14. The duties to be paid by an applicant are set as follows:Periods | Duties |
Until 30 April 2019 | $356 |
From 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2021 | $737 |
From 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2023 | $1,000 |
From 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2025 | $1,250 |
From 1 May 2025 | $1,500 |
On 1 May of each year, the cost of those duties is adjusted in accordance with the rate of variation in the general Consumer Price Index in the preceding calendar year for Canada, as established by Statistics Canada; the duties thus adjusted take effect on that date.
The duties adjusted in the prescribed manner are reduced to the nearest dollar where they comprise a fraction of a dollar less than $0.50; they are increased to the nearest dollar where they comprise a fraction of a dollar equal to or greater than $0.50.
Each year, the Office de la protection du consommateur shall publish a notice of the cost of those duties in the Gazette officielle du Québec as soon as that cost has been determined.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. R-2.2, r. 1, s. 14; O.C. 817-91, s. 1; 1245-2017O.C. 1245-2017, s. 41.