Section 2 · Spending Control Act

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program spending of the government for a fiscal year means all expenditures in the year, other than

(a)costs associated with the servicing or repayment of debts incurred by the government under Acts of Parliament authorizing the borrowing of money by the government and of other public debt charges on specified-purpose accounts and other accounts,

(b)expenditures made in the operation of programs carried on under the Employment Insurance Act but not including any amounts that are required to be paid or contributed by the government as employer’s premiums under that Act,

(c)expenditures made under subsection 13(3) of the Farm Income Protection Act,

(d)expenditures made under subsection 17(1) of the Farm Income Protection Act,

(e)expenditures made as a direct result of an emergency,

(f)expenditures for specific programs that result from the revision of data provided for a period ending, or in respect of a date, before April 1991,

(g)expenditures made in satisfaction or settlement of judgments of courts against the government in respect of claims arising before April 1991 and that are identified as such in the Public Accounts, and

(h)payments made under sections 10 and 11 of the Seized Property Management Act; (dépenses de programmes)

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