37.1. In this division and the regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise,“average contribution rate” for a particular year means, for the purposes of any of subparagraphs i and ii of subparagraphs a and d of the second paragraph of section 37.6, the contribution rate applicable from 1 July of the particular year in respect of that subparagraph added to the contribution rate applicable from 1 July of the preceding year in respect of that subparagraph, divided by two and rounded to the nearest whole percentage point or, if equidistant from two percentage points, to the higher of the two;
“beneficiary” means an individual referred to in section 5 of the Act respecting prescription drug insurance (chapter A-29.01);
“contribution rate” means the percentage applicable from 1 July of a particular year in respect of each of subparagraphs i and ii of subparagraphs a and d of the second paragraph of section 37.6, which(a) for the year 2002,i. in the case of subparagraph i of the said subparagraph a, is equal to 2.19%;
ii. in the case of subparagraph ii of the said subparagraph a, is equal to 4.38%;
iii. in the case of subparagraph i of the said subparagraph d, is equal to 3.29%; and
iv. in the case of subparagraph ii of the said subparagraph d, is equal to 6.58%; and
(b) for any year subsequent to 2002, is equal to the percentage applicable at 1 July of the year preceding that subsequent year or to such percentage as may be determined on 1 July of that subsequent year according to the rate of adjustment fixed annually by the Board pursuant to section 28.1 of the Act respecting prescription drug insurance, rounded to the nearest whole percentage point or, if equidistant from two percentage points, to the higher of the two;
“dependent child” of an individual for a year means a person in whose respect the individual deducts for the year, in accordance with sections 752.0.1 to 752.0.7 of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), an amount under section 752.0.1 of that Act pursuant to paragraph b of the said section 752.0.1, or could deduct such an amount if the individual had been resident in Québec for the purposes of that Act, throughout the year or, where the individual died in the year, throughout the period of the year preceding the time of death;
“due date” means, in respect of an individual for a year,(a) where the individual died after 31 October in the year and before 1 May in the immediately following year, the day that is 6 months after the day of death, and
(b) in any other case, 30 April in the immediately following year;
“eligible spouse” of an individual for a year means the person who is the individual’s eligible spouse for the year for the purposes of Title IX of Book V of Part I of the Taxation Act;
“family income” of an individual for a year means the amount by which the aggregate of the income of the individual for the year, determined under Part I of the Taxation Act, and the income, for the year, of the individual’s eligible spouse for the year, determined under that Part I, exceeds the aggregate determined in accordance with section 37.4 in respect of the individual for the year;
“individual” means an individual within the meaning of Part I of the Taxation Act, other than a trust within the meaning of section 1 of that Act;
“Minister” means the Minister of Revenue;
“month” means a calendar month, that is the period from the first day of a month to the last day of that month;
“regulation” means a regulation made by the Government under this division;
“year” means the calendar year.