Manitoba Egg Marketing Administration Levies Order

SOR/81-515

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Manitoba Egg Marketing Administration Levies Order

ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING, IMPOSING AND COLLECTING OF LEVIES FROM CERTAIN EGG PRODUCERS IN MANITOBA

SHORT TITLE

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

INTERPRETATION

2. In this Order,

"Act" means the Natural Products Marketing Act of Manitoba; (Loi)

"Commodity Board" means the Manitoba Egg Producers' Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act; (Office)

"eggs" means any variety, grade or class of eggs of a domestic hen belonging to the species Gallus Domesticus produced in Manitoba; (oeufs)

"Plan" means the Manitoba Egg Producers' Marketing Plan, established and amended from time to time pursuant to the Act, and any Regulations made pursuant to the Act to give effect to the Plan; (plan)

"producer" means any person engaged in the production of eggs in the Province of Manitoba. (producteur)

LEVIES

3. Every producer shall pay to the Commodity Board a levy of 2 cents per dozen of eggs marketed by him in interprovincial and export trade. SOR/84-209, s. 1; SOR/85-73, s. 1.

METHOD OF PAYMENT

4. (1) The levy imposed by section 3 shall be due and payable by the producer to the Commodity Board at the time of the marketing of the eggs by the producer.

(2) Every producer shall pay to the Commodity Board at its office, 1200 King Edward Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, all levies payable by him under this Order in respect of eggs marketed by him in any week, not later than seven days from the last day of the week in which the eggs were marketed.