Ontario Egg Order (C.R.C., c. 181)

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Ontario Egg Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Act

Act means The Farm Products Marketing Act of Ontario; (Loi)

Board

Board means The Farm Products Marketing Board of Ontario established pursuant to the Act; (Régie)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means The Ontario Egg and Fowl Producers’ Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act; (Office de commercialisation)

eggs

eggs means any eggs of a domestic hen produced in the Province of Ontario; (oeufs)

Plan

Plan means any plan for the marketing of eggs established and amended from time to time pursuant to the Act. (Plan)

Interprovincial and Export Trade

3 The Board and the Commodity Board are each authorized to regulate the marketing of eggs in interprovincial and export trade and for such purposes may, with respect to persons and property situated within the Province of Ontario, exercise all or any powers like the powers exercisable by each of them in relation to the marketing of eggs locally within that Province under the Act and the Plan.

Levies

4 The Commodity Board is authorized,

• (a) [Repealed, SOR/80-90]

• (b) in relation to the powers granted to it by section 3 with respect to the marketing of eggs in interprovincial and export trade,

to make orders fixing, imposing and collecting levies or charges from persons described in section 3 who are engaged in the marketing of eggs, and for such purposes classifying such persons into groups and fixing the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts, and the Commodity Board may use such levies or charges for its purposes, including the creation of reserves, and the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of eggs, and the equalization or adjustment among producers of eggs of moneys realized from the sale thereof during such period or periods of time as it may determine.