Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (S.C. 1995, c. 40)

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act

S.C. 1995, c. 40

Assented to 1995-12-05

An Act to establish a system of administrative monetary penalties for the enforcement of the Canada Agricultural Products Act, the Farm Debt Mediation Act, the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Health of Animals Act, the Meat Inspection Act, the Pest Control Products Act, the Plant Protection Act and the Seeds Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“agri-food Act”

« loi agroalimentaire »

“agri-food Act” means the Canada Agricultural Products Act, the Farm Debt Mediation Act, the Feeds Act, the Fertilizers Act, the Health of Animals Act, the Meat Inspection Act, the Pest Control Products Act, the Plant Protection Act or the Seeds Act;

“Minister”

« ministre »

 “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, except that, in relation to a violation involving a contravention of the Pest Control Products Act , it means the Minister of Health;

“penalty”

« sanction »

“penalty” means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under this Act for a violation;

“prescribed”

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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation;

“Tribunal”

« Commission »

“Tribunal” means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 4.1(1) of the Canada Agricultural Products Act.

  • 1995, c. 40, s. 2;
  • 1997, c. 21, s. 30;
  • 2002, c. 28, s. 82;
  • 2005, c. 38, ss. 30, 145.
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PURPOSE OF ACT

Marginal note:Purpose of Act

3. The purpose of this Act is to establish, as an alternative to the existing penal system and as a supplement to existing enforcement measures, a fair and efficient administrative monetary penalty system for the enforcement of the agri-food Acts.