<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2026-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-09-25" lims:current-date="2026-10-19" lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601096" lims:id="1601096" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SI" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601097" lims:id="1601097"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2026-204</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>9</MM><DD>25</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>20</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601098" lims:id="1601098"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601099" lims:id="1601099">Remission Order in Respect of Canadian Dental Care Plan Eligibility Issues</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2026-862</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2026</YYYY><MM>9</MM><DD>25</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601100" lims:id="1601100"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601101" lims:id="1601101" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that the collection of certain amounts is unreasonable, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Health, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SI-2025-103">Remission Order in Respect of Canadian Dental Care Plan Eligibility Issues</XRefExternal> under subsection 23(2.1)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-1111_hq_30457">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="F-11">Financial Administration Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-1111_hq_30458">b</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-1111_hq_30457" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-1111_hq_30458" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. F-11</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601102" lims:id="1601102"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601103" lims:id="1601103"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601104" lims:id="1601104">Definition of <DefinitionRef>Plan</DefinitionRef></MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>In this Order, <DefinedTermEn>Plan</DefinedTermEn> means the Canadian Dental Care Plan. (<DefinedTermFr>Régime</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:lastAmendedDate="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601105" lims:id="1601105"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601106" lims:id="1601106">Remission — eligibility issues</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601107" lims:id="1601107"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Remission of the amount determined under subsection (2) is granted to any person who</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601108" lims:id="1601108"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>was determined to be eligible for coverage under the Plan during any of the following periods:</Text><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601109" lims:id="1601109"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the period beginning on May 1, 2024 and ending on June 30, 2025,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601110" lims:id="1601110"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>a period beginning on or after June 1, 2025 and ending on June 30, 2026, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601111" lims:id="1601111"><Label>(iii)</Label><Text>the period beginning on July 1, 2026 and ending on June 30, 2027;</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601112" lims:id="1601112"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>was determined to be eligible based on an incorrect attestation on their application that they did not have access to private dental insurance or coverage;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601113" lims:id="1601113"><Label>(c)</Label><Text>received during a period referred to in paragraph (a), dental care services for which an amount should not have been or be paid under the Plan;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601114" lims:id="1601114"><Label>(d)</Label><Text>was subsequently found to be ineligible due to having access to private dental insurance or coverage; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601115" lims:id="1601115"><Label>(e)</Label><Text>but for this Order, would be required to repay the amount that was or will be paid under the Plan to dental care professionals for the services received under paragraph (c).</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601116" lims:id="1601116"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601117" lims:id="1601117">Amount remitted</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>The amount to be remitted is equal to the sum of</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601118" lims:id="1601118"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the amount that was paid or will be paid under the Plan to dental care professionals for the services referred to in paragraph (1)(c), and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2026-09-25" lims:enacted-date="2026-09-25" lims:fid="1601119" lims:id="1601119"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>any interest that has accrued or accrues on unpaid invoices for these services.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection></Section></Body></Regulation>