• 9. (1) Where an application for registration of a feed is assessed or evaluated and the feed is found to meet the requirements of the Act and these Regulations, a registration number shall be assigned to that feed and a feed registration certificate shall be issued to the applicant.

• (2) A feed registration certificate may be issued in respect of one or more feeds.

• (3) A registrant may surrender a feed registration certificate by submitting to the Director Form III of Schedule III, duly completed, that the registrant shall be provided with by the Director and that shall contain a list of the feeds for which the registrant has a registration certificate.

• (4) Every feed registration certificate with an expiry date of March 31, 1986 shall, notwithstanding the expiry date, continue in effect on the same terms and conditions as a certificate referred to in subsection (3).

• (5) Where all requirements for the registration of a feed, except those pertaining to efficacy, are met, the Director may, if the Director is satisfied that no safety hazard is likely to arise for livestock and that potential benefits for livestock may be derived from the registration of the feed, issue a temporary registration certificate for a limited period during which tests to determine the efficacy of the feed will be carried out.

• (6) Every feed registration certificate shall expire

  • (a) on September 30, 1996, if issued before January 1, 1985;

  • (b) on March 31, 1997, if issued during the period beginning on January 1, 1985 and ending on December 31, 1986;

  • (c) on March 31, 1998, if issued during the period beginning on January 1, 1987 and ending on March 31, 1996;

  • (d) on March 31 of the third year that follows the year of registration or the year of the latest renewal, as the case may be, if issued after March 31, 1996;

  • (e) on the date the Director receives from the registrant Form III of Schedule III indicating that the registrant agrees to surrender the feed registration certificate; or

  • (f) on the date the certificate of registration is cancelled by the Minister in accordance with section 12.

• (7) Any application to renew or amend a registration shall be made to the Minister in the same manner as an application for registration, and is considered to be an application for registration for the purposes of these Regulations.

10. Where a feed that is required to be registered is to be marketed in more than one physical form, one application for registration of that feed may be made, one registration fee paid and one registration number assigned to it.

11. The Director shall refuse to register a feed if, after an assessment or evaluation of the application for registration, there are reasonable grounds to believe that

• (a) its brand or name would tend to deceive or mislead a purchaser with respect to its composition or usefulness;

• (b) its brand would likely be confused with a brand already applied to a registered feed;

• (c) it is deleterious or injurious to livestock or humans when used according to directions;

• (d) it is unsuited for the purpose for which it is to be sold or represented;

• (e) it does not meet the standards prescribed by these Regulations for that feed;

• (e.1) it does not conform to the requirements of the Health of Animals Act, or any regulations made under that Act, respecting animal by-products, animal food or animal products; or

• (f) the labelling information or guarantees do not fully describe the usefulness of the feed.