16.14. An operator may include expenses referred to in subparagraph a of subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of any of sections 16.9, 16.11, 16.13, 16.13.0.2, 16.13.2, 16.13.4 and 16.13.6 in computing its cumulative exploration expenses, cumulative pre-production development expenses, cumulative post-production development expenses, critical and strategic mineral development expenses, cumulative community consultation expenses, cumulative environmental studies expenses or cumulative sustainable development certification expenses, as the case may be, for a fiscal year only if the operator reports them to the Minister on or before the date on or before which it is required to file a return, in accordance with section 36, for the fiscal year following the one in which the expenses were incurred.
2011, c. 6, s. 43; 2019, c. 142019, c. 14, s. 491; 2020, c. 162020, c. 16, s. 1911; 2021, c. 362021, c. 36, s. 441.