Ontario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations (SOR/80-175)

Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Ontario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Act

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

asparagus

asparagus means asparagus produced in Ontario that is used by a processor for processing; (asperges)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means The Ontario Asparagus Growers’ Marketing Board, established pursuant to the Act; (Office de commercialisation)

processing

processing includes canning, dehydrating, drying, freezing or processing with sugar or sulphur dioxide or any other chemical; (transformation)

producer

producer means a person who, on the first day of May in any year,

• (a) is the beneficial owner of property on which asparagus is growing, or

• (b) is the tenant of property on which asparagus is growing. (producteur)

Application

3 These Regulations apply only to the marketing of asparagus in interprovincial and export trade and to persons and property situated within the Province of Ontario.

Exemption

4 These Regulations do not apply to a producer

• (a) where the property on which asparagus is growing is less than one-half acre; or

• (b) in respect of any asparagus that has been planted on that producer’s property for less than two years.

Minimum Price

5 No person shall

• (a) sell or offer to sell, or

• (b) buy

asparagus at a price that is less than the minimum price determined by the Commodity Board from time to time.