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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2015


CHAPTER 10

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SERVICES
CHARGES ACT

(Assented to June 23, 2015)

Analysis


        1.   S.4 Amdt.
Charge on estate value

        2.   S.5.1 Added
Charge on applications, Mining Act


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1998 cS-13.2 as amended

        1. Subsection 4(3) of the Services Charges Act is repealed and the following substituted:

             (3)  Where the value of an estate exceeds $1,000, the amount payable under subsection (1) upon a grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign grant is $60 plus $0.60 for each additional $100 in the value of the estate.

 

        2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after section 5 the following:

Charge on applications, Mining Act

      5.1 (1) A charge is payable to the Crown for applications for and amendments to plans and licences under the Mining Act.

             (2)  The amount payable under subsection (1) for each initial application and each application for an amendment shall be paid at the time the initial application or application for amendment is made, as follows:

             (a)  $4,000 for an initial application for a metal mine development plan, and $2,000 for an application for an amendment to that plan;

             (b)  $4,000 for an initial application for a metal mine rehabilitation and closure plan, and $2,000 for an application for an amendment to that plan;

             (c)  $2,000 for an initial application for a non-metal mine development plan, and $1,000 for an application for an amendment to that plan;

             (d)  $2,000 for an initial application for a non-metal mine rehabilitation and closure plan, and $1,000 for an application for an amendment to that plan; and

             (e)  $1,000 for an initial application for a mill licence, and $750 for an application for an amendment to that licence.