Marine Liability Act

Marginal note:Imposition and discontinuation of levy

• 114 (1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, may, by order, impose, discontinue or re-impose the levy referred to in section 113, indefinitely or until a time specified in the order.

• Marginal note:Contents of order

  (1.1) An order imposing or re-imposing the levy shall set out

  • (a) the day by which an amount equal to the amount of the levy is to be paid in the year in which the levy is imposed or re-imposed; and

  • (b) in respect of each subsequent year — if any — for which the levy is imposed or re-imposed, a reference date for the purposes of the levy in that year.

• Marginal note:Reference date

  (1.2) In any year referred to in paragraph (1.1)(b), the day by which an amount equal to the amount of the levy is to be paid is the 60th day after the reference date, or any other day after the reference date that is specified in the order imposing or re-imposing the levy.

• Marginal note:Annual adjustment of levy unaffected

  (2) The discontinuation of the levy under subsection (1) does not affect the operation of section 113.