Consumers who buy liquor from a retail vendor in the province must pay a tax to the Government at 25% of the liquor’s retail price.
c t HEALTH TAX ACT PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this Act, current to March 15, 2008. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of the Act. The Act and the amendments as printed under the authority of the King’s Printer for the province should be consulted to determine the authoritative statement of the law. For more information concerning the history of this Act, please see the Table of Public Acts on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Health Tax Act Section 20 c HEALTH TAX ACT CHAPTER H-3 Sections 1 to 6 repealed by 2007,c.19,s.35. Sections 7 to 19 repealed by 1990,c.54,s.29. 20. Regulations Repealed by 2007,c.19,s.35. R.S.P.E.I. 1974,Cap.H-3,s.20; 1990,c.54,s.29; 2001,c.7,s.4; 2007,c.19,s.35. 21. Tax on liquor Every consumer of liquor, as defined by the Liquor Control Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. L-14 purchased from a retail vendor under the said Act in the province shall pay to the Government a tax in respect of the consumption of the liquor and such tax shall be computed at the rate of twenty-five per cent of the retail price of the liquor purchased. R.S.P.E.I. 1974,Cap.H-3,s.21; 1981,c.16,s.1; 1990,c.54,s.29. 22. Regulations The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make such regulations, not inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, as the Lieutenant Governor in Council consider necessary or advisable, including regulations (a) requiring the doing of any act which may be considered necessary or expedient for the collection of the tax or to prevent evasion thereof; and (b) defining any expression used in this Act and not herein defined. R.S.P.E.I. 1974,Cap.H-3,s.22; 2007,c.19,s.35. c t Current to: March 15, 2008 Page 3