Saskatchewan Class 1 Truck Driver Training Rebate Regulations, E-13.1 Reg 31

1 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE E-13.1 REG 31 The Saskatchewan Class 1 Truck Driver Training Rebate Regulations being Chapter E-13.1 Reg 31 (effective September 4, 2025). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 E-13.1 REG 31 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE Table of Contents 1 Title 8 Audit 2 Definitions 9 Overpayment 3 Program established 10 Minister’s powers re audits and overpayments 4 Application 11 Service 5 Eligibility and program duration 12 Immunity 6 Amount of grant 13 Provision of records for program 7 Additional information 14 Coming into force 3 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE E-13.1 REG 31 CHAPTER E-13.1 REG 31 The Executive Government Administration Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Saskatchewan Class 1 Truck Driver Training Rebate Regulations. Definitions 2 In these regulations: “applicant” means a person who applies for a grant pursuant to section 4; “class 1 licence” means a valid class 1 driver’s licence issued by Saskatchewan Government Insurance pursuant to The Traffic Safety Act; “eligible applicant” means a person whose application has been approved by the minister pursuant to section 4; “grant” means a grant provided by the minister in accordance with subsection 4(5) or (6); “mandatory entry-level training” means class 1 mandatory entry-level training provided by a Saskatchewan Government Insurance certified trainer; “minister” means the Minister of Finance; “ministry” means the ministry over which the minister presides; “program” means the Saskatchewan Class 1 Truck Driver Training Rebate Program established pursuant to section 3; “record” includes any document or information that is recorded or stored in any medium or by means of any device, including a computer and its hard drive or any electronic media. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s2. Program established 3 The Saskatchewan Class 1 Truck Driver Training Rebate Program is established to assist persons with the cost of obtaining mandatory entry-level training and to encourage new class 1 truck drivers to remain and work in Saskatchewan. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s3. Application 4(1) An applicant must apply to the minister, in a form and manner satisfactory to the minister, for a grant for each taxation year for which the eligible applicant intends to claim a grant. 4 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 E-13.1 REG 31 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE (2) An application mentioned in subsection (1) must include evidence of all of the following to establish to the minister’s satisfaction that the applicant is eligible for a grant: (a) that the applicant completed mandatory entry-level training within the period commencing on October 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2028; and (b) that, for each taxation year for which a grant is claimed: (i) the applicant possessed a class 1 licence as of December 31; (ii) the applicant filed a Saskatchewan T1 income tax return; and (iii) the applicant has an amount of income, or gross income from self employment, reported on the income tax return mentioned in subclause (ii). (3) For greater certainty, the minister shall not accept an application from an applicant: (a) for a taxation year before the taxation year during which the applicant received a class 1 licence; or (b) who applies on behalf of another person or is an employer. (4) An application pursuant to subsection (1) must be received within 3 years after the taxation year for which the eligible applicant intends to claim a grant, but no later than the date mentioned in subsection 5(4). (5) The minister shall approve an application and provide a grant to the applicant for a taxation year if the minister is satisfied in accordance with this section that the applicant is eligible for a grant. (6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), the minister may approve an application and provide a grant to an applicant if the minister is satisfied that: (a) extenuating circumstances caused the applicant to not meet all of the requirements of subsection (2); and (b) it is consistent with the purposes of these regulations to provide a grant. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s4. Eligibility and program duration 5(1) An initial grant may only be claimed with respect to one of the 2024 to 2028 taxation years. (2) On becoming eligible for an initial grant, the eligible applicant may apply for grants subsequent to the initial grant, subject to subsection (3), only with respect to the next 4 consecutive taxation years. (3) For greater clarity, an applicant who is not eligible for a grant mentioned in subsection (2) in a taxation year mentioned in that subsection: (a) may become eligible for a grant in a subsequent taxation year; and 5 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE E-13.1 REG 31 (b) is not eligible to carry forward the amount of a grant for any taxation year mentioned in subsection (2) for which the applicant was not eligible. (4) No application with respect to a grant subsequent to the initial grant is to be accepted after December 31, 2033. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s5. Amount of grant 6(1) The minister shall provide to an eligible applicant a grant in an amount of $1,000 per taxation year. (2) An eligible applicant may receive a maximum total grant amount of $5,000, payable in accordance with subsection (1) with respect to any of the taxation years mentioned in subsections 5(1) and (2) for which the eligible applicant qualifies. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s6. Additional information 7(1) At the time the application for a grant is made or at any subsequent time, the minister may require the applicant to supply the minister with any additional information that the minister may reasonably require to evaluate the application or to determine whether a grant is payable. (2) If the minister requires additional information pursuant to subsection (1), the applicant shall provide that information to the minister within the period specified by the minister. (3) No person shall provide false or misleading information to the minister on any application form or in response to any request for information from the minister. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s7. Audit 8 Every eligible applicant who receives a grant pursuant to these regulations shall provide, at the minister’s request and within the period specified by the minister, any information or record that the minister may require to audit the eligible applicant’s compliance with these regulations. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s8. Overpayment 9(1) The minister may declare all or any part of a payment made to an applicant pursuant to these regulations to be an overpayment if, in the opinion of the minister: (a) the applicant has knowingly made a false or misleading statement with respect to a material fact on any form or in any information or record provided to the minister pursuant to these regulations; 6 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 E-13.1 REG 31 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE (b) the applicant has omitted to make a statement or to provide any information or record to the minister pursuant to these regulations that results in a statement with respect to a material fact being misleading; or (c) the applicant has failed to comply with these regulations or any other law regulating driving. (2) If the minister declares all or any part of a payment to be an overpayment, the amount of the overpayment is deemed to be a debt due and owing to the Crown in right of Saskatchewan and may be recovered from the applicant in any manner authorized pursuant to The Financial Administration Act, 1993 or The Revenue and Financial Services Act or in any other manner authorized by law. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s9. Minister’s powers re audits and overpayments 10 For the purposes of performing audits and collecting overpayments pursuant to these regulations, the minister may exercise any powers in accordance with The Revenue and Financial Services Act. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s10. Service 11(1) Any notice, decision or other document required to be given or served pursuant to these regulations may be served: (a) by personal service; (b) by regular mail or registered mail sent to the person’s last address known to the ministry; or (c) by email sent to an email address provided by the person to the ministry. (2) If service is made by regular mail, the document is deemed to have been served on the fifth business day after the date of its mailing. (3) If service is made by registered mail, the document is deemed to have been served on the second day after the date of the post office receipt for the envelope containing the document or notice. (4) If service is made by email, the document is deemed to have been served at the time it is sent. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s11. 7 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE E-13.1 REG 31 Immunity 12(1) No action or proceeding lies or shall be commenced against the Government of Saskatchewan, the minister, the ministry or any officer or employee of the ministry or administrator or agent of the minister, if that person is acting pursuant to the authority of these regulations, for anything in good faith done, attempted to be done or omitted to be done by that person or by any of those persons pursuant to or in the exercise or supposed exercise of any power conferred by these regulations or in the carrying out or supposed carrying out of any duty imposed by these regulations. (2) Every decision of the minister is final and not open to question or review in any court, and no decision of the minister shall be restrained by injunction, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari or other process or proceeding in any court or be removable by application for judicial review or otherwise in any court on any grounds. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s12. Provision of records for program 13(1) If the minister receives a request from any person for information respecting the number of payments made pursuant to the program and considers it appropriate and in the public interest to do so, the minister may, on any terms that the minister considers appropriate, provide that information to that person. (2) Information respecting the names of individuals who received a grant pursuant to these regulations is not to be disclosed. (3) Section 70 of The Revenue and Financial Services Act applies, with any necessary modification, with respect to the information obtained pursuant to these regulations. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s13. Coming into force 14 These regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 12 Sep 2025 cE-13.1 Reg 31 s14. 8 SASKATCHEWAN CLASS 1 E-13.1 REG 31 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING REBATE REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE KING’S PRINTER Copyright©2025