Judgment Interest Regulations
N.L.R. 16/1996
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CONSOLIDATED
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 16/96
Judgment Interest Regulations
under the
Judgment Interest Act
(O.C. 96-161)
Amended by:
117/09
CONSOLIDATED
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 16/96
Judgment Interest Regulations
under the
Judgment Interest Act
(O.C. 96-161)
Under the authority of
section 8 of the Judgment Interest Act
and the Subordinate Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act
, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.
REGULATIONS
Analysis
Short title
Rates established
Bank of
Canada
rate
Minister's responsibilities
Repeal
Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Judgment Interest Regulations
242/93 s1
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Rates established
(1)The pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rate shall be established annually by taking the average Bank of Canada rate for the period of October and November of each year, rounded to the next higher whole number where the average Bank of Canada rate includes a fraction, minus 1%.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rate shall not be less than 2%.
117/09 s1
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Bank of Canada rate
The Bank of Canada rate shall be the rate that is published by the bank in its Weekly Financial Statistics publications.
242/93 s3
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Minister's responsibilities
On December 1 or as soon as possible afterward, the Minister of Justice shall
(
a) determine the pre-judgment and post-judgment interest rate for the next year; and
(
b) publish in the Gazette
the rate effective on January 1 of that year.
242/93 s4
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Repeal
The Judgment Interest Regulations, 1993, Newfoundland Regulation 242/93, are repealed.
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