Canadian Forces Materiel Remission Order (SOR/94-617)

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Canadian Forces Materiel Remission Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order, materiel means all property of Her Majesty in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence, provided for the use of the Canadian Forces and includes any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, animal, arms, ammunition, clothing, stores, provisions or equipment necessary or used for the purposes of executing Canada’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or as a member of the United Nations.

Remission

3 Subject to section 4, remission is hereby granted to the Department of National Defence of the customs duties paid or payable under the Customs Tariff in respect of materiel imported by the Department of National Defence as a result of the closure of the Canadian Forces Bases at Lahr and Baden-Soellingen, in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Canadian Forces Station Bermuda, in Bermuda, and of the recall of the Canadian Contingent, United Nations Force Cyprus, from the Republic of Cyprus.

Conditions

4 The remission is granted pursuant to section 3 on the following conditions:

• (a) that the Department of National Defence certifies, in a form approved by the Minister of National Revenue, that the materiel

  • (i) is the property of Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Minister of National Defence, and

  • (ii) is being imported as a result of the closure of the Canadian Forces Bases at Lahr and Baden-Soellingen, in the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Canadian Forces Station Bermuda, in Bermuda, and of the recall of the Canadian Contingent, United Nations Force Cyprus, from the Republic of Cyprus;

• (b) that the materiel is imported and accounted for during the period beginning on April 1, 1992 and ending on December 31, 1995; and

• (c) that a claim for remission is made to the Minister of National Revenue no later than December 31, 1997.