I-7.1 - Act to limit the indexation of several government tariffs

Section 1 Disposition versions

2022-12-09

1. Despite any inconsistent provision, for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2026, the annual indexation rate determined under a provision of an Act or regulation applicable to a tariff corresponds to the lesser of the indexation rate determined as prescribed in that provision and a rate of 3%.

The indexation rule established in the first paragraph also applies

(1)  to the reduced contribution for educational childcare services set in the Reduced Contribution Regulation (chapter S-4.1.1, r. 1);

(2)  to tuition fees, contributions and other fees required with respect to a student and prescribed by the budgetary rules established with regard to universities or under the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29) or the Education Act (chapter I-13.3);

(3)  to parking fees set by the Directive relative aux activités de stationnement des établissements publics (French only) for public institutions governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) and the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(4)  to the rates for using the public fast-charging service for electric vehicles set in the Regulation respecting the rates for using the public fast-charging service for electric vehicles (chapter H-5, r. 1); and

(5)  to the tariffs, duties, contributions or other fees set by the Government, a minister or a body as consideration for a particular prestation the Government determines by regulation.

For the purposes of this Act,

(1)  “body” means a government department, a budget-funded body or a body other than a budget-funded body listed respectively in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), and an institution referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 83.1 of that Act;

(2)  “prestation” means the supply of a service, the delivery of a property, or the granting of a right; and

(3)  “tariff” means the consideration in money, other than a charge or an amount payable established with regard to an insurance plan, set by an Act, the Government, a minister or a body, for a prestation provided in the course of a body’s activities.

2022, c. 29, s. 1.