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Proposed Regulations
for Pre-Publication in Part I, Canada Gazette
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Statutory Authority
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Regulatory Plan Listing
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Plant Protection Regulations,
Newfoundland Amendment (I.D. No. 97002)
The proposed amendment would require a person
proposing to take used conveyances (e.g., passenger
vehicles) and equipment off Newfoundland by ferry to
present the used conveyances and equipment to an
inspector of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, for an
inspection to determine whether the equipment is or is
likely to be infested with a plant disease (e.g., golden
nematode).
The amendment would authorize the charging of fees (to
be established under a separate Ministerial fee Order)
for such inspection services at the two Newfoundland
inspection centres at Port-aux-Basques and Argentia ferry
terminals.
The Agency has not held any consultations on the
amendments.
Contact: Dr. Jean Hollebone, Director, Plant
Protection Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59
Camelot Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel:
613-225-2342, extension 4316; Fax: 613-228-6606.
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Plant Protection Act, S.C., 1990, c. 22
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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Copyright Rules, amendment; Copyright Fees Order,
repeal
The current Copyright Rules are repealed in their
entirety and replaced with new regulations called the
Copyright Regulations.
The changes reflect a number of events:
- the repeal of the compulsory licensing regimes for
books in order to meet the harmonization obligations
under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The former royalty system and Forms 1-8 in the
Copyright Rules have been repealed.
- the move to cost recovery for all fees for
services provided by the Copyright Office. The
Copyright Fees Order is repealed and the fees are
instead incorporated as a Schedule to the Regulations.
The fees are being increased.
- the passage of Bill C-32, An Act to amend the
Copyright Act. The new Regulations set out a
modernized copyright registration process administered
by the Copyright Office. The Copyright Office will now
cover registration of performer's performances, sound
recordings, and communication signals.With regard to
the registration process, other changes include:
- the elimination of the mandatory use of approved
application forms and instead permits applicants to
provide necessary information in a form they find
convenient;
- the provision of names and addresses of parties
involved registrations of an assignment of copyright
or a licence granting an interest in copyright, along
with a description of the interest being transferred
and the title and registration number, where
applicable.
- the ability of the Copyright Office to close
pending applications where there has been a lengthy
period of inactivity and where the Office has sent to
the applicant a notice of intention to close the file.
Once a file is closed in this manner, it cannot be
reactivated except by a new application.
The proposed fees set out in the Tariff of Fees
Schedule include:
- a fee of $65 for accepting an application for
registration of a copyright under sections 55 and 56
of the Act, accepting for registration an assignment
or licence of a copyright pursuant to section 57 of
the Act, processing a request for accelerated action
on an application for registration of a copyright or
for registration of an assignment, licence or other
document, or correcting a clerical error in any
instrument of record including, without further fee,
issuing a corrected certificate of registration of
copyright, pursuant to section 61 of the Act, or
processing a request to include in the Register of
Copyrights any other document affecting a copyright.
- a fee of $35 for the certificate certifying a copy
of a document;
- a fee of $50 for each page for certifying a copy
of a document;
- a fee of $50 for providing copies of or extracts
from the Register of Copyrights, or copies of
certificates, licences or other documents, for each
page.
The draft regulations were sent to some three dozen
companies or individuals who make, or represent clients
who make, regular use copyright registration. Comments
were generally favourable.
Contact: Linda Steingarten, Registrar of Copyrights
Phase I, 50 Victoria Street, Hull, Quebec, K1A 0C9. Tel:
819-997-1657; e-mail:
Steingarten.linda@ic.gc.ca.
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Copyright Act, sections 59 and 62
IC/94-6-I
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary
Penalties Regulations
The proposed regulations set out the situations where
monetary penalties ranging from $100 to $6,000 could be
imposed. The regulations would classify various offences
(minor, serious or very serious) under various schedules.
The proposed regulations would also authorize
compliance agreements with persons who commit violations.
These compliance agreements may provide for
administrative monetary penalties to be reduced or
cancelled where persons agree to take appropriate steps
to ensure future compliance, including monetary
expenditures.
Contact: Reg Gatenby, Chief, Legislation,
Regulatory Affairs Division, Canadian Food Inspection
Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel:
613-225-2342; Fax: 613-228-6634.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary
Penalties Act, subsection 4(1)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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Dairy Products Fees Order, amendment; Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable Fees Order, amendment; Honey Fees Order,
amendment; Maple Products Fees Order, amendment;
Processed Products Fees Order, amendment
The proposed amending Orders would revise cost
recovery fees for various agricultural and food
inspection services by the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency.
For example,
- a new fee is proposed for compliance assistance,
to help a client meet the requirements of the Dairy
Products Regulations (the greater of $107.30 per hour
and $26.82 per quarter hour;
- the fee for each document request by an exporter
of dairy products will increase to $20 from the
current $18.70.
- fresh fruit and vegetable fees will increase;
- the only fee change for honey and maple products
will be the new compliance assistance fee (the greater
of $87 and $21.75 per quarter hour);
- for imported processed food products, the fee for
the verification of an import declaration will
increase to $14 per shipment from the current $11.
Contact: R. Carberry, Acting Director, Dairy, Fruit
and Vegetable Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency,
59 Camelot Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel:
613-225-2342, ext. 4727; Fax: 613-228-0607; e-mail:
rcarberry@em.agr.ca.
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Financial Administration Act, paragraphs 19(1)(b)
and 19.1(b); Order in Council P.C. 1995-325
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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Egg and Processed Egg Fees Order, amendment
The proposed Orders would revise existing fees and
create new fees for various inspection services by the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
For example,
- the fee for each shipment of shell eggs destined
for the table market would increase to $104 per
shipment from $88;
- the fees for an annual fee for inspection services
in registered shell egg stations are being increased
substantially (e.g., to $18,390 per year from $14,040
for an average weekly grading volume of 30,001 or more
boxes);
- the hourly fee for inspection of shell eggs moving
within Canada or inspected on request, and
verification of the breaking of shell eggs in
registered processed egg stations on behalf of the
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency, would increase to $57
from $52.22;
Contact: Dr. M. F. Baker, Director, Meat and
Poultry Products Division, Canadian Food Inspection
Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel:
613-225-2342, ext. 4646; Fax: 613-228-6636.
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Financial Administration Act, paragraphs 19(1)(b)
and 19.1(b); Order in Council P.C. 1995-325
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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National Animal Health Program Cost Recovery Fees
Order, amendment
The proposed amendment revises the fees for services
relating to the import and export of animals, animal
embryos and animal semen, by the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency.
Also proposed is a fee for the operation of an
enhanced national Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) program.
The fee will be imposed on accredited laboratories for
each EIA test they perform; a similar fee has been added
to the proposed fees for the export and import inspection
of horses where the test is carried out in departmental
laboratories. The fee for each EIA test performed by an
approved laboratory would be $2.
The proposed cost recovery fees would generate some
$5-million in revenue each year. The fees will be
reviewed annually.
The fees are detailed in Parts I through VIII to the
proposed Order.
Contact: Dr. Brian Evans, Director, Animal Health
Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot
Drive, Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel: 613-225-2342, ext.
4601; Fax: 613-228-6631; e-mail:
bevans@em.agr.ca.
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Financial Administration Act, paragraphs 19(1)(b)
and 19.1(b); Order in Council P.C. 1995-325
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 9, 1997
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Fish Inspection - Imports (I.D. No.
97008/97009)
The proposed amendment would establish the inspection
requirements and fees for imported fish and fish
products.
More specifically, the amendments would:
- require that importers of canned and ready-to-eat
fish products maintain adequate records of the
processes used to produce the products;
- ban the import of any species of highly-toxic,
tropical marine puffer fish of the family
Tetraodontidae;
- extend the Quality Management Program in place for
the domestic fish processing to the import sector of
the industry through the creation of a new importer
licensing regime featuring quality management program
import licences which will allow importers to conduct
their own inspections of the fish;
- impose a revenue neutral fee charged on each
kilogram of fish imported.
Other proposed new fees would include:
- a $5,000 fee for the issuance of a shared or
enhanced Quality Management Program import (QMPi)
licence;
- a $1,000 fee for each inspection to determine
whether a suspended or revoked import licence should
be reinstated; and
- the retention of a $30 fee for inspections of fish
intended for further processing at
federally-registered plants (all other licence fees
are being replaced by the per kilogram fee
- per kilogram fees for basic, shared and enhanced
licences as follows: ready-to-eat products, $0.15,
$0.5, and $0.002 respectively; canned products, $0.02,
$0.005, and $0.002 respectively; for fresh fish, raw
molluscan shellfish and other products, $0.01, $0.005,
and $0.002 respectively.
Contact: D. Rideout, Director General, Fish
Inspection Directorate, Department of Fisheries and
Oceans, 200 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E6. Tel:
613-990-0412; Fax: 613-993-4220.
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Fish Inspection Act, S.C., 1997, c.6, s. 53
F&O/95-12
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Export Control List, amendment; Import Control
List, amendment; General Export Permit No. 37 - CWC Toxic
Chemicals and Precursors to the United States; General
Import Permit No. 108 - CWC Toxic Chemicals and
Precursors to the United States
Group 7 of the Export Control List (ECL) is being
amended to ensure that the three Schedules of chemicals
and precursors identified in the Chemical Weapons
Convention (CWC) are controlled. Parallel changes would
be made to the Import Control List.
The General import and export permits allow controlled
import into and export from Canada of the chemicals.
More specifically, Items 7001 to 7006 are being added
to the ECL and export permits will he required for their
export to all destinations, as follows:
- Schedule 1 (ECL Items 7001 and 7002) - Chemicals
known to he chemical warfare agents and some of their
key precursors;
- Schedule 2 (ECL Items 7003 and 71304) - Chemicals
and compounds that are key precursors to chemical
warfare but that have some commercial utility;
- Schedule 3 (ECL Items 7005 and 71306) - Chemicals
that can be used for the production of chemical
warfare agents, but that are produced in large
quantities for commercial use.
The same chemicals and precursors would be subject to
import controls under the Import Control List Item 74.
Contact: Thomas E. Jones, Deputy Director
(Technology), Export Controls Division, Export and Import
Controls Bureau, Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Canada, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2. Tel:
613-996-0197; Fax: 613-996-9933.
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Export and Import Permits Act, paragraph 3(d) and
section 6
Not included in Regulatory Plan
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Railway Interswitching Regulations, amendment
The proposed amendments to section 9 and the schedule
to the Regulations contain the revised interswitching
rates that would replace the interim rates for 1997
published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on January 22,
1997. The proposed rates would recost interswitching
operations using the most current data available.
The changes would also allow the rates to be amended
from time to time, based on changes in railway costs or
circumstances, by amending the schedule to the
Regulations (reference to the rates in section 9 would be
deleted).
Also deleted is a reference to the rates as being
maximum rates.
More specifically, section 9 is replaced with the
following:
"9. Where a siding is located wholly or
partly within the interswitching distance zone 4 and the
point of connection with the siding is more than 40 km
from an interchange along the line of track of a terminal
carrier, the interswitching rate for each car is
increased for each kilometre over 40 km by an amount
equal to the rate per kilometre set out in column IV or
V, as the case may be, of item 4 of the schedule."
In the Schedule, the proposed rates for Zone 4 for
Column IV and V would be $4.20 (additional rate per
kilometre for interswitching a car) and $1.60 (additional
rate per kilometre for interswitching a car in a car
block) respectively.
Contact: Michel Maisonneuve, Senior Investigations
Officer, Rail and Marine Complaints and Audit Services
Directorate, Rail and Marine Branch, Canadian
Transportation Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N9. Tel:
819-953-2235; Fax: 819-953-5564.
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Canadian Transportation Act, paragraph
128(1)(b)
NTA/R1-I
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Regulations amending the Board of Steamship
Inspection of Scale of Fees
This regulatory amendment proposes to standardize
existing fees, increase some existing fees, and make some
editorial modifications to clarify and enhance the
Regulations; the new fees and fee changes would be
effective November 1, 1997.
In addition, the amendment provides for the
introduction of a number of new fees for services
previously provided free of charge and for new services
now being provided as a result of recent policy
initiatives such as new pollution prevention
requirements.
Not all fee rates are being revised. For example,
rates under Part II of the Regulations dealing with first
and periodical inspections of ships have not been
increased.
Among the fee changes are increases:
- to $400 from $338 the fee payable for inspection
of a ship outside Canada for each day or part thereof
that an inspector is outside Canada to make the
inspection (paragraph 9(b) of this amendment);
- to $25 from $14 the fee payable for each
additional test beyond three that is made at one
visit, for the inspection or testing of materials used
in the construction of hulls, machinery, equipment or
cargo gear (paragraph 20Co) of this amendment); and
- to $500 from $462 the standby fee payable for
inspectors for each calendar day or portion thereof
that the inspector is on call or made available, at
the request of a shipyard operator, shipowner or ship
operator, or an authorized representative thereof
(section 29 of this amendment).
Among the new fees proposed are:
- A fee for the first inspection and each annual,
quadrennial or quinquennial inspection of an unmanned,
non-self-propelled ship, including deck cargo barges
and barges that carry oil in bulk. The fee consists of
a flat fee component plus a component based on gross
tonnage (paragraphs 10(1)(c) and 10(2)(c); 12(1)(c)
and 12(2)(c) of this amendment).
- A fee for the re-inspection of a passenger ship, a
non-passenger ship or an unmanned, non-self-propelled
ship, including deck cargo barges and barges that
carry oil in bulk, that was registered in Canada, then
registered elsewhere than in Canada and is then again
registered in Canada. The fee consists of a flat fee
component plus a component based on gross tonnage
(section 10.1 of this amendment).
- A fee reduced by 90% for the inspection of a
non-Canadian ship which is authorized to operate in
the coasting trade and is in full compliance with the
requirements of the International Maritime
Organization Conventions to which Canada is a
signatory, where the inspection is requested for the
issuance of a letter of compliance and where the
period of operation for that ship is seven days or
less (subsection 14(2) of this amendment).
- A fee of $400 payable for a second and each
subsequent visit made by an inspector, where the
inspection is required to verify that a defect that
was identified during a Canadian Port State Control
Inspection and that did not warrant the issuance of a
detention order has been corrected, so that a
non-Canadian ship can proceed on a voyage from any
place in Canada (subsection 17.2 of this amendment).
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Canada Shipping Act, sections 314, 408 and 658
TC/96/R-2-M
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- A fee of $400 payable for each visit made by an
inspector where the inspection is required to verify
that a defect identified in a Port State Control
Inspection Report has been corrected in accordance
with the time provisions set out in that Report
(subsection 17.3 of this amendment).
- A fee of $400 payable for the initial issuance,
and a fee of $200 payable for each renewal, of a
certificate of approval for structural or outfitting
components or for safety equipment (section 21.1 of
this amendment).
The proposed Regulations would set pollution
prevention fees.
The existing fees generate annual revenues of
approximately $3.6 million and these increases would
generate in the order of an additional $2 million when
the fees have been in effect for a full fiscal year. The
current cost of providing these services is in the order
of approximately $17.7 million. The proposed fee
increases will raise the cost recovery level to
approximately 30% from 20%.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Department of Transport, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd
Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Regulations,
amendment
The proposed amendments would update the Regulations
which came into effect March 26, 1993, to reflect
experience and changing money laundering practices.
More specifically, the proposed amendments would:
- expand the kinds of records that must be kept
(e.g., names of persons on currency transaction
tickets, recording the identification documents of
clients), to exempt certain records from the
requirement (e.g., internally created debit memos) and
to allow certain records to be kept in electronic
form.
- modify client identification procedures through an
exemption from having to verify the identity of
certain persons which pose little risk in terms of
money laundering. In particular, verification of
identity would no longer be required where a person
has reasonable grounds to believe that an account
holder is the government of Canada or of a province, a
Canadian educational institution or a Canadian
hospital, a Canadian municipality or other public body
performing a function of government in Canada. As
well, verification of identity would no longer be
required where a person has reasonable grounds to
believe that the account holder is a large publicly
traded corporation, having a minimum net worth of $75
million and whose shares are traded on a Canadian
stock exchange.
- to allow, in recognition of developments in
alternative financial service delivery, such as
Internet banking, in relation to the opening of
accounts, deposit-taking institutions to ascertain the
identification of a client by confirming that a cheque
drawn by the client on his or her account at a
Canadian financial institution has cleared. The
amendment would provide flexibility for dealing with a
situation where there is not any face-to-face contact
between a financial institution and its client, while
at the same time provide the assurance that the
identification of that client in-person has been
ascertained by another Canadian financial institution.
- to bring casinos under the regulations and to
require casinos to maintain records in respect of
customer accounts and large cash transactions (i.e.,
$10,000 or more). Casinos would also be required to
verify the identity of account holders and customers
carrying out large cash transactions.
Contact: Richard Lalonde, Senior Project Leader,
Financial Sector Division, Department of Finance,
L'Esplanade Laurier, 140 O'Connor Street, 20th Floor,
East Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G5. Tel:
613-995-1814.
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Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act, section
5
FIN/95-21-I
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Ship's Tonnage Survey and Measurement Fees
Regulations, amendment
This regulatory amendment would change certain fees,
delete the references to Panama Canal documentation (in
light of the adoption of the International Conference on
Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969) and make editorial
changes for consistency in English and French. The fees
changes would be effective Nov. 1, 1997.
These revisions include:
- editorial changes to clarify sections 3 and 5, and
the headings of the columns to Schedule I of this
regulation, regarding the charging for the survey and
measurement of the tonnage of a ship (section 3) and
the charging for the survey and remeasurement of the
tonnage of the ship where a ship undergoes alterations
above or below the upper deck.
- where a ship undergoes alterations above the upper
deck, decrease the fee payable for the survey and
remeasurement of the tonnage of the ship to the lesser
of $400 from $425, and the fee set out in the relevant
table.
- delete the $90 fee for the inspection of minor
alterations to a ship, as all alterations are now
included in the revised wording to section 5.
- increase to the full fee from 4/5 of the fee,
based on the gross tonnage of a ship, for the issuance
of a Suez Canal Special Tonnage Certificate.
- increase to $100 from $40 the fee for the issuance
of a statement of limitation of liability tonnage for
a Canadian or a British ship.
The revised fees are expected to generate less than
$1,000 in incremental revenue.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Transport Canada, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Canada Shipping Act, section 105
TC/96/R-2-M
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Ships Registry Fees Tariff, amendment
This regulatory amendment proposes to revise and
increase some of the existing fees and introduce fees for
services currently provided without charge.
The proposed revisions to the existing fees for fees
pertaining to ship registration would:
- revise the fee payable for the registration of a
ship from one based on gross tonnage to a flat rate of
$200 payable on application for the processing of an
application for the first registry of a ship;
- increase to $300 from $200, the additional fee
payable for the registration of a foreign-built
commercial ship over 15 tons gross tonnage;
- increase to $100 from $75, the additional fee
payable for the registration of a foreign-built
commercial ship not over 15 tons gross tonnage or for
a pleasure yacht;
- increase the fee for the registration of
alteration to a ship to $100 from $75;
- increase the fee for the issuance of a certificate
of deletion of registry to $50 from $25.
For fees pertaining to transfer, transmission and
mortgage, the proposals would:
- revise the fee payable for any transfer or
transmission of a Canadian ship from one based on
gross tonnage to a flat rate of $125; and
- revise the fee payable for a mortgage of a
Canadian ship from one based on gross tonnage to a
flat rate of $150 payable on registration, for the
registration of a mortgage and its discharge.
For fees pertaining to change of name, the proposals
would revise the fee for the change of name of a Canadian
ship from one based on gross tonnage to a flat rate of
$250.
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Canada Shipping Act, section 80
TC/96/R-2-M
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New fees would:
- introduce a fee of $125, payable in advance, for
each additional period of 12 months or less where a
ship is not registered within 12 months after the date
of the application;
- introduce a fee of $200 payable on application,
for the processing of an application for registry anew
of a ship;
- introduce a fee of $200 payable on application,
for the processing of an application for the registry
of a ship that was registered in Canada, then
registered elsewhere than in Canada and is about to be
registered in Canada again;
- introduce a fee of $125 for the transfer of
registry of a Canadian ship to a new port of registry;
- introduce a fee of $25 for the recording of a
vessel that is about to be built, or is being built or
equipped in Canada;
- introduce a fee of $100 for the granting of a pass
for an unregistered ship;
- introduce a fee of $150 payable on the recording,
for the recording of a builder's mortgage and its
discharge;
- introduce a fee of $150 payable on the production
of the instrument effecting the transfer, for the
transfer of a registered mortgage of a ship;
- introduce a fee of $40 for a dispensation under
section 77 of the Canada Shipping Act or a
special direction of the Minister under subsection
83(2) of the Canada Shipping Act;
- introduce a fee of $10 for the witnessing of a
declaration, referred to in subsection 78(1) of the
Canada Shipping Act, before a registrar who is
a commissioner for oaths.
In addition to any other fee payable under this
Tariff, and subject to the minimums set out, a fee per
hour or fraction of an hour ranging from $70 to $99 is
proposed where a service referred to in this Tariff,
including the travelling time related to the service, is
provided by a registrar outside core hours.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Transport Canada, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Port Wardens Tariff, amendment
This regulatory amendment would change certain fees
for certain port warden services. These revisions, to be
effective November 1, 1997:
- increase to $135 from $90 per visit, the fee for
the grain survey of the condition of any ship before
the loading of cargo and any statement made in respect
thereof;
- increase to $40 from $20 per tank surveyed, the
fee for a grain survey or examination described in
items 6, 7, or 8 of the Tariff, for a tanker loading
grain or a bulk carrier loading grain in wing tanks,
which is in addition to the fees set out under those
items;
- for Timber Deck Cargo Surveys, introduce a fee of
$135 for each issuance of a certificate in relation to
timber deck cargoes; and
- for Concentrate Surveys, introduce a fee of $135
for a certificate of approval of the stowage of
concentrates on board a ship.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Transport Canada, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Canada Shipping Act, subsections 408(4) and
529(1)
TC/96/R-2-M
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Tariff of Fees of Shipping Masters, amendment
This regulatory amendment would double the fees for a
number of services performed by shipping masters.
For every seaman engaged or discharged, for every
desertion certified, for every death recorded, for the
endorsement of Articles or logbooks, and for the
inspection and registry of Articles, the proposed fee
would increase from $5 to $10.
The fee for the preparation of new Articles would
increase from $10 to $20.
The revised fees would come into effect November 1,
1997.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Transport Canada, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Canada Shipping Act, subsections 408(4) and
529(1)
TC/96/R-2-M
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Canadian Aviation Regulations (Part I),
amendment
This regulatory amendment would establish increase,
reduce or eliminate existing fees for aviation regulatory
services and create some new fees, effective November 1,
1997.
The proposed regulations also set out a transition
regime to handle the calculation of fees for applications
made on or before November 1, 1997.
The fees established in the Schedule (Sections 104.01,
104.02 and 104.03) to the regulations cover aircraft
registration, aircraft leasing, personnel licensing and
training, aeronautical product approvals, maintenance and
manufacturing, air operations, and general fees.
As a result of the initial consultations and comments
received, a number of revisions have been made to the
proposals.
These revisions include:
- changing flat fees to hourly fees with a maximum
cap, for many aeronautical product approvals. This was
done to respond to concerns that the costs of
aeronautical product approvals is highly variable and
not conducive to recovery by use of flat fees per
approval.
- reducing the examination fees. Entry-level
examination fees were considered to be too high and
could be a deterrent to new applicants wanting to
enter the aviation industry as either a pilot or an
aircraft maintenance engineer.
- using graduated scales of fees according to the
size of the applicable operation. The use of single
flat fees for the recovery of many of the maintenance
and manufacturing services as well as some air
operator services were considered inappropriate for
both large and small operations, being particularly
burdensome on the small operations.
Contact: Dan Cogliati, Director, Cost Recovery,
Transport Canada, Place de Ville, Tower C, 22nd Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5. Tel: 613-993-5769; Fax:
613-991-4410.
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Aeronautics Act, subsection 4.4(2)
TC/R-3-M
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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Health of Animals Regulations, amendment (Northwest
Project)
These amendments would make a number of changes to
reduce import restrictions.
More specifically, the amendments would:
- allow the importation of untested feeder cattle
from qualifying parts of the U.S. into approved
Canadian feedlots. The feeders are imported under a
permit which sets out conditions designed to minimize
the risk of spreading disease into the national
Canadian cattle herd.
- allow sheep and goats to be imported from the
United States under the provisions put in place for
cattle in October 1995, that is on the basis of the
"risk" posed by their state of origin.
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Health of Animals Act, subsection 64(1)
AGR/97-40-I
Published in Canada Gazette August 2, 1997
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- simplify the current wording of the regulations to
require anyone collecting animal semen or operating an
animal semen production centre must have a permit.
The changes would set out the requirements that need
to be met to qualify for the above relaxation of
restrictions.
Contact: Dr. P. Greenwood, Animal Health Division,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive,
Nepean, Ontario, K1A 0Y9. Tel: 613-225-2342; Fax:
613-228-6630.
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