Service Fees Act

Marginal note:Consumer Price Index

• 17 (1) A fee is adjusted in each fiscal year — on the anniversary of a date that is selected by the responsible authority with respect to the fee before the first adjustment — by the percentage change over 12 months in the April All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act, for the previous fiscal year.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) However, a fee is not adjusted by operation of subsection (1) in a fiscal year if the fee is fixed in that fiscal year before the adjustment date.