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User Fees Act ¹

A. User Fee	Fee Type	Fee-setting Authority	Date Last Modified	2008-09					Planning Years
				Forecast Revenue ($000)	Actual Revenue ($000)	Full Cost ($000)	Performance Standards	Performance Results	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue ($000)	Estimated Full Cost ($000)
Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act (FIMCLA) Registration Fees(2)	R	FIMCLA Regulations	May 31, 1999	671.0	637.0	831.0	Loans from lenders registered within 15 business days of receipt. Target is 90%.	100% of loans were registered within 15 business days of receipt.	2009-10	2,180.0	4,263.4
									2010-11	2,482.0	5,263.4
									2011-12	2,482.0	2,763.4
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA) (3)	O	Access to Information Act	1992	2.5	0.9	818.7	Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request.	Statutory deadlines met 95 % of the time	2009-10	2.0	900.0
									2010-11	2.0	900.0
							The Access to Information Act provides fuller details.		2011-12	2.0	900.0
2008-2009	Sub-total (R) Regulatory Service			671.0	637.0	831.0
	Sub-total (O) Other Products and Services			2.5	0.9	818.7
	Total			673.5	637.9	1,649.7
2009-2010	Sub-total (R) Regulatory Service									2,180.0	4,263.4
	Sub-total (O) Other Products and Services									2.0	900.0
	Total									2,182.0	5,163.4
2010-2011	Sub-total (R) Regulatory Service									2,482.0	5,263.4
	Sub-total (O) Other Products and Services									2.0	900.0
	Total									2,484.0	6,163.4
2011-2012	Sub-total (R) Regulatory Service									2,482.0	2,763.4
	Sub-total (O) Other Products and Services									2.0	900.0
	Total									2,484.0	3,663.4

B. Date last modified: N/A

C. Other Information:

1. (1) The DPR instructions advised that this table be used only for revenues under the User Fee Act (UFA). The advice from our legal counsel indicated that only the FIMCLA program as well as the fees charged under ATIA are subject to the UFA.
2. (2) During 2009-2010 the FIMCLA program will be revamped into the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (CALA) program, allowing for larger loans to a broader audience. Forecasts have been adjusted based on the larger anticipated volume.
3. (3) It is the Department's practice to waive fees where the total owing per request amounts to less than $25.

Notes:

According to prevailing legal opinion, where the corresponding fee introduction or most recent modification occurred prior to March 31, 2004 the:

• Performance standard, if provided, may not have received Parliamentary review;
• Performance standard, if provided, may not respect all establishment requirements under the UFA (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address)
• Performance result, if provided, is not legally subject to UFA section 5.1 regarding fee reduction for failed performance.

External Fees

A. External Fee	Service Standard	Performance Results	Stakeholder Consultation
Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act (FIMCLA) Registration Fees	Loans from lenders registered within 15 business days of receipt. Target is 90%.	100% of loans were registered within 15 business days of receipt.	With the FIMCLA program going through legislative changes in 2008-09, stakeholders have been consulted on many items, but not on a service standard for the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act (CALA) program which is set to replace the FIMCLA in early 2009-10. A new performance standard will be established for CALA as soon as it receives royal assent in 2009-10.
Fees charged for the processing of access requests filed under the Access to Information Act (ATIA)	Response provided within 30 days following receipt of request; the response time may be extended pursuant to section 9 of the ATIA. Notice of extension to be sent within 30 days after receipt of request.	Statutory deadlines met 95% of the time.	The service standard is established by the Access to Information Act and the Access to Information Regulations. Consultations with stakeholders were undertaken by the Department of Justice and the Treasury Board Secretariat for amendments done in 1986 and 1992.
	The Access to Information Act provides fuller details.
AgriStability Program - Administrative Cost Sharing (ACS) Fee	Process interim applications within 30 days, 100% of the time. Process final applications within 75 days, 75% of the time.	As of March 29, 2009, of the 2009 program year Interim applications processed where Canada delivers, 83% were processed within the 30 day standard. As of March 29, 2009, of the 2008 program year Interim applications processed where Canada delivers, 55.4% were processed within the 30 day standard. As of March 31, 2009 of the 2007 program year final applications processed where Canada delivers, 57.7% were processed within the 75 day standard.	The ACS fee is established by Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) agreement. Services standards are negotiated on a national basis by the Program Administrators Working Group to ensure consistency. The AgriStability program service standards are communicated to producers through industry advisories and toll free speaking points. Discussions with provinces on service standards is ongoing.

B. Other Information:

It is the Department's practice to waive fees where the total owing per request amounts to less than $25.

Notes:

As established pursuant to the Policy on Service Standards for External Fees:

• Service standards may not have received Parliamentary review;
• Service standards, may not respect all performance standard establishment requirements under the User Fee Act (UFA) (e.g. international comparison; independent complaint address)
• Performance results are not legally subject to UFA section 5.1 regarding fee reduction for failed performance.

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