C-369
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-369
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)
first reading, October 25, 2006
NOTE
2nd Session, 39th Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 39th Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Godin
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to provide that claimants may not be charged interest or any other penalty for the late payment of benefit repayments or of penalties assessed for violations of the Act.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
house of commons of canada
BILL C-369
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)
1996, c. 23
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Subsection 96(13) of the Employment Insurance Act is repealed.
2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 150:
Interests
150.1 For greater certainty, no interest or penalty is payable in respect of the late payment of 
(a) a benefit repayment; or
(b) a penalty assessed on a claimant for a violation of this Act.
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