SNL1998 CHAPTER S-13.2 - SERVICES CHARGES ACT

SNL1998 CHAPTER S-13.2 SERVICES CHARGES ACT Amended: 2000 c27; 2001 cN-3.1 s2; 2004 c15; 2005 c13; 2008 c47 s16; 2013 c9; 2015 c10 CHAPTER S-13.2 AN ACT RESPECTING THE IMPOSITION OF A CHARGE RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT SERVICES (Assented to December 15, 1998) Analysis 1. Short title 2. Registration of judgment charge 3. Rep. by 2000 c27 s1 4. Charge on estate value 5. Land registration charge 5.1 Charge on applications, Mining Act 6. Fees considered as charges 7. Crown bound Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Services Charges Act . 1998 cS-13.2 s1 Back to Top Registration of judgment charge 2. (1) A charge is payable to the Crown for the registration of a notice of judgment, a writ, a warrant for the arrest of a ship or another writing evidencing a judgment or order of a court in the office of the High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador. (2) The amount payable under subsection (1) for each registration shall be $75 or one percent of the amount set out in the document registered, whichever is greater, to a maximum amount of $1,500. 1998 cS-13.2 s2 ; 2001 cN-3.1 s2 Back to Top Rep. by 200 0 c27 s1 3. [Rep. by 2000 c27 s1] 2000 c27 s1 Back to Top Charge on estate value 4. (1) A charge is payable to the Crown by the estate of a deceased person for a grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign grant under Part VI of the Judicature Act. (2) The amount payable under subsection (1) upon a grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign grant is $60 where the value of the estate does not exceed $1,000. (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. (4) The charge payable under subsection (1) is payable by the executor or administrator of the estate in his or her representative capacity only. (5) Where, after a grant of letters of probate or administration, the value of an estate is determined to be less than the value first certified, the executor or administrator may apply for and shall be granted a refund of the amount of an overpayment. (6) Where, after a grant of letters of probate or administration, the value of an estate, is determined to be greater than the value first certified, the executor or administrator shall pay an additional amount calculated on the basis of the amount by which the true value of the estate exceeds the value first certified. (7) An amount purporting to be paid under Rule 55 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1986 upon a grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign grant after December 15, 1998 is considered to have been validly paid under this section notwithstanding it may have exceeded the amount payable under subsection (2) or (3). 1998 cS-13.2 s4 ; 2008 c47 s16 ; 2015 c10 s1 Back to Top Land registration charge 5. (1) A charge is payable to the Crown for the registration in the Registry of Deeds under section 7 of the Registration of Deeds Act, 2009 of a conveyance of land, a notice of mortgage or the assignment of a lease of land. (2) The amount payable under subsection (1) for each registration of a conveyance or an assignment of a lease of land shall be paid at the time of registration and shall be (a) $100, where the value of the land that is the subject of the registration does not exceed $500; and (b) where the value of the land that is the subject of the registration exceeds $500, $100 plus $0.40 for each additional $100 or part of $100. (3) The amount payable under subsection (1) for each registration of a notice of mortgage shall be paid at the time of registration and shall be (a) $100, where the amount of indebtedness secured by the mortgage does not exceed $500; and (b) where the amount of indebtedness secured by the mortgage exceeds $500, $100 plus $0.40 for each additional $100 or part of $100 to a maximum of $5,000. 2013 c9 s1 Back to Top 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. 2015 c10 s2 Back to Top Fees considered as charges 6. (1) Where, before the coming into force of this Act, a fee or another charge in the nature of a fee, whether contained in a regulation or an order or directive of a minister or other person or body, was charged and collected with respect to a registration referred to in subsection 2(1), 3(1) or 5(1), or the grant of letters of probate or administration or the resealing of a foreign grant referred to in subsection 4(1), the fee shall be considered to have been a validly imposed charge and shall be considered to have been as validly imposed and collected as if it had been imposed by an Act of the legislature. (2) Money paid as a fee that is considered to be a valid charge by subsection (1) is conclusively considered to be the property of the Crown. 1998 cS-13.2 s6 Back to Top Crown bound 7. The Crown in right of the province and the Crown in right of Canada are bound by this Act. 1998 cS-13.2 s7