Canada Grain Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. G-10)

Marginal note:Charges that may be made

• 51 (1) No licensee who operates an elevator shall charge or receive for any services performed under the licence at that elevator any sum greater than the lesser of

  • (a) the maximum charges that may be fixed by the regulations for the services, and

  • (b) such charges for the services as are set out in the schedule of charges filed by the licensee with the Commission.

• Marginal note:Charge fixed includes charge determined

  (2) The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to maximum charges fixed by the regulations includes a maximum charge determined pursuant to the regulations.

• Marginal note:Temporary maximum charges

  (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission, on receiving a written complaint from an interested person with respect to the charge for a service provided by the operator of a licensed elevator, may, by order, after giving all interested persons an opportunity to be heard, fix the maximum charge or a manner for determining the maximum charge for that service.

• Marginal note:Period of validity of order

  (4) An order made under subsection (3) becomes effective on the day specified in the order, which day shall not be earlier than the day the Commission determines that the facts giving rise to the complaint occurred, and ceases to be effective at the end of the crop year in which the order is made or on such earlier day as is set out in the order for its expiration.

• Marginal note:Cease to be in force

  (5) Subsections (3) and (4) cease to be in force on July 31, 1996.