Ontario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Ontario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations

REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE PRICING IN INTERPROVINCIAL AND EXPORT TRADE OF ASPARAGUS PRODUCED IN ONTARIO

SHORT TITLE

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

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

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

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

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

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

"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.