8.1. Where a person subject to charges for the use of water is a withdrawer referred to in the Regulation respecting the declaration of water withdrawals (chapter Q-2, r. 14) and has not sent to the Minister, within the period prescribed, the annual declaration provided for in section 9 of that Regulation with the information provided for in the second paragraph of section 8 of this Regulation, the charges payable are established,(1) if the water withdrawal is authorized by the Minister under section 22 of the Act, according to the maximum daily water volume that the authorization allows to be withdrawn for the current year; and
(2) in the other cases, according to the withdrawal rated capacity of the withdrawal facility or equipment.
Where a person subject to charges for the use of water is not a withdrawer referred to in the Regulation respecting the declaration of water withdrawals and has not sent to the Minister, within the period prescribed, the declaration provided for in the third paragraph of section 8 of this Regulation, the charges payable are established according to the withdrawal rated capacity of the withdrawal facility or equipment.
Before imposing the charges established under this section, the Minister must give prior notice to the person concerned and grant the person at least 30 days to submit observations.
1679-2023O.C. 1679-2023, s. 91.