p-9.1, r. 3 - Regulation respecting duties and costs payable under the Act respecting liquor permits

Updated to 1 June 2024

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chapter P-9.1, r. 3

Regulation respecting duties and costs payable under the Act respecting liquor permits

Act respecting liquor permits

(chapter P-9.1, s. 114).

The duties and costs prescribed in the Regulation have been indexed as of 1 April 2024 pursuant to the notice published in Part 1 (French) of the Gazette officielle du Québec of 16 March 2024, page 176. (ss. 1, 3, 3.1, 4, 5, 5.1, 7, 7.1)

0.1. The duties payable for the issue of a permit and the duties payable annually thereafter for a permit, excluding an event permit, consist of the fixed amount provided for in section 1 and of the variable amount provided for in the first paragraph of section 1.1 or of the amount provided for in the second paragraph of that section.

However, section 1.1 does not apply to a grocery permit, winemaking and brewing centre permit or cider seller’s permit.

O.C. 1116-92, s. 1; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 1; S.Q. 2023, c. 24, s. 60.

1. The fixed amounts payable for a permit are the following:

(1)  bar permit: $658;

(2)  restaurant permit: $658;

(3)  accessory permit: $386;

(4)  grocery permit: $193;

(5)  winemaking and brewing centre permit: $193;

(6)  cider seller’s permit: $193.

O.C. 826-90, s. 1; O.C. 1116-92, s. 2; O.C. 882-2017, s. 1; S.Q. 2020, c. 31, s. 60; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 2.

1.1. The variable amount payable for a permit is $0.75 multiplied by the number of persons who may be admitted at one time, as determined by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, up to a maximum amount of $800.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount payable for a permit where the board does not establish the capacity is $50.

O.C. 1116-92, s. 3; O.C. 269-96, s. 1; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 3.

2. (Revoked).

O.C. 826-90, s. 2; O.C. 1116-92, s. 4; O.C. 882-2017, s. 2; S.Q. 2023, c. 24, s. 61.

3. The duties payable for the issue of an event permit authorizing the serving of alcoholic beverages are $32.25; per day of use, up to a maximum of 6 times the amount prescribed for a day of use.

Subject to the third paragraph, for an event permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages, the duties are $59.50; per day of use, up to a maximum of 5 times the amount prescribed for a day of use.

The duties payable for the issue of an event permit to sell alcoholic beverages on the premises of a tasting show or exhibition to a non-profit legal person are $59.50 per day of use, up to a maximum of 5 times the amount prescribed for a day of use. Despite the foregoing, no duties are payable for the event permit to sell issued to the other participants in a tasting show or exhibition pursuant to section 47 of the Regulation respecting the legal regime applicable to liquor permits (chapter P-9.1, r. 7), if that event is organized by a non-profit legal person.

O.C. 826-90, s. 3; O.C. 269-96, s. 2; O.C. 241-2014, s. 1; S.Q. 2020, c. 5, s. 238; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 4.

3.1. The duties payable for the issue of an event permit for a major event are $59.50 for each place where the permit will be used, up to a maximum of 3 places, and $34 per additional place, multiplied by the number of days of use of the permit, and up to a maximum of 5 days.

A major event within the meaning of the first paragraph is an event that

(1)  spans a continuous period of at least 3 days; and

(2)  is expected to attract at least 25,000 ticket-holding participants or at least 200,000 participants on an open site.

O.C. 1054-2021, s. 5.

4. The duties payable for the issue of an authorization for the presentation of shows and the duties payable annually therefor, for the projection of films intended for persons of full age or for dancing is $506 for each authorization.

O.C. 826-90, s. 4; O.C. 1116-92, s. 5; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 6.

5. The duties payable to obtain or renew temporary authorization to use a permit or temporary or permanent authorization to change the place where the permit is to be used are $162.

O.C. 826-90, s. 5; O.C. 1116-92, s. 6; O.C. 269-96, s. 3.

5.1. The costs payable for examination of an application for the on-site consumption of alcoholic beverages in the common areas of a lodging facility are $56.

O.C. 1054-2021, s. 7.

6. (Revoked).

O.C. 826-90, s. 6; O.C. 1116-92, s. 7; S.Q. 2016, c. 7, s. 82.

7. The costs payable for examination of an application provided for in section 95 of the Act are $162.

The costs payable for examination of an application for a permit made by reason of the alienation or leasing of an establishment are $320.

O.C. 826-90, s. 7; O.C. 1116-92, s. 8; O.C. 269-96, s. 4; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 8.

7.1. The duties payable for the issue of a certificate of compliance of an advertisement under the Regulation respecting promotion, advertising and educational programs relating to alcoholic beverages (chapter P-9.1, r. 6), are $162 per audio or video commercial and $34.50 for any other type of advertising.

O.C. 269-96, s. 5.

7.2. In the case of a permit for a seasonal operating period, the duties payable are reduced in proportion to the number of days during which the permit is not used.

Where the holder of a permit covering an annual operating period applies to change for a seasonal operating period, the board reimburses the part of the duties paid that correspond to the number of days occurring after the application when the permit is not used.

S.Q. 2020, c. 31, s. 61; O.C. 1054-2021, s. 9.

8. (Revoked).

O.C. 826-90, s. 8; O.C. 1116-92, s. 9.

9. The duties and costs prescribed in sections 1 and 3 to 7.1 are adjusted on 1 April of each year, based on the percentage change in the All-Items Consumer Price Index for Canada, for the preceding year. The change is calculated on the basis of the ratio between the index for the preceding year and the index for the year preceding that year. The index for a given year is the average of the monthly indexes published by Statistics Canada. The adjustment rate may not be less than zero.

The adjusted duties and costs are rounded off as follows:

(1)  where the annual increase resulting from the adjustment is between $0.01 and $0.25, they are increased by $0.25;

(2)  where the annual increase resulting from the adjustment is between $0.25 and $0.50, they are increased by $0.50;

(3)  where the annual increase resulting from the adjustment is between $0.50 and $1.00, they are increased by $1.00; and

(4)  where the annual increase resulting from the adjustment is greater than $1.00,

(a)  they are reduced to the nearest dollar if they contain a fraction of a dollar less than $0.50; or

(b)  they are increased to the nearest dollar if they contain a fraction of a dollar equal to or greater than $0.50.

O.C. 826-90, s. 9; O.C. 1116-92, s. 10; O.C. 269-96, s. 6; O.C. 1052-2011, s. 1; S.Q. 2023, c. 24, s. 62.

9.1. (Revoked).

O.C. 269-96, s. 7; O.C. 1052-2011, s. 2.

9.2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the board shall publish the table of the new duties and costs in Part 1 of the Gazette officielle du Québec as soon as possible after they are determined.

O.C. 269-96, s. 7.

10. (Amendment integrated into c. P-9.1, r. 1.)

O.C. 826-90, s. 10.

11. (Omitted).

O.C. 826-90, s. 11.

12. (Obsolete).

O.C. 826-90, s. 12.

13. (Omitted).

O.C. 826-90, s. 13.

REFERENCES

O.C. 826-90, 1990 G.O. 2, 1679

O.C. 1116-92, 1992 G.O. 2, 4156

O.C. 269-96, 1996 G.O. 2, 1534

O.C. 1052-2011, 2011 G.O. 2, 3042

O.C. 241-2014, 2014 G.O. 2, 727

S.Q. 2016, c. 7, s. 82

O.C. 882-2017, 2017 G.O. 2, 2653

S.Q. 2020, c. 5, ss. 238 and 239

S.Q. 2020, c. 31, ss. 60 and 61

O.C. 1054-2021, 2021 G.O. 2, 2780

S.Q. 2018, c. 20, s. 129

S.Q. 2023, c. 24, ss. 60 to 62