O. Reg. 69/98: LEVIES OR CHARGES - TURKEY (OVER QUOTA)

 

Commodity Boards and Marketing Agencies Act
Loi sur les agences de commercialisation et les commissions de produits agricoles

ontario REGULATION 69/98

LEVIES OR CHARGES — TURKEY (OVER QUOTA)

Consolidation Period:  From March 27, 1998 to the e-Laws currency date.

Last amendment: 141/98.

Legislative History: 141/98.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. In this Regulation,

“commodity board” means The Ontario Turkey Producers’ Marketing Board constituted under the Farm Products Marketing Act;

“turkey” means a turkey, any class of turkey or part of a turkey produced in Ontario.  O. Reg. 69/98, s. 1.

2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the commodity board is authorized, in relation to the marketing of turkey locally within Ontario,

(a) to fix, impose and collect levies or charges from persons engaged in the production or marketing of turkey in Ontario;

(b) to classify persons into groups and fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts; and

(c) to use the revenue from the levies or charges for the purpose of the commodity board including the creation of reserves, the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or other disposal of turkey and the equalization or adjustment among producers of turkey of money realized from turkey sales.  O. Reg. 69/98, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 141/98, s. 1.

(2) Levies may be imposed and collected only on,

(a) turkey produced by a producer in excess of the marketing quota allotted to the producer by the commodity board under the Farm Products Marketing Act; and

(b) turkey produced by a producer to whom the commodity board has not allotted a quota.  O. Reg. 69/98, s. 2 (2).

3. Every person who receives turkey shall deduct from the money payable for the turkey any levies or charges payable to the commodity board by the person from whom the turkey is received and shall forward the amount collected to the commodity board within 10 days after the Friday of the week in which the turkey is received.  O. Reg. 69/98, s. 3.