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Delegation under the
EXCISE ACT
Administrative Consolidation
Updated to October 4, 2012
Important note to users:
This consolidation has been prepared for convenience of reference only and has no official sanction.
Delegations in respect of the Excise Act were originally approved on September 27, 1999. On December 3, 2009 a new instrument was approved to replace all previous versions and amendments.
The delegations listed below are effective December 3, 2009, unless otherwise indicated.
Officers authorized to exercise powers and perform duties of the Minister of National Revenue under the Excise Act.
- Persons holding the position of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner in the Canada Revenue Agency, or a person authorized to perform the duties of one of those positions.
- A superior officer holding a position in the Canada Revenue Agency, the Canada Border Services Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police listed in the following Schedule, or a person authorized to perform the duties of that position.
Note regarding amendments to delegations: This consolidation includes all amendments made up to the date specified on the covering page. A history of when these amendments were made is listed under each provision.
DELEGATION OF THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL REVENUE’S
POWERS AND DUTIES
EXCISE ACT
DESIGNATION
The following positions in the Canada Revenue Agency and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or a person authorized to perform the duties of one of those positions, have been designated as superior officers for the purposes of the Act and regulations.
Deputy Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director General, Accounts Receivable
Director General, Business Returns
Director, Accounts Receivable Tax Programs
Director, Business Registration and Corporation Programs
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Manager, Specialty Business Returns, Business Registration and Corporation Programs
Director, Summerside Tax Centre
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Business Division, Summerside Tax Centre
Assistant Director, Enforcement
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Manager, Corporate Services and Excise, Summerside Tax Centre
Manager, Excise Duty
Manager, Revenue Collections
Manager, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Team Leader, Excise Duties and Other Levies, Summerside Tax Centre
Team Leader, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Revenue Collections
Team Leader, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Adjudications Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Detachment Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Customs and Excise Section Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Note: Pursuant to section 2 of the Excise Act, the Commissioner of Revenue is a superior officer for the purposes of the Act and regulations.
History: Designations were initially approved on September 27, 1999, amended on March 4, 2008, replaced on December 3, 2009 and amended October 4, 2012.
SCHEDULE
EXCISE ACT
Section 13
May designate officers to whom licence applications are to be made
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Subsection 17(2)
May judge whether proposed licensed premises are so situated, constructed or arranged as to embarrass or endanger the full collection of revenue
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Excise Duty
Section 20
May authorize an application for a licence
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Subsection 21(1)
May declare a licence forfeited where a manufacturer imposes exclusive conditions of sale on a purchaser so as to restrain competition
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Subsection 21(3)
Must be satisfied that practices restraining competition have ceased, before a new licence is granted
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Subsection 21(4)
A decision is final on whether the sale or consignment of goods is, or is not, subject to the terms and conditions mentioned in section 21
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Section 27
May be the sole judge of what would be sufficient cause for requiring a new list and description of apparatus, etc., for a licence application and may require them from an applicant
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Excise Duty
Paragraph 31(a)
May give written permission for the disposal of records prior to six years from the end of the calendar year in respect of which they are being kept
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Subsection 32(1)
May, at any time, require the production of an inventory of stock
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Section 36.1
May authorize and/or revoke a half-year reporting period
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Business Returns
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings
Director, Business Registration and Corporation Programs
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Manager, Specialty Business Returns, Business Registration and Corporation Programs
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Director, Summerside Tax Centre
Assistant Director, Business Division, Summerside Tax Centre
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Programs
Manager, Corporation Returns, Specialty Business Returns and Revenue Processing Section,
Summerside Tax Centre
Manager, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Specialty Business Returns, Summerside Tax Centre
History: Delegation is respect of section 36.1 was approved on October 4, 2012.
Subsection 42(5)
On written application made within the specified time, may refund any duty of excise or fee erroneously paid or overpaid under the Excise Act
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Excise Duty
Subsections 44(1) and (3)
May examine and approve, or re-examine and approve, instruments and tanks to be used in determining the quantity or volume of alcohol for purposes of the Excise Act or regulations
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Subsection 44(2)
May direct in writing that any instrument previously examined and approved be submitted for re-examination
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Subsection 44(4)
After re-examining an instrument, may revoke the approval of that instrument or instruments of the same class, type or design as that instrument
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Subsection 44(5)
May revoke the approval of the use of a tank given pursuant to paragraph 44(1)(b)
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, Canada Border Services Agency
Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Subsection 45(3)
May approve an alternative method in determining the quantity or volume of alcohol, when it is difficult to make such determination in accordance with subsection 44(1)
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
NOTE: A decision under this provision is based upon the recommendation of the Director General, Laboratory and Scientific Services Directorate, the Director, Analytical and Forensic Services Division, or the Manager, Alcohol and Tobacco Section, Canada Border Services Agency
Section 69
May be the official who receives a schedule of property seized
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Manager, Excise Duty
Team Leader, Excise Duty
Section 71
May direct how to deal with condemned goods
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Director, Adjudications Division, Canada Border Services Agency
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Manager, Excise Duty
Subsection 102(4)
May remit a penalty, on payment of the applicable duties, where satisfied that the persons liable for the penalty were not privy to an unlawful abstraction of the goods, or that the goods were stolen by persons unknown to them, and that they have used all possible means for the detection and arrest of the criminal
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Subsection 110.1(2)
May extend the time for the payment of duty
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Accounts Receivable
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Accounts Receivable Tax Programs
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Director, Summerside Tax Centre
Assistant Director, Enforcement
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Assistant Director, Business Division, Summerside Tax Centre
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections
Assistant Director, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Manager, Revenue Collections
Manager, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Manager, Corporate Services and Excise, Summerside Tax Centre
Team Leader, Excise Duties and Other Levies, Summerside Tax Centre
Team Leader, Revenue Collections
Team Leader, Revenue Collections and Client Services
Section 112
May deal with articles seized
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Detachment Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Customs and Excise Section Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Section 124
May make a determination and release a seizure made in error
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
Detachment Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Customs and Excise Section Commander, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Subsection 168(1)
May approve a guarantee company and determine the amount of the bond required in order to obtain a brewer's licence
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Subsection 169(2)
May approve a guarantee company putting up a bond in connection with a licence for manufacturing malt products (wort) and approve the formula to be used in the process of manufacturing such products
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Subsection 170.1(5)
May approve the form and manner in which to make an election that allocates the 75,000 hectolitre quantity limit for the reduced rates of duty amongst related or associated brewers
Headquarters Positions
Director General, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate
Director, Excise Duties and Taxes Division
Manager, Excise Duty Operations
Field Positions
Director, Tax Services Office
Assistant Director, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs (LPRA) Programs
Manager, Excise Duty
- Date modified:
- 2016-06-07