Section 261.1 — Excise Tax Act: Rebate in respect of goods removed from a participating province

If a supply by way of sale of property that is tangible personal property (other than property included in paragraph 252(1)(a) or (c)), a mobile home or a floating home is made in a particular participating province to a person that is resident in Canada, if the person removes the property from the participating province to another province within thirty days after it is delivered to the person and if prescribed conditions are satisfied, the Minister shall, subject to section 261.4, pay a rebate to the person equal to the amount determined in prescribed manner. For the purposes of subsection (1), where a person places property in storage after it is delivered to the person in a participating province, the period during which the person holds the property in storage shall not be taken into account in determining whether the person removes the property from the province within thirty days after delivery.