Canada Assistance Plan (British Columbia) Remission Order

SI/96-22FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT
Registration 1996-03-06
Order Respecting the Remission of Certain Monies to the Province of British Columbia in Relation to the Canada Assistance Plan
P.C. 1996-237  1996-02-23His Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that it is in the public interest to do so, is pleased hereby, on the recommendation of the Minister of Employment and Immigration and the Treasury Board, pursuant to subsection 23(2.1)Footnote * of the Financial Administration Act, to make the annexed Order respecting the remission of certain monies to the Province of British Columbia in relation to the Canada Assistance Plan.
Return to footnote *S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Canada Assistance Plan (British Columbia) Remission Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order, agreement and contribution have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Canada Assistance Plan.

Remission

3 Remission is hereby granted of the monies received by the Province of British Columbia before December 1, 1995, on account of the contribution payable to the Province in respect of the fiscal year ending on March 31, 1996 under the Canada Assistance Plan and the agreement with the Province, that would have been payable in accordance with section 13 of the Canada Assistance Plan Regulations in respect of the months of December 1995 and January to March 1996, which monies represent a debt owing to Her Majesty in right of Canada by the Province as a result of the Province being in breach of the agreement since December 1, 1995.