C-213
First Session, Fortieth Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-213
An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)
first reading, November 21, 2008
Mr. Stoffer
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations to provide for free passport services to veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners. The enactment also provides for seniors to receive those services at a 50% discount.
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1st Session, 40th Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
house of commons of canada
BILL C-213
An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. F-11
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT
1. Paragraph 19.1(a) of the Financial Administration Act is replaced by the following:
(a) by regulation prescribe the fees or charges to be paid for a right or privilege conferred by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, by means of a licence, permit or other authorization, by the persons or classes of persons on whom the right or privilege is conferred, including the issuance of a passport to
(i) a veteran, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the War Veterans Allowance Act, or the spouse or common-law partner of a veteran,
(ii) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the spouse or common-law partner of a member, and
(iii) persons 65 years of age or more; or
C.R.C., c. 719
PASSPORT SERVICES FEES REGULATIONS
2. Subsection 2(1) of the Passport Services Fees Regulations is replaced by the following:
2. (1) Subject to section 3, every person who requests that a passport service set out in column 1 of the schedule be performed shall pay
(a) if the person is less than 65 years of age, the fee set out in column 2; or
(b) if the person is 65 years of age or more, 50% of the fee set out in column 2.
3. The portion of section 3 of the Regulations before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:
3. No fee is payable in respect of
(a) a passport service performed for
(i) a destitute person,
(ii) a child or mentally incompetent person living in an institution in another country,
(iii) a veteran, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the War Veterans Allowance Act, or the spouse or common-law partner of a veteran, or
(iv) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the spouse or common-law partner of a member; or
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