7. The dues are adjusted on 1 April of each year based on the percentage variation, in relation to the preceding year, in the Consumer Price Index for Québec, as published by Statistics Canada. For that purpose, the Consumer Price Index for a year is the annual average calculated from the monthly indexes for the 12-month period ending on 31 December of the preceding year.
The results of the adjustment are rounded off to the nearest multiple of $0.05. The adjustment of a fee is postponed to the year in which the total of the adjustment rates applicable to each of the years for which the adjustment is postponed will increase the fee by $0.05.
The Minister is to publish the results of the adjustment in Part 1 of the Gazette officielle du Québec, on the website of the timber marketing board or by any other appropriate means.
2018-006M.O. 2018-006, s. 7.