Freshwater Fish Marketing Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-13)

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Freshwater Fish Marketing Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. F-13

An Act to establish the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation and to regulate interprovincial and export trade in freshwater fish

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act.

  • R.S., c. F-13, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“Board”

« conseil »

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation;

“Chairman”

“Chairman”[Repealed, 2006, c. 9, s. 276]

“Chairperson”

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“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;

“container”

« emballage »

“container” includes any type of receptacle, package, wrapper or confining band, used in packing or marketing fish;

“Corporation”

« Office »

“Corporation” means the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation established by subsection 3(1);

“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;

“participating province”

« province participante »

“participating province” means a province in respect of which there is in force an agreement entered into under section 24 with the government of that province;

“President”

« président »

“President” means the President of the Corporation.

  • R.S., 1985, c. F-13, s. 2;
  • 2006, c. 9, s. 276(E).
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PART I

FRESHWATER FISH MARKETING CORPORATION

Constitution of the Corporation

Marginal note:Corporation established

  • 3. (1) A corporation is hereby established, to be known as the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, consisting of a Board of Directors composed of a Chairperson, a President, one director for each participating province and four other directors.

  • Marginal note:Appointment of Chairperson and President

    (2) The Chairperson and the President shall each be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for such term as the Governor in Council considers appropriate.

  • Marginal note:Appointment of directors

    (3) Each director, other than the Chairperson and the President, shall be appointed by the Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding four years that will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration in any one year of the terms of office of not more than one half of the directors.

  • Marginal note:Appointment

    (4) A director of the Corporation for a participating province shall be appointed on the recommendation of the lieutenant governor in council of the participating province.

  • Marginal note:Eligibility

    (5) A person who has reached the age of seventy years is not eligible to be appointed a director of the Corporation and a director of the Corporation ceases to hold office on reaching the age of seventy years.

  • Marginal note:Re-appointment

    (6) A director of the Corporation on the expiration of that director’s term of office is, if not disqualified by age, eligible for re-appointment.

  • Marginal note:Vacancies

    (7) A vacancy on the Board does not impair the right of the remaining directors of the Corporation to act, but where the vacancy relates to the office of a director for a participating province, it shall be filled as soon as practicable in the manner provided in this section.

  • Marginal note:Temporary substitute directors

    (8) If any director of the Corporation, other than the Chairperson or the President, is absent or unable to act, the Governor in Council may appoint a temporary substitute director on such conditions as the Governor in Council prescribes.

  • R.S., 1985, c. F-13, s. 3;
  • R.S., 1985, c. 1 (4th Supp.), s. 44(E);
  • 2006, c. 9, ss. 277, 278(E).
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