B-1.1 - Building Act

Section 153 Disposition versions

2020-01-10

153. The Board shall annually fix the levy on contractors, on owners of buildings, facilities intended for use by the public, installations independent of buildings or petroleum equipment installations, on manufacturers of pressure installations and on owners or operators of gas or petroleum product distribution undertakings, according to the method of financing it has chosen.

The rate of the levy shall thereafter be indexed annually according to the percentage increase in the average Consumer Price Index for Canada published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. S-19), for the 12 months of the preceding year in relation to the 12 months of the year preceding that year.

Where an annual average or the percentage calculated under the second paragraph, or the indexed rate of levy, includes more than two decimals, the first two decimals alone shall be retained and the second shall be increased by one unit if the third is equal to or greater than 5.

The first paragraph does not apply if an annual rate of levy is equal to the indexed rate of levy pursuant to the second paragraph.

The second and third paragraphs shall apply to any duties and fees payable under this Act.

The Board shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec the results of any indexation carried out under this section.

1985, c. 34, s. 153; 1991, c. 74, s. 70, s. 169; 1998, c. 46, s. 40; 2005, c. 10, s. 58; 2019, c. 28, s. 17.

2007-04-01

153. The Board shall annually fix the levy on contractors, on owners of buildings, facilities intended for use by the public, installations independent of buildings or petroleum equipment installations, on manufacturers of pressure installations and on owners or operators of gas or petroleum product distribution undertakings, according to the method of financing it has chosen.

The rate of the levy shall thereafter be indexed annually according to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Canada published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter S-19), for the 12 months of the preceding year in relation to the 12 months of the year preceding that year.

Where an annual average or the percentage calculated under the second paragraph, or the indexed rate of levy, includes more than two decimals, the first two decimals alone shall be retained and the second shall be increased by one unit if the third is equal to or greater than 5.

The first paragraph does not apply if an annual rate of levy is equal to the indexed rate of levy pursuant to the second paragraph.

The second and third paragraphs shall apply to any duties and fees payable under this Act.

The Board shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec the results of any indexation carried out under this section.

1985, c. 34, s. 153; 1991, c. 74, s. 70, s. 169; 1998, c. 46, s. 40; 2005, c. 10, s. 58.

1999-04-01

153. The Board shall annually fix the levy on contractors, on owners of buildings, facilities intended for use by the public or installations independent of buildings, on manufacturers of pressure installations and on owners or operators of gas undertakings, according to the method of financing it has chosen.

The rate of the levy shall thereafter be indexed annually according to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Canada published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter S-19), for the 12 months of the preceding year in relation to the 12 months of the year preceding that year.

Where an annual average or the percentage calculated under the second paragraph, or the indexed rate of levy, includes more than two decimals, the first two decimals alone shall be retained and the second shall be increased by one unit if the third is equal to or greater than 5.

The first paragraph does not apply if an annual rate of levy is equal to the indexed rate of levy pursuant to the second paragraph.

The second and third paragraphs shall apply to any duties and fees payable under this Act.

The Board shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec the results of any indexation carried out under this section.

1985, c. 34, s. 153; 1991, c. 74, s. 70, s. 169; 1998, c. 46, s. 40.

1992-02-01

153. The Board shall annually fix the levy on contractors, on owners of buildings, facilities intended for use by the public or installations independent of buildings, on manufacturers of pressure vessels and on owners or operators of gas undertakings, according to the method of financing it has chosen.

The rate of the levy shall thereafter be indexed annually according to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Canada published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter S-19), for the 12 months of the preceding year in relation to the 12 months of the year preceding that year.

Where an annual average or the percentage calculated under the second paragraph, or the indexed rate of levy, includes more than two decimals, the first two decimals alone shall be retained and the second shall be increased by one unit if the third is equal to or greater than 5.

The first paragraph does not apply if an annual rate of levy is equal to the indexed rate of levy pursuant to the second paragraph.

The second and third paragraphs shall apply to any duties and fees payable under this Act.

The Board shall publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec the results of any indexation carried out under this section.

1985, c. 34, s. 153; 1991, c. 74, s. 70, s. 169.

The first paragraph of this section, amended by paragraph 1 of section 70 of chapter 74 of the statutes of 1991, is in force only with regard to the qualification of contractors and owner-builders (1985, c. 34, s. 301; 1991, c. 74, ss. 132, 171).