﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2018-04-01" hasPreviousVersion="true" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-04-01" lims:current-date="2019-06-21" lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826144" lims:id="826144" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" in-force="yes" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826145" lims:id="826145"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2015-68</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2015</YYYY><MM>3</MM><DD>25</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25"><Date><YYYY>2019</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826147" lims:id="826147"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826148" lims:id="826148">Low-value Amounts Regulations</LongTitle></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826149" lims:id="826149"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826150" lims:id="826150" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas, pursuant to paragraphs 155.2(2)(a)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef> and (c) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">b</FootnoteRef>, the Treasury Board is of the opinion that circumstances justify doing so;</Text><Footnote id="fn_a" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C., 2014, c. 39, s. 304</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_b" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. F-11</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826151" lims:id="826151" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, the Treasury Board, pursuant to subsection 155.2(2)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_a">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">b</FootnoteRef>, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation">Low-value Amounts Regulations</XRefExternal>.</Text></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826152" lims:id="826152"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826153" lims:id="826153"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826154" lims:id="826154">Definition of <DefinedTermEn>Act</DefinedTermEn></MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>In these Regulations, <DefinedTermEn>Act</DefinedTermEn> means the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826155" lims:id="826155"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826156" lims:id="826156">Amounts deemed nil</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Text>For the purposes of subsection 155.2(1) of the Act, the amount is fixed at:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826157" lims:id="826157"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>99 cents for all amounts payable by Her Majesty in right of Canada under the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-8">Canada Pension Plan</XRefExternal>, the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="E-5.6">Employment Insurance Act</XRefExternal> and the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="O-9">Old Age Security Act</XRefExternal>, as well as any regulations made under those Acts; or</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826158" lims:id="826158"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>two dollars in any other case.</Text></Paragraph></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826159" lims:id="826159"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826160" lims:id="826160">Exception — accumulated amounts</MarginalNote><Label>3</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826161" lims:id="826161"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Despite section 2, the following amounts payable by Her Majesty in right of Canada accumulate for the period referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b):</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826162" lims:id="826162"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>amounts payable under the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-8">Canada Pension Plan</XRefExternal>, the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-16.8">Veterans Well-being Act</XRefExternal>, the <XRefExternal reference-type="act">Department of Veteran Affairs Act</XRefExternal>, the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="O-9">Old Age Security Act</XRefExternal>, the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-6">Pension Act</XRefExternal> and the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="W-3">War Veterans Allowance Act</XRefExternal>, as well as any regulations made under those Acts;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826163" lims:id="826163"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>amounts payable under the authority conferred on the Minister of Public Works and Government Services under sections 12 and 13 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-38.2">Department of Public Works and Government Services Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826164" lims:id="826164"><Label>(c)</Label><Text>amounts payable to officers and non-commissioned members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="N-5">National Defence Act</XRefExternal> and to members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="R-10">Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act</XRefExternal>, on account of salary, wages, pay and pay and allowances; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826165" lims:id="826165"><Label>(d)</Label><Text>amounts payable under the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-17">Canadian Forces Superannuation Act</XRefExternal>, as well as any regulations made under that Act.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826166" lims:id="826166"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826167" lims:id="826167">Period of accumulation</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>The amounts payable accumulate during the following periods:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826168" lims:id="826168"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>in the case of amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(a), for a period of up to 12 months after the day on which they become payable;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826169" lims:id="826169"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>in the case of amounts referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) to (d), for a period of up to 12 months after the day on which they become payable or until the end of the calendar year in which they became payable, whichever comes first.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826170" lims:id="826170"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826171" lims:id="826171">Payment</MarginalNote><Label>(3)</Label><Text>If at any time during the period referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) the accumulated amount exceeds the applicable threshold, payment will be made within 30 days after that time.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826172" lims:id="826172"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826173" lims:id="826173">No payment</MarginalNote><Label>(4)</Label><Text>Subject to paragraph 4(d), if the accumulated amount does not exceed the applicable threshold at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), it is deemed nil under subsection 155.2(1) of the Act.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826174" lims:id="826174"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826175" lims:id="826175">Circumstance for accumulation</MarginalNote><Label>(5)</Label><Text>For the purposes of subsection (1), only amounts payable to the same recipient that are of the same type or payable under the same program, legislation or regulation may accumulate.</Text></Subsection><HistoricalNote><HistoricalNoteSubItem lims:inforce-start-date="2018-04-01" lims:fid="826177" lims:id="826177">SOR/2017-161, s. 10</HistoricalNoteSubItem></HistoricalNote></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826178" lims:id="826178"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826179" lims:id="826179">Exemption</MarginalNote><Label>4</Label><Text>Subsection 155.2(1) of the Act does not apply to the following amounts:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826180" lims:id="826180"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>amounts payable by or to Her Majesty in right of Canada in currencies other than Canadian dollars;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826181" lims:id="826181"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>user fees as defined in section 2 the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="U-3.7">User Fees Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826182" lims:id="826182"><Label>(c)</Label><Text>immediate payments in exchange for goods and services; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2015-04-01" lims:fid="826183" lims:id="826183"><Label>(d)</Label><Text>amounts that are requested in writing by the recipient, if the request is sent to the appropriate Minister within 12 months after the day on which the amount becomes payable.</Text></Paragraph></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826184" lims:id="826184"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2015-03-25" lims:fid="826185" lims:id="826185">April 1, 2015</MarginalNote><Label>5</Label><Text>These Regulations come into force on April 1, 2015.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>