Definitions

1   (1) In this Instrument,

"annual information form" means

(a) an "AIF" as defined by National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations, or

(b) an annual information form referred to in Part 9 of National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure;

"principal regulator" means the principal regulator determined under section 5 of National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+);

"shelf prospectus" means a prospectus filed under National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions;

"system fee" means a fee set out in Appendix A or B;

(2) In this Instrument, a term referred to in Column 1 of the following table has the meaning ascribed to it in the Instrument referred to in Column 2 opposite that term:

Inconsistency with other instruments

2   If there is any conflict or inconsistency between this Instrument and National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+), this Instrument prevails.

System fees for transmission

3   (1) A person or company described in Column A of Appendix A must pay the corresponding system fee specified in Column C of the Appendix to the person or company's principal regulator, if the person or company transmits a filing of a type described in Column B of the Appendix.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction is the person or company's principal regulator.

Annual registrant system fee

4   On December 31 of each year, a sponsoring firm must, for each individual registrant of the sponsoring firm, pay the system fee specified in Column C of Appendix B to the securities regulatory authority if the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction is the individual registrant's principal regulator on that date.

Means of payment

5   A person or company required to pay a system fee must pay the fee through SEDAR+.

Exemption

6   (1) The regulator or the securities regulatory authority may grant an exemption from this Instrument, in whole or in part, subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be imposed in the exemption.

(2) Despite subsection (1), in Ontario, only the regulator may grant such an exemption.

(3) Except in Alberta and Ontario, an exemption referred to in subsection (1) is granted under the statute referred to in Appendix B of National Instrument 14-101 Definitions, opposite the name of the local jurisdiction.

Transition

7   (1) Despite section 5, a person or company required to pay a system fee under Item 1 of Appendix A or under Appendix B must pay the fee through NRD, as defined in National Instrument 31-102 National Registration Database, until National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) requires that the person or company transmit, through SEDAR+, a filing of a type described in Item 1 of Appendix A or in Appendix B.

(2) Despite section 3, a person or company is not required to pay a system fee under Item 2 of Appendix A until National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) requires that the person or company transmit, through SEDAR+, a filing of a type described in Item 2 of Appendix A.