Vol. 147, No. 3 — January 30, 2013

Registration

SOR/2013-3 January 17, 2013

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Order Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order

Whereas the Governor in Council has, by the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation (see footnote a), established Chicken Farmers of Canada (“CFC”) pursuant to subsection 16(1) (see footnote b) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote c);

Whereas CFC has been empowered to implement a marketing plan pursuant to that Proclamation;

Whereas the proposed Order Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order is an order of a class to which paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote d) of that Act applies by reason of section 2 of the Agencies’ Orders and Regulations Approval Order (see footnote e), and has been submitted to the National Farm Products Council pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of that Act;

And whereas, pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote f)of that Act, the National Farm Products Council has approved the proposed Order after being satisfied that it is necessary for the implementation of the marketing plan that CFC is authorized to implement;

Therefore, Chicken Farmers of Canada, pursuant to paragraphs 22(1)(f) and (g) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote g) and section 12 (see footnote h) of the schedule to the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation (see footnote i), makes the annexed Order Amending the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order.

Ottawa, Ontario, January 16, 2013

ORDER AMENDING THE CANADIAN CHICKEN MARKETING LEVIES ORDER

AMENDMENTS

1. Subsection 3(2) of the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order (see footnote 1) is replaced by the following:

(2) Subsection (1) ceases to have effect on March 31, 2014.

2. Subsection 5(1) of the Order is replaced by the following:

5. (1) Every primary processor who holds a market development licence issued under the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations and who markets chicken produced under a federal market development quota must pay the following:

  • (a) in the case of chicken that is not marketed during the market development commitment period, a levy of $1.00 per kilogram on the live weight equivalent of that chicken;
  • (b) in the case of chicken that is not marketed before the end of the period referred to in the schedule to the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations that immediately follows the market development commitment period, an additional levy of $0.60 per kilogram on the live weight equivalent of that chicken;
  • (c) in the case of chicken, other than chicken referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), that is marketed by the primary processor to a buyer, or for an end-use, not referred to in section 3 of Schedule 2 to the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations, a levy of $1.60 per kilogram on the live weight equivalent of that chicken;
  • (d) in the case of chicken, other than chicken referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), that is not marketed as one of the product categories set out in column 1 of the table to section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations, a levy of $1.60 per kilogram on the live weight equivalent of that chicken; and
  • (e) in the case of chicken, other than chicken referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), in respect of which the primary processor has not, within 21 days after each period (in this paragraph referred to as the “reporting period”) that is described by any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition “market development commitment period” in section 1 and that is included in the market development commitment period during which chicken produced under the federal market development quota was marketed, provided sufficient information to CFC, or to any Provincial Commodity Board or person authorized by CFC to receive the information, to allow CFC to determine that the chicken was marketed during that reporting period to a buyer, and for an end-use, referred to in section 3 of Schedule 2 to the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations as one of the product categories set out in column 1 of the table to section 1 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations, a levy of $1.60 per kilogram on the live weight equivalent of that chicken.

COMING INTO FORCE

3. This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The amendments replace subsection 5(1) of the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order and set out March 31, 2014, as the date on which the levies cease to have effect.