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Canadian Wheat Board Act

Version of section 33.1 from 2003-01-01 to 2012-07-31:


Marginal note:Deductions for research

  •  (1) For the purpose of providing additional funding for plant breeding research into new and improved wheat varieties, the Corporation shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council and at such rate as is fixed by the Governor in Council, make a deduction from the amount to be paid under subsection 33(2) to each holder of a certificate from the balance remaining in the Corporation’s account in respect of wheat.

  • Marginal note:Special account

    (2) The Corporation shall establish a special account for each pool period and all deductions under subsection (1) in respect of a pool period shall be credited to the special account for that pool period.

  • Marginal note:Payment to research funding agency

    (3) Subject to subsection (4), not later than one hundred and eighty days after the end of each pool period, the Corporation shall pay the balance in the special account for that pool period to such agency, in this section and sections 33.2 to 33.4 referred to as the “research funding agency”, as is designated by the Governor in Council for the purpose of funding research activities.

  • Marginal note:Deduction and adjustment for costs

    (4) Before making a payment under subsection (3), the Corporation shall

    • (a) take from the special account an amount equal to the costs the Corporation estimates it incurred and will incur in relation to the making and the administration of the deductions for the pool period in respect of which the account relates; and

    • (b) add to or remove from the account, as the case may be, the difference between the costs actually incurred by the Corporation in relation to the making and the administration of the deductions for the preceding pool period and the amount taken by it pursuant to paragraph (a) in respect of that preceding pool period.

  • Marginal note:Distribution by agency

    (5) Subject to subsection (6) and section 33.2, the research funding agency shall distribute moneys received by it pursuant to subsection (3) to persons and plant breeding centres engaged in research activities into new and improved wheat varieties with whom it has entered into research contracts.

  • Marginal note:Deduction and adjustment for costs

    (6) Before making a distribution under subsection (5), the research funding agency shall, subject to such agreement as the Minister may enter into with the research funding agency,

    • (a) take from the moneys received pursuant to subsection (3) an amount equal to the costs that it estimates it incurred and will incur in relation to the application of this Part in respect of the pool period to which the moneys relate; and

    • (b) add to or remove from those moneys, as the case may be, the difference between the costs actually incurred by the agency in relation to the application of this Part in respect of the preceding pool period and the amount taken by it pursuant to paragraph (a) in respect of that preceding pool period.

  • 1994, c. 39, s. 2
  • 1998, c. 17, s. 28(E)

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