Fourth

Session, 47th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2015

BILL 8

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

SERVICES

CHARGES ACT

Received and Read the First Time .................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ..........................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

ROSS WISEMAN

Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Services Charges Act to implement increases

in charges payable to the Crown.

The Bill would

increase the charge payable to

the Crown on estate value; and

impose a charge payable to the

Crown for applications for and amendments to plans and licences under the Mining Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SERVICES

CHARGES ACT

Analysis

S.4 Amdt.

Charge on estate value

S.5.1 Added

Charge on applications, Mining Act

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1998 cS-13.2

as amended

1. Subsection 4(3) of the Services Charges Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) Where the

value of an estate exceeds $1,000, the amount payable under subsection (1) upon

a grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign

grant is $60 plus $0.60 for each additional $100 in the value of the estate.

2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 5 the following:

Charge on applications,

Mining Act

5.1

(1) A

charge is payable to the Crown for applications for and amendments to plans and

licences under the Mining Act .

(2) The amount payable under subsection (1) for

each initial application and each application for an amendment shall be paid at

the time the initial application or application for amendment is made, as

follows:

(a) $4,000 for an initial application for a metal

mine development plan, and $2,000 for an application for an amendment to that

plan;

(b) $4,000 for an initial application for a metal

mine rehabilitation and closure plan, and $2,000 for an application for an amendment

to that plan;

(c) $2,000 for an initial application for a

non-metal mine development plan, and $1,000 for an application for an amendment

to that plan;

(d) $2,000 for an initial application for a

non-metal mine rehabilitation and closure plan, and $1,000 for an application

for an amendment to that plan; and

(e) $1,000 for an initial application for a mill

licence, and $750 for an application for an amendment to that licence.

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