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42-43-44 ELIZABETH II

CHAPTER 38

An Act to amend the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, the Income Tax Act and the Tax Court of Canada Act

[Assented to 5th December, 1995]

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.S., c. C-51; R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.); 1991, c. 49; 1994, c. 13

CULTURAL PROPERTY EXPORT AND IMPORT ACT

1991, c. 49, s. 218(2)

1. Subsections 32(4) and (5) of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act are replaced by the following:

Determination within four months

(4) The Review Board shall consider a request made under subsection (1) and, unless the circumstances of a particular case require otherwise, make a determination within four months after the date the request is received and shall give notice of the determination in writing or by electronic means to the person who has disposed of, or who proposes to dispose of, the object and, where the request was made by a designated institution or public authority, to the designated institution or public authority.

Redeterminati on

(5) Where the Review Board has, under subsection (4), determined the fair market value of an object in respect of its disposition or proposed disposition, the Review Board

    (a) shall, on request in writing by the person who has disposed of, or who proposes to dispose of, the object to a designated institution or public authority or by an agent of such a person appointed for that purpose, made within twelve months after the day on which notice was given under that subsection, redetermine the fair market value of the object; and

    (b) may, on its own initiative, at any time, redetermine the fair market value of the object.

Decision within four months and notice of redeterminatio n

(6) In the case of a redetermination under paragraph (5)(a), the Review Board shall, unless the circumstances of a particular case require otherwise, make the redetermination within four months after it receives the request under that paragraph and shall give notice of the redetermination in writing or by electronic means to the person who made the request.

Notice of redeterminatio n where no request

(7) In the case of a redetermination under paragraph (5)(b), the Review Board shall give notice of the redetermination in writing or by electronic means to the person who has disposed of, or who proposes to dispose of, the object and, where the request made under subsection (1) in relation to the object was made by a designated institution or public authority, to the designated institution or public authority.

Limitation

(8) Unless the circumstances of a particular case require otherwise, the Review Board shall not redetermine the fair market value of an object more than once.

Redeterminati on final and conclusive

(9) A redetermination under subsection (5) in respect of a proposed disposition is not subject to appeal to or review by any court.

1991, c. 49, s. 219(1)

2. Section 33 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Income tax certificate

33. (1) Where the Review Board determines or redetermines the fair market value of an object in respect of which a request was made under section 32 and determines that the object meets the criteria set out in paragraphs 29(3)(b) and (c), it shall, where the object has been irrevocably disposed of to a designated institution or public authority, issue to the person who made the disposition a certificate attesting to the fair market value and to the meeting of those criteria, in such form as the Minister of National Revenue may specify.

Copy to Minister of National Revenue

(1.1) The Review Board shall send a copy of a certificate referred to in subsection (1) to the Minister of National Revenue.

Where more than one certificate

(1.2) Where the Review Board has issued more than one certificate referred to in subsection (1) in relation to an object, the last certificate is deemed to be the only certificate issued by the Review Board in relation to that object.

Communicati on of information

(2) An official of the Department of Canadian Heritage or a member of the Review Board may communicate to an official of the Department of National Revenue, solely for the purposes of administering the Income Tax Act, information obtained under this Act for the purposes of administering this section and sections 32, 33.1 and 33.2.

Appeals Before the Tax Court of Canada

Appeal of redeterminatio n of fair market value

33.1 (1) Any person who has irrevocably disposed of an object, the fair market value of which has been redetermined under subsection 32(5), to a designated institution or public authority may, within ninety days after the day on which a certificate referred to in subsection 33(1) is issued in relation to that object, appeal the redetermination to the Tax Court of Canada.

Decision of Court

(2) On an appeal under subsection (1), the Tax Court of Canada may confirm or vary the fair market value and, for the purposes of the Income Tax Act, the value fixed by the Court is deemed to be the fair market value of the object determined by the Review Board in respect of its disposition.

Extension of time for appeal

33.2 (1) Where an appeal has not been instituted by a person under section 33.1 within the time limited by that section, the person may make an application to the Tax Court of Canada for an order extending the time within which the appeal may be instituted and the Court may make an order extending the time for appealing and may impose such terms as it considers just.

Contents of application

(2) An application made under subsection (1) shall set out the reasons why the appeal was not instituted within the time limited by section 33.1.

How application made

(3) An application under subsection (1) shall be made by filing in the Registry of the Tax Court of Canada, or by sending by registered mail addressed to an office of that Registry, three copies of the application accompanied by three copies of the notice of appeal.

Copy to Deputy Attorney General

(4) The Tax Court of Canada shall send a copy of each application made under this section to the office of the Deputy Attorney General of Canada.

When order to be made

(5) No order shall be made under this section unless

    (a) the application is made within one year after the expiration of the time limited by section 33.1 for appealing; and

    (b) the person making the application demonstrates that

      (i) within the time limited by section 33.1 for appealing, the person

        (A) was unable to act or to instruct another to act in the person's name, or

        (B) had a bona fide intention to appeal,

      (ii) given the reasons set out in the application and the circumstances of the case, it would be just and equitable to grant the application,

      (iii) the application was made as soon as circumstances permitted, and

      (iv) there are reasonable grounds for the appeal.

R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.); 1994, cc. 7, 8, 13, 21, 28, 29, 38, 41; 1995, cc. 1, 3

INCOME TAX ACT

1994, c. 7, Sch. II, s. 88(3)

3. Subsection 118.1(10) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:

Determination of fair market value

(10) For the purposes of paragraph 110.1(1)(c) and the definition ``total cultural gifts'' in subsection (1), the fair market value of an object is deemed to be the fair market value determined by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board.

Assessments

(11) Notwithstanding subsections 152(4) to (5), such assessments or reassessments of a taxpayer's tax, interest or penalties payable under this Act for any taxation year shall be made as are necessary to give effect to a certificate issued under subsection 33(1) of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act or to a decision of a court resulting from an appeal made pursuant to section 33.1 of that Act.

1994, c. 7, Sch. VIII, s. 98(2)

4. Subsection 165(1.2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Determination of fair market value

(1.2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no objection may be made to an assessment made under subsection 118.1(11), 152(4.2), 169(3) or 220(3.1).

1994, c. 7, Sch. VIII, s. 137(1)

5. Subparagraph 241(4)(d)(xii) of the Act is replaced by the following:

      (xii) to an official of the Department of Canadian Heritage or a member of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Re view Board solely for the purposes of administering sections 32 to 33.2 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act,

R.S., c. T-2; R.S., c. 48 (1st Supp.), c. 16 (3rd Supp.), cc. 1, 51 (4th Supp.); 1988, c. 61; 1990, c. 45; 1991, c, 49; 1992, c. 24; 1993, c. 27; 1994, c. 26

TAX COURT OF CANADA ACT

1990, c. 45, s. 57(1)

6. (1) Subsection 12(1) of the Tax Court of Canada Act is replaced by the following:

Jurisdiction

12. (1) The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine references and appeals to the Court on matters arising under the Canada Pension Plan, the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, Part IX of the Excise Tax Act, the Income Tax Act, the Old Age Security Act, the Petroleum and Gas Revenue Tax Act and the Unemployment Insurance Act, where references or appeals to the Court are provided for in those Acts.

1991, c. 49, s. 221

(2) Subsection 12(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Extensions of time

(4) The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for extensions of time under section 166.2 or 167 of the Income Tax Act, section 304 or 305 of the Excise Tax Act or section 33.2 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

1991, c. 49, s. 222

7. Subsection 18.29(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Extensions of time

(3) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) also apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of applications for extensions of time under section 166.2 or 167 of the Income Tax Act, section 304 or 305 of the Excise Tax Act or section 33.2 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Transitional

8. (1) A person who, before the day on which this section comes into force, has irrevocably disposed of, to a designated institution or public authority, an object, the fair market value of which was determined or redetermined by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board pursuant to section 32 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act between January 1, 1992 and the day on which this section comes into force, may, within six months after the day on which this section comes into force, appeal the determination or redetermination to the Tax Court of Canada.

Transitional

(2) A person who, within six months after the day on which this section comes into force, irrevocably disposes of, to a designated institution or public authority, an object, the fair market value of which was determined or redetermined by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board pursuant to section 32 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act between January 1, 1992 and the day on which this section comes into force, may, within six months after the day of the disposition, appeal the determination or redetermination to the Tax Court of Canada.

Application of certain provisions

(3) Subsections 33(2) and 33.1(2) and section 33.2 of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, as enacted by section 2 of this Act, apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of an appeal under subsection (1) or (2).

Income Tax Act

(4) Subsections 118.1(10) and (11) and 165(1.2) of the Income Tax Act, as enacted by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, with respect to any assessment or reassessment made to give effect to a court order made pursuant to an appeal under subsection (1) or (2).

Income Tax Act

(5) Subparagraph 241(4)(d)(xii) of the Income Tax Act, as enacted by section 5 of this Act, applies for the purposes of an appeal under subsection (1) or (2).

CONDITIONAL AMENDMENT

Bill C-70

9. If Bill C-70, introduced in the first session of the thirty-fifth Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and related Acts, is assented to, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 70 of that Act and section 4 of this Act, subsection 165(1.2) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:

Limitation on objections

(1.2) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (1.1), no objection may be made by a taxpayer to an assessment made under subsection 118.1(11), 152(4.2), 169(3) or 220(3.1) nor, for greater certainty, in respect of an issue for which the right of objection has been waived in writing by the taxpayer.

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

10. This Act or any provision of this Act or any provision of any other Act as enacted by this Act comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.