ontario regulation 373/24

made under the

Farm Products Marketing Act

Made: September 5, 2024
Filed: September 27, 2024
Published on e-Laws: September 27, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: October 12, 2024

Amending O. Reg. 125/04

(APPLES — MARKETING)

1. The definition of “producer” in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 125/04 is revoked and the following substituted:

“producer” means a person engaged in the production of ten or more acres of apples.

2. Subsection 6 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “December 31 following their appointment” and substituting “their successor takes office”.

3. The heading before section 9 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Advisory Committee

4. Sections 9 and 10 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

Apple Industry Advisory Committee

9. (1) An advisory committee is hereby established under the name “Apple Industry Advisory Committee” in English and “Comité consultatif de l’industrie pomicole” in French.

(2) The members of the Apple Industry Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a one-year term that shall begin on June 1 of any given year and end on the last day of May of the following year.

(3) The Apple Industry Advisory Committee shall be composed of a chair and at least eight other members to be appointed as follows:

1. The Commission shall appoint the chair.

2. The local board shall appoint four members.

3. The Apple Marketers’ Association of Ontario shall appoint three members, at least one of whom shall be a processor of apple juice.

4. The members of the negotiating agency appointed by the processors of apple juice shall appoint one member.

(4) If a member of the Apple Industry Advisory Committee appointed under paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection (3) dies, resigns or is unable to act, the entity that appointed the member shall appoint a replacement member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the member’s term.

(5) If any of the entities referred to in subsection (3) fails to appoint a member in any given year or to appoint a replacement member under subsection (4), the Commission may appoint the member or replacement member.

(6) The Apple Industry Advisory Committee has the power to advise and make recommendations to any of the entities referred to in subsection (3) in respect of,

(a) the promotion of harmonious relationships between persons engaged in the production and marketing of apples;

(b) the promotion of greater efficiency in the production and marketing of apples;

(c) the prevention and correction of irregularities and inequities in the marketing of apples;

(d) the improvement of the quality and variety of apples;

(e) the improvement of the circulation of marketing information respecting apples; and

(f) any matter in respect of which the Commission or the local board may be empowered to make regulations under the Act.

Commencement

5. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission:
La Commission de commercialisation des produits agricoles de l’Ontario :

Amy Cronin

Chair, Farm Products Marketing Commission/Présidente de la Commission d’Agr de l’Ontario

Scott Duff

Secretary to the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission/Secrétaire de la Commission

Date made: September 5, 2024
Pris le : 5 septembre 2024