Manitoba Turkey Marketing Levies Order (SOR/84-835)

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Manitoba Turkey Marketing Levies Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Act

Act means The Natural Products Marketing Act (Manitoba); (Loi)

Board

Board means the Manitoba Turkey Producers’ Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act; (Office)

producer

producer means a person engaged in the raising or keeping of turkeys in the Province of Manitoba; (producteur)

turkey

turkey means a turkey of any variety, grade or class raised or kept for slaughter in the Province of Manitoba. (dindon)

Levies

3 Every producer shall pay levies to the Board at the rate of one and one-half cents ($.015) per kilogram live weight on all turkeys marketed by him in interprovincial or export trade.

Method of Payment

• 4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every producer shall pay the levies referred to in section 3 to the Board at its office in Winnipeg, Manitoba not later than seven days after the last day of the week in which the turkeys were sold.

• (2) The levies referred to in section 3 may be deducted from the amount owed to the producer by the person who purchases the turkey and paid by the purchaser to the Board at its office in Winnipeg, Manitoba not later than seven days after the last day of the week in which the turkeys were sold.

Exclusion

5 This Order does not apply to the sale of turkeys less than 10 days old.