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Bill C-211

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1st Session, 37th Parliament,
49-50 Elizabeth II,

House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-211

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (herbal remedies)

R.S., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)

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

1994, c. 7, Sch. II, s. 89; 1994, c. 7, Sch. VII, s. 9; 1994, c. 7, Sch. VIII, s. 54; 1998, c. 19, s. 23; 1999, c. 22, s. 34

1. Subsection 118.2(2) of the Income Tax Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (n):

    (n.1) for any herbal remedy that is

      (i) purchased for use by a patient who has been certified by a medical practitioner to have a severe allergy or a severe environmental sensitivity to a drug, medicament, preparation or substance described in paragraph (n), and

      (ii) prescribed by a medical practitioner as a substitute for that drug, medicament, preparation or substance.

1994, c. 7, Sch. II, s. 182; 1998, c. 19, s. 222

2. Subsection 221(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

    (a.1) defining the expression ``herbal reme dy'' for the purposes of paragraph 118.2(2)(n.1);