The money had to be in dollar bills to permit small individual payments.
In recent years, many companies have offered life insurance contracts that permit payment of benefits to people with terminal illnesses.
Many supermarkets, for example, that once accepted only cash and checks now permit payment with credit cards.
The action will also permit travel-related payments by individuals, including departure fees and ticket taxes.
The ad described the provision permitting late payment of taxes as a "loophole big enough to fly a 747 through."
Federal appropriations law does not permit payment of services in advance except in a few specified circumstances.
The fertility society's ethics committee, however, takes the view that eggs are body products, permitting limited payments, which is consistent with the Federal Government's policies.
The act permits payment for surrogate motherhood, a provision expected to be hotly debated in Toronto.
It does not permit earlier payments.
Rugby union which remained amateur and rugby league which permitted payments to players.