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1 In this schedule,

quota

quota means

• (a) in respect of broiler hatching eggs, the number of broiler hatching eggs that a person is entitled to market in interprovincial or export trade under the quota system during a specified period, and

quota system

quota system means

• (a) in respect of broiler hatching eggs, a system established by the Agency by which

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  • (ii) in respect of a signatory province, the Agency allots quotas to producers in the signatory province, thus enabling the Agency to fix and determine the quantity, if any, of broiler hatching eggs of any variety, class or grade that may be marketed by such producers in interprovincial or export trade from the signatory province, and

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• (2.1) Persons appointed under paragraph (2)(b) or (c) shall be from a hatchery that is located in a signatory province and shall be experienced in the business or trade of the hatching of chicks for chicken production. The persons shall be active members of the staff of the hatchery and shall not be employed by the same business entity or corporate family. In each case the hatchery must be licensed by the Commodity Board where the province’s Commodity Board is authorized to license or, in the case of the Province of Quebec, shall be covered by an association of hatcheries accredited by that Province’s Supervisory Board.

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• 5 (1) The Agency shall, by order or regulation, establish a quota system in respect of the signatory provinces pursuant to which quotas are allotted to all producers to whom quotas in intraprovincial trade have been allotted by the appropriate Commodity Board.

• (2) The Agency may, by order or regulation, establish a quota system in respect of any non-signatory province pursuant to which quotas are allotted by the Agency, on the basis of the production in the non-signatory province reflected in the table to this section, to any person in a non-signatory province engaged in the marketing of broiler hatching eggs in interprovincial trade, but not for export, into a signatory province thus enabling the Agency to determine the quantity of broiler hatching eggs that may be so marketed and the conditions under which they may be so marketed.

• (3) Subject to section 6, the Agency, in establishing the quota system pursuant to subsection (1), shall provide for the allotment of quotas in such a manner that the maximum number of broiler hatching eggs produced in a province and authorized pursuant to quotas to be marketed in interprovincial or export trade in the twelve month period commencing on the effective date of regulations made by the Agency for the purpose of implementing the quota system when taken together with the number of broiler hatching eggs produced in the province and authorized pursuant to quotas allotted by the Commodity Board of the province to be marketed in intraprovincial trade in the same period, and the number of broiler hatching eggs produced in the province and anticipated to be marketed in the same period as authorized other than by such quotas will equal the total number of broiler hatching eggs set out for the province in the table to this section.

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6 The Agency shall not make any order or regulation that would have the effect of increasing or decreasing the aggregate of

• (a) the total number of broiler hatching eggs produced and authorized by quotas referred to in subsection 5(3) to be marketed in interprovincial, export and intraprovincial trade, and

• (b) the total number of broiler hatching eggs produced and anticipated to be marketed in interprovincial, export and intraprovincial trade as authorized other than by such quotas

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• 7 (1) The Agency, by order or regulation,

  • (a) shall, in respect of a signatory province, establish a system of licensing of persons engaged in the marketing in interprovincial or export trade of broiler hatching eggs or chicks produced in any signatory province for chicken production; and

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• 8 (1) The Agency may, in respect of broiler hatching eggs produced in a signatory province and marketed in interprovincial or export trade and in respect of broiler hatching eggs produced in a non-signatory province and marketed in interprovincial trade, but not for export, into any signatory province, by order or regulation,

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  • (b) impose additional charges on persons who market broiler hatching eggs in interprovincial or export trade in excess of their authorized quotas.

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9 The Agency may, by order or regulation, establish a pricing system that will enable the Agency, from time to time, to fix the price at which any variety, class or grade of broiler hatching eggs may

• (a) in the case of broiler hatching eggs produced in a signatory province, be marketed therefrom in interprovincial or export trade; and

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