5. The costs established in section 3 and in Schedule I to this Regulation are adjusted on 1 January of each year based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Indexes for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada; the change is calculated by determining the difference between the average of the monthly indexes for the 12-month period ending on 30 September of the preceding year and the average of the monthly indexes for the equivalent period of the second preceding year.
The Minister is to publish the results of the adjustment in the Gazette officielle du Québec before 1 January of each year and, if the Minister considers it appropriate, by any other means.