Fees Report - Fiscal year 2020–21
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About this report
This report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act, including the Low‑Materiality Fees Regulations and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the Privy Council Office (PCO) had the authority to set in 2020–21.1
Government of Canada departments may set fees for services, licences, permits, products, the use of facilities, for other authorizations of rights or privileges, or to recover, in whole or in part, costs incurred in relation to a regulatory scheme.
For reporting purposes, fees must be categorized under the following three fee-setting mechanisms:
- Act, regulation or fees notice
- An act of Parliament delegates the fee-setting authority to a department, minister or Governor in Council.
- Contract
- Ministers have the authority to enter into contracts, which are usually negotiated between the minister and an individual or organization, and which cover fees and other terms and conditions. In some cases, that authority may also be provided by an act of Parliament.
- Market rate or auction
- The authority to set these fees is pursuant to an act of Parliament or regulation, and the minister, department or Governor in Council has no control over the fee amount.
This report contains information about all fees that are under PCO’s authority.
The information covers fees subject to the Service Fees Act.
For fees set by act, regulation or fees notice, the report provides totals for fee groupings, as well as detailed information for each fee.
Although the fees that PCO charges under the Access to Information Act were subject to the Service Fees Act, they are not included in this report. Information on PCO’s access to information fees for 2020–21 can be found in our access to information report, which is posted on PCO’s website.
Remissions
This report does not include remissions issued under the authority of the Service Fees Act, since this requirement took effect on April 1, 2021. However, the report does include remissions issued under PCO’s enabling legislation. Remissions issued under the Service Fees Act will be reported for the first time, as applicable, in the 2021–22 Fees Report, which will be published in 2022–23.
The Service Fees Act requires departments to remit a fee, in part or in full, to a fee payer when a service standard is deemed not met. Under the Service Fees Act and the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, departments had to develop policies and procedures for determining:
- whether a service standard has been met
- how much of a fee will be remitted to a fee payer if a service standard is deemed not met
The “Overall totals for 2020-21, by fee-setting mechanism” presents the total remissions by fee-setting mechanism. The “Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice” provides further details related to remissions that were issued under PCO’s enabling legislation and issued under the authority of the Financial Administration Act in 2020–21.
Overall totals, by fee-setting mechanism
The following table presents the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PCO had the authority to set in 2020–21, by fee-setting mechanism.
Overall totals for 2020–21, by fee-setting mechanism
| Fee-setting mechanism | Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees set by contract | 0 | 0 | Remissions do not apply to fees set by contract. |
| Fees set by either market rate or auction | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fees set by act, regulation or fees notice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, by fee grouping, for fees set by act, regulation or fees notice
The following section presents, for each fee grouping, the total revenue, cost and remissions for all fees that PCO had the authority to set in 2020–21 that are set by any of the following:
- act
- regulation
A fee grouping is a set of fees relating to a single business line, directorate or program that a department had the authority to set for those activities.
Inspection of Statutory Instruments: totals for 2020–21
Fee grouping
| Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Obtaining Copies of Statutory Instruments: totals for 2020–21
Fee grouping
| Revenue ($) | Cost ($) | Remissions ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
Details on each fee set by act, regulation or fees notice
This section provides detailed information on each fee that PCO had the authority to set in 2020–21 and that was set by any of the following:
- act
- regulation
Upon the adoption of the Statutory Instrument Act in 1972, Parliament provided the right to any person, upon paying the prescribed fee, to inspect and obtain copies of any statutory instrument that had been registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council.
With technological developments and the arrival of the Internet, approved Orders-In-Councils (OIC) are systematically posted on PCO’s OIC website on the third working day following their approval and they can be accessed free of charge. As a result, no user fees have been collected since 2013–14.
Under the Statutory Instruments Regulations, PCO has the authority to set five (5) fees listed under Schedule III (1a, 1b, 2a (i), 2a (ii) and 2b).
Fee grouping
Fees for inspection of statutory instruments.
Fee
- For inspection of any statutory instruments issued, made or established more than five years before the request for inspection is made.
- For inspection of any statutory instruments not described in paragraph (a).
Fee-setting authority
Statutory Instruments Act, 17(a)(b) and 18(a)(b), Regulations (R.S.C, c.S-22)
Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1972
Last year fee-setting authority was amended
1993
Service standard
90% of requests will be completed within 5 business days. This standard became effective as of September 2005 and is still in use.
Performance result
All requests were systematically referred to the OIC website, where the information can be accessed free of charge.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
Low-materiality (<$51)
| Fee | 2020–21 fee amount ($) | 2020–21 total fee revenue ($) | Fee adjustment date in 2022–23 | 2022–23 fee amount ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For inspection of any statutory instruments issued, made or established more than five years before the request for inspection is made. | 1.00, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 | 0 | Not applicable. | 1.00, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 |
| For inspection of any statutory instruments not described in paragraph (a). | 0.50, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 | 0 | Not applicable. | 0.50, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 |
Fee grouping
Fees for obtaining copies of statutory instruments
Fee
- For obtaining the first copy of a statutory instrument, for each of the first 10 pages.
- For obtaining the first copy of a statutory instrument, for each additional page.
- For obtaining each additional copy of a statutory instrument.
Fee-setting authority
Statutory Instruments Act, 17(a)(b) and 18(a)(b), Regulations (R.S.C, c.S-22)
Year fee-setting authority was introduced
1972
Last year fee-setting authority was amended
1993
Service standard
90% of requests will be completed within 5 business days. This standard became effective as of September 2005 and is still in use.
Performance result
All requests were systematically referred to the OIC website, where the information can be accessed free of charge.
Application of Low-Materiality Fees Regulations
Low-materiality (photocopy)
| Fee | 2020–21 fee amount ($) | 2020–21 total fee revenue ($) | Fee adjustment date in 2022–23 | 2022–23 fee amount ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For obtaining the first copy of a statutory instrument, for each of the first 10 pages. | 0.25, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 | 0 | Not applicable. | 0.25, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 |
| For obtaining the first copy of a statutory instrument, for each additional page. | 0.15, for each additional page, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 | 0 | Not applicable. | 0.15, for each additional page, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 |
| For obtaining each additional copy of a statutory instrument. | 0.10 per page, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 | 0 | Not applicable. | 0.10 per page, subject to a minimum charge of 1.00 |
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