Joint Canada-United States Government Projects Remission Order – Authorization to exercise powers or perform duties of the Minister of National Revenue

Administrative consolidation

Updated to February 23, 2005

Important note to users:

This consolidation has been prepared for convenience of reference only and has no official sanction. 

Persons authorized to exercise the powers of the Minister of National Revenue under the Joint Canada-United States Government Projects Remission Order (SI/91-9), made pursuant to subsection 23(2) (S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2)) of the Financial Administration Act

1. Persons holding the position of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner in the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, or a person authorized to perform the duties of one of those positions.

2. Persons holding a position in the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency listed in the following Schedule, or a person authorized to perform the duties of that position, in respect of the provision of the Joint Canada-United States Government Projects Remission Order that is set out in the Schedule.

Note: The Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners are authorized to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Minister under the Joint Canada-United States Government Projects Remission Order through the Authorization documents issued on October 28, 1999 and February 7, 2002, under section 8 of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Act.

Note: On December 12, 2005, the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency officially became the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency or the Commissioner of Customs and Revenue in documents issued before that date is to be read as a reference to the Canada Revenue Agency or the Commissioner of Revenue, as the case may be, in accordance with subsection 28(1) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act, S.C. 2005, c. 38.

Schedule

Joint Canada-United States
Government Projects Remission Order

Authority to determine whether a project is a joint Canada-United States government project for the purposes of this Order

Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Public Service Bodies and Governments Division, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Trade Incentives Program Division, Trade Policy and Interpretation Directorate
Manager, Duty Deferral Unit, Trade Incentives Program Division
Officer, Duty Deferral Unit, Trade Incentives Program Division

History:  Delegation in respect of this Order was amended on February 23, 2005, to add the positions of “Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate” and “Director, Public Service Bodies and Governments Division, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate”