) natural gas royalties, (k) sales of Crown leases and reservations on oil and natural gas lands, (l) oil and gas revenues, other than those described in paragraphs (i), (j) and (k), (m) metallic and non-metallic mineral revenues, (n) water power rentals, (o) provincial taxes, other than those described in any of paragraphs (a) to (n), and (p) miscellaneous provincial revenues. ( source de revenu )
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Guaranteed equalization 9 (1) The guaranteed equalization applicable to a province referred to in paragraph 7(b) for a fiscal year is an amount equal to the aggregate of (a) the amounts payable to the province under subsections 3(1) and (2) of the former Act in respect of the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of April 1966, (b) in the case of the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, the amount of ten and one-half million dollars each, and (c) in the case of the Province of Prince Edward Island, the amount of three and one-half million dollars. Saskatchewan transitional payments (2) The guaranteed equalization applicable to the Province of Saskatchewan for a fiscal year is an amount, as determined by the Minister, equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount payable to the Province of Saskatchewan under subsection 3(1) of the former Act in respect of the fiscal year commencing on the 1st day of April 1966, by the following fraction: (a) in respect of the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 1967, four-fifths; (b) in respect of the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 1968, three-fifths; (c) in respect of the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 1969, two-fifths; and (d) in respect of the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 1970, one-fifth. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 9
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Provincial revenue stabilization payments 10 (1) The provincial revenue stabilization payment that may be paid to a province for a fiscal year is the amount, as determined by the Minister, by which (a) ninety-five per cent of the net general revenue of the province for the immediately preceding fiscal year exceeds (b) the adjusted current net general revenue of the province for the fiscal year. Definitions (2) In this section adjusted current net general revenue , as applied to a province for a fiscal year, means the net general revenue for the fiscal year adjusted in prescribed manner on the basis of the revenue rates and revenue structure of the province in effect for the immediately preceding year; ( revenu général net courant ajusté ) net general revenue , as applied to a province for a fiscal year, means the net general revenue for the fiscal year as shown in the table “Net General Revenue for Fiscal Year” in the publication of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics entitled “Provincial Government Finance, Revenue and Expenditure”, altered in prescribed manner to reflect (a) the average revenue of the province from the revenue source described in paragraph (c) of the definition revenue source in subsection 8(2) for that and the two immediately preceding fiscal years, and (b) the average revenue of the province from the revenue source described in paragraph (k) of the definition revenue source in subsection 8(2) for that and the four immediately preceding fiscal years, and minus any amount deductible under subsection 8(3) in determining the revenue of the province for the fiscal year from the revenue source referred to in that subsection. ( revenu général net ) Application to be made (3) A provincial revenue stabilization payment may be paid to a province in respect of a fiscal year only upon receipt by the Minister, not later than eighteen months after the end of the fiscal year, of an application by the province therefor containing such information as may be prescribed. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 10
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adjusted current net general revenue , as applied to a province for a fiscal year, means the net general revenue for the fiscal year adjusted in prescribed manner on the basis of the revenue rates and revenue structure of the province in effect for the immediately preceding year; ( revenu général net courant ajusté )
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net general revenue , as applied to a province for a fiscal year, means the net general revenue for the fiscal year as shown in the table “Net General Revenue for Fiscal Year” in the publication of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics entitled “Provincial Government Finance, Revenue and Expenditure”, altered in prescribed manner to reflect (a) the average revenue of the province from the revenue source described in paragraph (c) of the definition revenue source in subsection 8(2) for that and the two immediately preceding fiscal years, and (b) the average revenue of the province from the revenue source described in paragraph (k) of the definition revenue source in subsection 8(2) for that and the four immediately preceding fiscal years, and minus any amount deductible under subsection 8(3) in determining the revenue of the province for the fiscal year from the revenue source referred to in that subsection. ( revenu général net )
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Definitions 11 (1) In this Part adjustment payment means a post-secondary education adjustment payment referred to in section 12; ( paiement de rajustement ) educational institution means an institution of learning that offers courses at a post-secondary level; ( établissement d’enseignement ) federal revenue abatement relating to post-secondary education applicable to a province for a fiscal year has the meaning given to that expression by section 15; ( abattement du revenu fédéral relatif à l’enseignement post-secondaire ) junior matriculation , in respect of a province, has the meaning given to that expression by regulation; ( immatriculation junior ) operating expenditures for post-secondary education in a province in a fiscal year has the meaning given to that expression by section 14; ( frais de fonctionnement ) post-secondary education , in respect of a province, means every course of studies in the province that (a) requires for admission the attainment of a level not lower than that of junior matriculation in the province, (b) is of not less than twenty-four weeks duration, and (c) has been certified as a course of studies at a post-secondary level by such person or persons as may be designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the province for such purpose; ( enseignement post-secondaire ) post-secondary level has the meaning given to that expression by regulation. ( niveau post-secondaire ) Determination of population and financial year (2) For the purposes of this Part (a) the population of a province for a calendar year is the population on the 1st day of June in that year as estimated by the Dominion Statistician; and (b) a financial year of an educational institution is related to a fiscal year if more than one-half of the total number of days in the financial year fall within the fiscal year. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 11
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adjustment payment means a post-secondary education adjustment payment referred to in section 12; ( paiement de rajustement )
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educational institution means an institution of learning that offers courses at a post-secondary level; ( établissement d’enseignement )
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federal revenue abatement relating to post-secondary education applicable to a province for a fiscal year has the meaning given to that expression by section 15; ( abattement du revenu fédéral relatif à l’enseignement post-secondaire )
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junior matriculation , in respect of a province, has the meaning given to that expression by regulation; ( immatriculation junior )
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operating expenditures for post-secondary education in a province in a fiscal year has the meaning given to that expression by section 14; ( frais de fonctionnement )
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post-secondary education , in respect of a province, means every course of studies in the province that (a) requires for admission the attainment of a level not lower than that of junior matriculation in the province, (b) is of not less than twenty-four weeks duration, and (c) has been certified as a course of studies at a post-secondary level by such person or persons as may be designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the province for such purpose; ( enseignement post-secondaire )
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post-secondary level has the meaning given to that expression by regulation. ( niveau post-secondaire )
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Post-secondary education adjustment payments 12 Subject to this Act, the Secretary of State of Canada may, for each fiscal year in the period commencing on the 1st day of April 1967 and ending on the 31st day of March 1972, authorize the payment to a province of a post-secondary education adjustment payment not exceeding the amount computed in accordance with section 13. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 12
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ifty per cent of the operating expenditures for post-secondary education in the province in the fiscal year minus (b) the aggregate determined in the manner described in paragraph (2)(c) for the fiscal year, the adjustment payment that may be paid to the province for the fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the amount referred to in paragraph (a) minus the aggregate referred to in paragraph (b), and in computing the adjustment payment that may be paid to the province for any subsequent fiscal year the province shall be deemed to be a province described in paragraph (2)(a). 1966-67, c. 89, s. 13
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Operating expenditures 14 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the operating expenditures for post-secondary education in a province in a fiscal year are the aggregate of the operating expenditures incurred for post-secondary education by or in respect of each educational institution in the province during the financial year of the institution related to the fiscal year, but do not include (a) any amount expended in respect of student financial aid; (b) any amount expended as or on account of the capital cost of land, buildings, physical plant, facilities or equipment, except as otherwise proviced by regulation; (c) any amount expended as or on account of interest; (d) any amount expended in payment of a capital debt; (e) any provision for depreciation on buildings, physical plant, facilities or equipment; (f) any amount expended in respect of a prescribed ancillary enterprise undertaken or operated by an educational institution; and (g) such portion of any amount expended as or on account of rent on land, buildings, physical plant, facilities or equipment as may be prescribed. Idem (2) In determining the operating expenditures incurred for post-secondary education by or in respect of an educational institution during a financial year of the institution, there shall be deducted from the amount thereof otherwise determined (a) any amount received by the institution in the year for assisted, sponsored or contract research; and (b) any amount received by the institution in the year from Her Majesty in right of Canada or any agent thereof or from the Canada Council; except as otherwise provided by regulation. Idem (3) In determining the operating expenditures for post-secondary education in a province in a fiscal year, there shall be deducted from the amount thereof otherwise determined any amount paid to the province in the year by Her Majesty in right of Canada or any agent thereof, otherwise than pursuant to this Act, that is prescribed for purposes of this subsection to be an amount paid in respect of post-secondary education. 1966-67, c. 89, s. 14
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Federal revenue abatement 15 The federal revenue abatement relating to post-secondary education applicable to a province for a fiscal year is the amount of the revenue loss sustained by Canada in respect of the fiscal year, by virtue of certain deductions permitted by Part I of the Income Tax Act in computing income taxes payable for a taxation year ending in the fiscal year, calculated as the aggregate of (a) the amount, as determined by the Minister, that would be derived from a tax (i) on the incomes (other than incomes from businesses) of individuals resident in the province on the last day of that taxation year, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act , (ii) on the incomes (other than incomes from businesses) earned in the province in that taxation year by individuals not resident in Canada at any time during that taxation year, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act , and (iii) on the incomes from businesses earned in the province in that taxation year by individuals, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act , equal to four one-hundredths of the tax otherwise payable, within the meaning of section 33 of the Income Tax Act , on those incomes; and (b) the amount, as determined by the Minister, that would be derived from a tax on the income earned in the province by each corporation (other than a non-resident owned investment corporation as defined in the Income Tax Act or a corporation specified in Schedule D to the Financial Administration Act that is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada) that maintained a permanent establishment in the province at any time during its taxation year, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act , ending in the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year, at the rate of one per cent of its taxable income earned in the province in that taxation year, such tax to be computed as if imposed under the Income Tax Act and regulations thereunder. R.S.C. 1970, c. F-6, s. 15; 1970-71-72, c. 43, s. 3
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independent auditor means an auditor who is a member in good standing of an institution or association of accountants incorporated by or under the authority of the legislature of a province but who is not, except as otherwise provided by regulation, the same person or a member of the same firm or office of auditors as, or employed by the same employer as, the provincial auditor; ( vérificateur indépendant )