This regulation defines “hatching egg” and “marketing agency,” lets the Lieutenant Governor in Council give the marketing agency power to set and collect levies on hatching eggs, and requires people who receive hatching eggs to deduct and forward those levies within 10 days.
1. In this Regulation, “hatching egg” means an egg intended to be hatched as a chick; “marketing agency” means the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Agency constituted under the Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act (Canada). R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 85, s. 1. 2. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council hereby grants to the marketing agency, in relation to the marketing of hatching eggs locally within Ontario, authority to fix, impose and collect levies or charges from persons engaged in the production of hatching eggs in Ontario and for such purpose to classify such persons into groups and fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts not exceeding, in any case, 0.5 cent for each hatching egg, and to use such levies or charges for the purposes of the marketing agency, including the creation of reserves, the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of any hatching eggs, and the equalization or adjustment among producers of hatching eggs of money realized from the sale thereof during such period or periods of time as the marketing agency may determine. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 85, s. 2 (1). (2) The grant of authority under subsection (1) does not include the authority to fix, impose and collect levies or charges on hatching eggs produced by a producer in excess of the production quota fixed and allotted to the producer by The Ontario Broiler and Roaster Hatching Egg and Chick Commission under the Farm Products Marketing Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 85, s. 2 (2). 3. Any person who receives hatching eggs shall deduct from the money payable for the hatching eggs any levies or charges payable to the marketing agency by the person from whom he or she receives the hatching eggs and shall forward such levies or charges to the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Agency, or its agent designated for that purpose, not later than ten days after the last day of the week in which the person received the hatching eggs. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 85, s. 3. 4. The marketing agency shall, at any time during normal office hours, make available to such auditor as the Minister of Agriculture and Food may designate, all books of account, records and documents relating to the receipt of funds pursuant to this Regulation and expenditures made by the marketing agency of money derived in whole or in part from funds received by the marketing agency under this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 85, s. 4.