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O. Reg. 253/04: LEVIES - MILK, Under: Commodity Boards and Marketing Agencies Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.19
Commodity Boards and Marketing Agencies Act
Loi sur les agences de commercialisation et les commissions de produits agricoles
ONTARIO REGULATION 253/04
LEVIES — MILK
Consolidation Period: From August 26, 2004 to the e-Laws currency date.
No amendments.
This Regulation is made in English only.
Definitions
1. In this Regulation,
“commodity board” means the marketing board known as the Dairy Farmers of Ontario that is continued under the regulations made under the Milk Act;
“milk” means milk produced in Ontario from cows. O. Reg. 253/04, s. 1.
Levies
2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the following authority is granted to the commodity board, in relation to the marketing of milk locally within Ontario:
1. The authority to fix, impose and collect levies or charges from persons engaged in the production or marketing of milk in Ontario.
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the authority to classify persons into groups, to fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts and to use the levies or charges for the purposes of the commodity board, including the creation of reserves, the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of any milk and the equalization or adjustment among producers of milk of money realized from the sale of milk during the periods that the commodity board determines. O. Reg. 253/04, s. 2 (1).
(2) The commodity board shall fix, impose and collect levies under subsection (1) only on,
(a) milk marketed by a producer in excess of the quota that the commodity board has fixed and allotted to the producer under the Milk Act; and
(b) milk marketed by a producer to whom the commodity board has not fixed and allotted a quota under the Milk Act. O. Reg. 253/04, s. 2 (2).
(3) The commodity board shall deduct from the money payable to a producer all levies payable by the producer to the commodity board under subsection (1). O. Reg. 253/04, s. 2 (3).
3. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 253/04, s. 3.