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Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations

made under

Section 9 of the

Natural Products Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 308

N.S. Reg. 124/2023 (effective August 1, 2023)

amended to N.S. Reg. 83/2026 (effective April 1, 2026)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Interpretation

Hatching egg farmers to be registered

Form of application

Application information

Proof of registration

Request to appeal to Council

Records

Hatchery report

Levies

Requirement to meet CHEQ and CHEP ACP

CHEQ and CHEP ACP audits

Consequences of failure to meet program requirements

Producer responsible for costs

Requirement to participate in disease insurance plan

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia

Regulations .

Interpretation

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Natural Products Act ;

“auditor” means a person who performs audits in accordance with CHEQ and

CHEP ACP and is appointed by the Commodity Board to conduct audits in the

Province;

“certification agent” means an agent appointed by the Commodity Board for the

purpose of recommending to the Commodity Board whether to grant certification

to, suspend, or terminate, the certification of a producer as compliant with the

requirements of the CHEQ and CHEP ACP;

“CHEP ACP” means the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Animal Care Program

established by the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, as amended from time to

time;

“CHEQ” means the Canadian Hatching Egg Quality Program established by the

Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, as amended from time to time;

“chick” means a broiler chick hatched from a hatching egg that has been marketed

to a hatchery, from the time it is hatched until the time it is marketed to a broiler

chicken producer for broiler chicken production;

“flock” means any group of breeder hens housed in a producer’s facilities that are

being used by the producer for the production of hatching eggs at the same or

approximately the same time;

“grow farm” means a farm supplying breeder hens to a hatching egg producer;

“placement” means the transfer of breeder hens into a hatching egg production

facility;

“Plan” means the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Marketing Plan ;

“premises” means a parcel of land and the buildings on it;

“production area” means the portion of the production facility where the breeder

hens are producing hatching eggs;

“production facility” means the building used by a person for hatching egg

production; and

“salable chick” means a hatching egg that has been incubated, hatched and

determined by the hatchery to be of a quality to be sold.

Hatching egg farmers to be registered

(1) A person must not produce hatching eggs unless that person is registered as a

producer with the Commodity Board.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the production of up to 250 hatching eggs per premises per

calendar year is exempt from registration.

Form of application

4 An application for registration as a producer must be made in writing and in the form

prescribed by the Commodity Board.

Application information

(1) An application for registration must be completed annually and must include all of

the following information:

(

a) the type of application, as one of the following:

(

i) new registration,

(ii) renewal of registration;

(

b) the date of application;

(

c) the name and civic address of the applicant;

(

d) the location and a description of each of the applicant’s production facilities

including Parcel Identification Number and GPS coordinates;

(

e) the number of hatching eggs produced in each production facility in the

previous calendar year;

(

f) the size of the production area in each production facility;

(

g) placement records for each flock, including date of placement and number

of breeder hens placed;

(

h) a copy of the applicant’s agreement with a hatchery to incubate the

producers’ hatching eggs;

(

i) the applicant’s mailing address, if different than civic address;

(

j) the applicant’s telephone number;

(

k) the applicant’s email address, if any;

(

l) confirmation that the applicant will participate in, and contribute to, any

disease insurance plan required by the Commodity Board.

(2) Upon review of an application, the Commodity Board may request, and if

requested, the applicant must provide to the Commodity Board, information

regarding the applicant’s experience, equipment, biosecurity or financial ability.

Proof of registration

(1) The Commodity Board must register or refuse to register an applicant within 90

days of the date of receipt of the application by the Commodity Board.

(2) The Commodity Board may refuse to register, or refuse to renew the registration

of, an applicant for any or all of the following reasons:

(

a) the application does not include all required information and all applicable

fees;

(

b) the applicant has outstanding levy fees;

(

c) the applicant fails to comply with the Act, these regulations, or any other

regulations made by the Commodity Board, or any policy, order or direction

of the Commodity Board.

Request to appeal to Council

(1) An applicant who is affected by a decision of the Commodity Board under

Section

6 may appeal to the Council.

(2) A request for appeal must be submitted in writing to the Council no later than 30

days after the date the decision was made by the Commodity Board.

(3) A request for appeal must be made in the form and manner required by Council

and include the following information:

(

a) the decision of the Commodity Board;

(

b) the date of the decision by the Commodity Board;

(

c) the grounds for the appeal.

Records

(1) Every month, each registered producer must keep and submit to the Commodity

Board, for the previous month, a production and marketing report for the registered

producer’s production.

(2) The production and marketing report must be on a form prescribed by the

Commodity Board and include the following information:

(

a) placement records for each flock, including date of placement and number

of breeder hens placed;

(

b) invoices from grow farms for the number of breeder hens;

(

c) flock production records;

(

d) any other information required by the Commodity Board.

(3) The Commodity Board may review the records of a producer to verify any

information included in a production and marketing record, and the producer must

ensure that records are properly maintained for at least 18 months.

Hatchery report

(1) A hatchery operator must send the Commodity Board a hatchery report no later

than 10 days after the end of each month.

(2) A hatchery report under subsection (1) must include all of the following

information:

(

a) the name and address of each registered producer from whom it received

hatching eggs in that month;

(

b) the number of hatching eggs received from each registered producer;

(

c) the number of hatching eggs set;

(

d) the number of hatching eggs set that were transferred from another hatchery

in Nova Scotia;

(

e) the number of hatching eggs set that were acquired from outside Nova

Scotia;

(

f) the number of hatching eggs on hand at the end of the month, not including

hatching eggs in incubators;

(

g) the number of hatching eggs produced in Nova Scotia and shipped to

destinations outside of Nova Scotia during that month;

(

h) any other information as may be required by the Commodity Board.

Levies

(1) Each registered producer must pay to the Commodity Board a levy, on a quarterly

basis, of $0.004 for each hatching egg produced in the Province that results in a

salable chick that is marketed by the producer.

(1A) Each registered producer must pay to the Commodity Board a disease insurance

plan levy, on a quarterly basis, of $0.010954 for each hatching egg produced in the

Province that results in a salable chick that is marketed by the producer.

(2) The

schedule for the quarterly payments of levies required by subsection (1) is as

set out in the following table:

Quarter

Time Frame

Deadline for Levy Payment

January - March

April 20

April - June

July 20

July - September

October 20

October - December

January 20

(3) If the Commodity Board has not received a levy payment by the deadline in

subsection (2), the Commodity Board may cancel the producer’s registration.

Requirement to meet CHEQ and CHEP ACP

11 A registered producer must meet and continue to meet the requirements of CHEQ and

CHEP ACP.

CHEQ and CHEP ACP audits

(1) A registered producer must arrange for audits to be conducted as required by, and

to assess compliance with, CHEQ and CHEP ACP.

(2) An audit under CHEQ and CHEP ACP must be conducted on a date agreed to by

the auditor and the producer.

(3) After conducting an audit, the auditor must submit the completed audit report to

the certification agent.

(4) After the certification agent receives an audit report, the certification agent must

make a recommendation to the Commodity Board whether the producer meets the

requirements of CHEQ and CHEP ACP, as applicable.

(5) If the Commodity Board is satisfied, the Commodity Board shall certify a producer

as compliant with the requirements of CHEQ and CHEP ACP.

Consequences of failure to meet program requirements

13 If a registered producer fails to meet or continue to meet the requirements of the CHEQ

or CHEP ACP, the Commodity Board must revoke the producer’s registration or refuse

to issue a registration to the producer until an audit is conducted, and the certification

agent recommends to the Commodity Board that the producer meets the requirements of

CHEQ and CHEP ACP and the Commodity Board certifies the producer as compliant

with the requirements of CHEQ and CHEP ACP.

Producer responsible for costs

14 All costs incurred by a producer in meeting the requirements of CHEQ and CHEP ACP

are the responsibility of the producer.

Requirement to participate in disease insurance plan

(1) A registered producer must participate in, and contribute to, any disease insurance

plan required by the Commodity Board.

(2) A registered producer is responsible for its cost of participation in the disease

insurance plan.

(3) A hatchery must not receive, incubate or hatch hatching eggs from any registered

producer who does not hold the disease insurance required by the Commodity

Board.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations

N.S. Reg.

124/2023

Natural Products Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations made

under the Natural Products Act includes all of the

following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

124/2023

Aug 1, 2023

date specified

Jul 14, 2023

228/2025

Jan 1, 2026

date specified

Nov 14, 2025

83/2026

Apr 1, 2026

date specified

Apr 3, 2026

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2, defn. of “auditor” ........................

ad. 228/2025

2, defn. of “

certification agent” ......

ad. 228/2025

2, defn. of “

CHEP ACP” ................

ad. 228/2025

2, defn. of “

CHEQ” ........................

ad. 228/2025

5(1)(k) .............................................

am. 228/2025

5(1)(l) ..............................................

ad. 228/2025

10(1A) ............................................

ad. 83/2026

11-15 ...............................................

ad. 228/2025

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.