Ontario Wheat Order (C.R.C., c. 223)

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Ontario Wheat 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 Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act; (Office de commercialisation)

Plan

Plan means any plan established and regulations made under the Act respecting the marketing of wheat, and includes any amendment made to the plan or regulations under the Act; (Plan)

wheat

wheat means wheat of every variety produced in Ontario. (blé)

Interprovincial and Export Trade

3 The Board and the Commodity Board are each authorized to regulate the marketing of wheat 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 wheat locally within that Province under the Act and the Plan.

Levies

4 The Commodity Board is authorized,

• (a) [Revoked, SOR/80-90]

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

to make orders fixing levies or charges and imposing them upon and collecting them from persons described in section 3 who are engaged in the marketing of wheat, 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, the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of wheat, and the equalization or adjustment among producers of wheat of moneys realized from the sale thereof during such period or periods of time as it may determine.