Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Wheat Board Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2. (1) In this Act,

  “actual producer”

  « producteur-exploitant »

  “actual producer” means a producer actually engaged in the production of grain;

  “bank”

  « banque »

  “bank” means

  • (a) a bank or an authorized foreign bank within the meaning of section 2 of the Bank Act,

  • (b) a credit union, caisse populaire or other cooperative credit society that is designated by the Minister on the application of that society as a bank for the purposes of this Act,

  • (c) a company within the meaning of the Trust and Loan Companies Act, or a company, society or provincial company within the meaning of the Insurance Companies Act, that is designated by the Minister on the application of that company, society or provincial company as a bank for the purposes of this Act, and

  • (d) a Province of Alberta Treasury Branch established pursuant to The Treasury Branches Act as enacted by the Legislature of the Province of Alberta;

  “board”

  « conseil »

  “board” means the board of directors of the Corporation referred to in section 3.01;

  “Board”

  “Board”[Repealed, 1998, c. 17, s. 1]

  “Corporation”

  « Commission »

  “Corporation” means The Canadian Wheat Board continued by section 3;

  “designated area”

  « région désignée »

  “designated area” means that area comprised by the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and that part of the Province of British Columbia known as the Peace River District, and any other areas that the Corporation may designate under subsection (3);

  “elevator”

  « silo »

  “elevator” means a grain elevator, warehouse or mill that has been declared by Parliament to be a work for the general advantage of Canada;

  “grain”

  « grains »

  “grain” includes wheat, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, rapeseed and canola;

  “Minister”

  « ministre »

  “Minister” means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

  “order”

  « arrêté »

  “order” means any order of the Corporation made under this Act and includes “instructions to the trade” issued by the Corporation;

  “permit book”

  « carnet de livraison »

  “permit book” means a Canadian Wheat Board delivery permit issued pursuant to this Act by the Corporation for a crop year;

  “pooling point”

  « point de mise en commun »

  “pooling point” means a place designated pursuant to subsection (5);

  “producer”

  « producteur »

  “producer” includes, as well as an actual producer, any person entitled, as landlord, vendor or mortgagee, to the grain grown by an actual producer or to any share therein;

  “quota”

  « contingent »

  “quota” means the quantity of grain authorized to be delivered from grain produced on land described in a permit book as fixed from time to time by the Corporation, whether expressed as a quantity that may be delivered from a specified number of acres or otherwise;

  “wheat product”

  « produit du blé »

  “wheat product” means any substance designated as such by the Governor in Council under subsection (4).

• Marginal note:Words and expressions

  (2) Unless it is otherwise provided in this Act, words and expressions used in this Act have the same meaning as in the Canada Grain Act, except that where in any definition of any such word or expression contained in that Act the word “elevator” is used, it has the meaning given to it under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Designating parts included in designated area

  (3) The Corporation may, by order, designate parts of the Province of British Columbia, other than the Peace River District, and parts of the Province of Ontario lying in the Western Division that are included in the designated area, for the purposes of this Act.

• Marginal note:Designating substances as grain products

  (4) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate substances produced by processing or manufacturing wheat, either alone or together with any other material or substance, as wheat products for the purposes of this Act.

• Marginal note:Designating pooling points

  (5) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate any place in Canada as a pooling point for the purposes of this Act.