3. The permit fees provided for in section 2 shall be increased on 1 April of each year on the basis of the rate of increase in the general Consumer Price Index for Canada for the period ending on 30 September of the preceding year, as determined by Statistics Canada.
The indexed fees shall be rounded off as follows:(1) where a fee is less than or equal to $35, it shall be increased or reduced to the nearest multiple of $0.25;
(2) where a fee is greater than $35, it shall be increased or reduced to the nearest dollar.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall inform the public, through Part 1 of the Gazette officielle du Québec or by such other means as the Minister considers appropriate, of the indexing calculated under this section.
O.C. 728-87, s. 3; O.C. 1633-92, s. 2; O.C. 248-96, s. 3.