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Volume 63, No. 12

163/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 30, 2020

B.C. Reg. 163/2020 , deposited June 29, 2020, under the FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT [section 19]. Order in Council 371/2020, approved and ordered June 29, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the attached Tax and

Royalty Interest (COVID-19 Emergency) Remission Regulation is made.

— C. JAMES, Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier ; G. HEYMAN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

TAX AND ROYALTY INTEREST (COVID-19 EMERGENCY) REMISSION REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"eligible amount" means

(

a) eligible interest, or

(

b) an amount imposed as a fine or penalty to the extent that the amount is determined

by calculating or otherwise incorporates eligible interest;

"eligible interest" means interest that is calculated in relation to any part of the remission period;

"remission period" means the period that begins on March 24, 2020 and ends on September 30, 2020.

Application

2 The following Acts are specified for the purposes of

section 3 of this regulation:

(

a) the Carbon Tax Act ;

(

b) the Employer Health Tax Act ;

(

c) the Home Owner Grant Act ;

(

d) the Insurance Premium Tax Act ;

(

e) the International Business Activity Act ;

(

f) the Logging Tax Act ;

(

g) the Mineral Land Tax Act ;

(

h) the Mineral Tax Act ;

(

i) the Motor Fuel Tax Act ;

(

j) the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act ;

(

k) the Property Transfer Tax Act ;

(

l) the Provincial Sales Tax Act ;

(

m) the Social Service Tax Act ;

(

n) the Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act ;

(

o) the Taxation (Rural Area) Act ;

(

p) the Tobacco Tax Act .

Remission of interest

3 Authorization is given for the remission of any of the following amounts that is

paid or payable to the government:

(

a) an eligible amount that is imposed or authorized to be imposed under

an Act

specified in

section 2 of this regulation, whether directly or as that Act is applied

by another enactment;

(

b) an eligible amount that is imposed or authorized to be imposed under any of

the following Acts and made subject by that Act to administration and enforcement

under the Taxation (Rural Area) Act :

(

i) the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act ;

(ii) the University Endowment Land Act .

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