Bill C-213

1st Session, 40th Parliament,

57 Elizabeth II, 2008

house of commons of canada

BILL C-213

An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT

1. Paragraph 19.1(a) of the Financial Administration Act is replaced by the following:

(a) by regulation prescribe the fees or charges to be paid for a right or privilege conferred by or on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, by means of a licence, permit or other authorization, by the persons or classes of persons on whom the right or privilege is conferred, including the issuance of a passport to

(iii) persons 65 years of age or more; or

PASSPORT SERVICES FEES REGULATIONS

2. Subsection 2(1) of the Passport Services Fees Regulations is replaced by the following:

2. (1) Subject to section 3, every person who requests that a passport service set out in column 1 of the schedule be performed shall pay

(a) if the person is less than 65 years of age, the fee set out in column 2; or

3. The portion of section 3 of the Regulations before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:

3. No fee is payable in respect of

(a) a passport service performed for

(i) a destitute person,

(ii) a child or mentally incompetent person living in an institution in another country,

(iv) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the spouse or common-law partner of a member; or