Marginal note:Grain standards committees
20 (1) The Commission shall, by by-law, constitute a western grain standards committee and an eastern grain standards committee, in this Part referred to as the Western Standards Committee and the Eastern Standards Committee, for the purpose of
(a) recommending specifications for grades of grain and selecting and recommending primary standard samples and export standard samples of grain; and
(b) performing such other duties in connection with the determination of grain standards as may be assigned to each committee by the Commission.
Marginal note:Membership of Western Standards Committee
(2) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint to the Western Standards Committee
(a) a commissioner, a grain inspector and a scientist;
(b) the chairman of the grain appeal tribunal for the Western Division;
(c) two persons nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
(d) one person nominated by The Canadian Wheat Board;
(e) two persons selected from among processors of grain;
(f) two persons selected from among exporters of grain;
(g) twelve actual producers of western grain; and
(h) such additional persons not exceeding three in number as the Commission deems advisable.
Marginal note:Membership of Eastern Standards Committee
(3) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint to the Eastern Standards Committee
(a) a commissioner, a grain inspector and a scientist;
(b) one person nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
(c) four persons selected from among processors and exporters of grain;
(d) not more than four persons representative of producers of eastern grain; and
(e) such additional persons not exceeding three in number as the Commission deems advisable.
Marginal note:Chairman
(4) A commissioner shall preside as chairman at each meeting of a grain standards committee.
- R.S., 1985, c. G-10, s. 20
- R.S., 1985, c. 37 (4th Supp.), s. 7
- 1994, c. 38, s. 20
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