Seeds Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

analyst

analyst means a person designated as an analyst pursuant to section 5; (analyste)

document

document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; (document)

environment

environment means the components of the Earth and includes

• (a) air, land and water,

• (b) all layers of the atmosphere,

• (c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and

• (d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c); (environnement)

grade

grade, in respect of seed, includes any class of seed; (catégorie)

grade name

grade name includes any mark, description or designation of a grade; (dénomination de catégorie)

inspector

inspector means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to section 5; (inspecteur)

item to which this Act applies

item to which this Act applies means

• (a) seed,

• (b) anything used in an activity regulated under this Act, and

• (c) a document that is related to seed or to any activity regulated under this Act; (chose visée par la présente loi)

label

label includes any legend, word, mark, symbol or design applied or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any seed or package; (étiquette)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; (ministre)

package

package includes a sack, bag, barrel, case or any other container in which seed is placed or packed; (emballage)

penalty

penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act for a violation; (sanction)

place

place includes any vehicle, vessel, railway car or aircraft; (lieu)

prescribed

prescribed means prescribed by regulation;

seed

seed means any plant part of any species belonging to the plant kingdom, represented, sold or used to grow a plant; (semences)

sell

sell includes agree to sell, or offer, keep, expose, transmit, send, convey or deliver for sale, or agree to exchange or to dispose of to any person in any manner for a consideration. (vente)

Tribunal

Tribunal means the Review Tribunal continued by subsection 27(1) of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act; (Commission)

violation

violation means any contravention of this Act or the regulations that may be proceeded with in accordance with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act. (violation)