Section 13 — Excise Tax Act: Amount of tax

Subject to subsection (2), the tax imposed under subsection 12(1) for transportation of a person by air shall be an amount that is the lesser of the amount of $30, if the amount paid or payable for transportation of the person by air is paid or payable after December 31, 1997 for transportation of the person by air that begins after February 28, 1998, or $55, in any other case, and such amount as may, for the purposes of this subsection, be prescribed by order of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport; or fifty per cent of the amount provided in paragraph (a) when the person is a child under twelve years of age and is being transported at a fare reduced fifty per cent or more below the applicable fare. Where the amount paid or payable in Canada for air transportation is for transportation by an aircraft that has been chartered for the purpose by one or more charterers, the tax imposed under subsection 12(1) on the amount paid or payable to a certified air carrier by each charterer shall be an amount that is the aggregate of the lesser of the amount of $30, if the amount paid or payable for the transportation of a person by air is paid or payable to a certified air carrier by the charterer after December 31, 1997 for transportation of the person by air that begins after February 28, 1998, or $55, in any other case, and such amount as may, for the purposes of this subsection, be prescribed by order of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, in respect of each emplanement, pursuant to the charter agreement of that charterer, on the aircraft by a person, other than a person described in paragraph (b); and fifty per cent of the amount provided in paragraph (a) in respect of each emplanement, pursuant to the charter agreement of that charterer, on the aircraft by a child who is under twelve years of age and is being transported at a fare reduced fifty per cent or more below the applicable fare. For the purposes of subsection (2), emplanement means an emplanement by a person at an airport in Canada on a specific flight that has as a destination an airport outside Canada and from which the person deplanes at an airport outside Canada. The tax imposed under subsection 12(2) for transportation of a person by air shall be where the first emplanement of the person occurs at an airport in Canada, an amount that is the lesser of the amount of $30, if the amount paid or payable for the transportation is paid or payable after December 31, 1997 and the first emplanement by the person, within the meaning of subsection (2.1), occurs after February 28, 1998, or $55, in any other case, and such amount as may, for the purposes of this paragraph, be prescribed by order of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, or 50% of the amount provided in subparagraph (i) where the person is a child under twelve years of age and is being transported at a fare reduced 50% or more below the applicable fare;

and in any other case, an amount that is the lesser of the amount of $15, if the amount paid or payable for the transportation is paid or payable after December 31, 1997 and the first emplanement by the person, within the meaning of subsection (2.1), occurs after February 28, 1998, or $27.50, in any other case, and such amount as may, for the purposes of this paragraph, be prescribed by order of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, or 50% of the amount provided in subparagraph (i) where the person is a child under twelve years of age and is being transported at a fare reduced 50% or more below the applicable fare. Subsections 12(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of the transportation of a person by air at a fare ninety per cent or more below the applicable fare.