Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 2 (S.C. 2013, c. 40)

Class 41.2  —  Single Mine Properties

•  (4g) If one or more properties of a taxpayer are described in paragraph (a) of Class 41.2 of Schedule II and some or all of the properties were acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from one mine and not from any other mine (in this subsection referred to as “single mine properties”), a separate class is prescribed for the single mine properties that

  • (a) were acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from that mine;

  • (b) would otherwise be included in Class 41.2 because of paragraph (a) of that class; and

  • (c) are not included in a separate class because of subsection (4h).

Class 41.2  —  Multiple Mine Properties

•  (4h) If more than one property of a taxpayer is described in paragraph (a) of Class 41.2 in Schedule II and some or all of the properties were acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from particular mines and not from any other mine (in this subsection referred to as “multiple mine properties”), a separate class is prescribed for the multiple mine properties that

  • (a) were acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the particular mines; and

  • (b) would otherwise be included in Class 41.2 because of paragraph (a) of that class.

• (d) Class 41, 41.1 or 41.2 in Schedule II in any other case, unless the property would otherwise be included in Class 43.1 or 43.2 in Schedule II and the taxpayer has, by a letter filed with the taxpayer’s return of income filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act for the taxation year in which the property was acquired, elected to include the property in Class 43.1 or 43.2, as the case may be.

• (d) Class 41, 41.1 or 41.2 in Schedule II in any other case, unless the property would otherwise be included in Class 43.1 or 43.2 in Schedule II and the taxpayer has, by a letter filed with the taxpayer’s return of income filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act for the taxation year in which the property was acquired, elected to include the property in Class 43.1 or 43.2, as the case may be.

• (14) Subject to subsections (14.11) and (14.12), for the purposes of this Part and Schedule II, if a property is acquired by a taxpayer

• (14.12) If, after March 20, 2013, a taxpayer acquires a property (other than an oil sands property) in circumstances to which subsection (14) applies and the property was depreciable property that was included in Class 41, because of paragraph (a) or (a.1) of that Class, by the person or partnership from whom the taxpayer acquired the property, the following rules apply:

  • (a) there may be included in Class 41 of the taxpayer only that portion of the property the capital cost of which portion to the taxpayer is the lesser of the undepreciated capital cost of Class 41 of that person or partnership immediately before the disposition of the property by the person or partnership and the amount, if any, by which that undepreciated capital cost is reduced as a result of that disposition; and

  • (b) there shall be included in Class 41.2 of the taxpayer that portion, if any, of the property that is not the portion included in Class 41 of the taxpayer under paragraph (a).

“eligible mine development property”

“eligible mine development property” means a property acquired by a taxpayer after March 20, 2013 and before 2018 for the purpose of gaining or producing income

• (a) from a new mine or an expansion of a mine, if the property was acquired under a written agreement entered into by the taxpayer before March 21, 2013,

• (b) from a new mine, if

  • (i) the construction of the new mine was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose construction does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or

  • (ii) the engineering and design work for the construction of the new mine, as evidenced in writing, was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose engineering and design work does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or

• (c) from an expansion of a mine, if

  • (i) the construction for the expansion of the mine was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose construction does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or

  • (ii) the engineering and design work for the construction of the expansion of the mine, as evidenced in writing, was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose engineering and design work does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities); (bien admissible à l’aménagement d’une mine)

• (5) For the purposes of paragraphs 1100(1)(w) to (ya.2), subsections 1101(4a) to (4h) and Classes 10, 28 and 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II, a taxpayer’s “income from a mine”, or any expression referring to a taxpayer’s income from a mine, includes income reasonably attributable to

• (5.1) For the purposes of Classes 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II, a taxpayer’s “gross revenue from a mine” includes

• (7) For the purposes of paragraphs 1100(1)(w) to (ya.2), subsections 1101(4a) to (4h) and 1102(8) and (9), section 1107 and Classes 12, 28 and 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II,

• (8.1) For greater certainty, for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (e) of Class 28 and paragraph (a) of Classes 41 to 41.2 in Schedule II, “production” means production in reasonable commercial quantities.

“biogas”

“biogas” means the gas produced by the anaerobic digestion of organic waste that is food and animal waste, manure, plant residue, pulp and paper by-product, separated organics, wood waste or sludge from an eligible sewage treatment facility. (biogaz)

• (a) generated during the preparation or processing of food or beverage for human or animal consumption;

• (b) food or beverage that is no longer fit for human or animal consumption; or

“pulp and paper by-product”

“pulp and paper by-product” means tall oil soaps and crude tall oil that are produced as by-products of the processing of wood into pulp or paper and the by-product of a pulp or paper plant’s effluent treatment or its de-inking processes. (sous-produit d’usine de pâtes ou papiers)

“separated organics”

“separated organics” means organic waste (other than waste that is considered to be toxic or hazardous waste under any law of Canada or a province) that could, but for its use in a system that converts biomass into biogas, be disposed of in an eligible waste management facility or eligible landfill site. (matières organiques séparées)

• (c) Individual and Family Assistance Act, R.S.Q., c. A-13.1.1, as it relates to the additional amounts for dependent children.