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Pork Nova Scotia Regulations

made under

Section 9 of the

Natural Products Act

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

N.S. Reg. 123/2016 (effective July 4, 2016)

amended to N.S. Reg. 168/2025 (effective September 1, 2025)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Application of regulations

Exemption from regulations

Definitions

Licensing and Registration

Requirement to hold licence

Types of licences

No licensing fee

Applying for licence

Commodity Board may issue licence

Licensee registration

Form of licence

Licence expiry and renewal

Recommendation to Council to suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or renew licence

Marketing

Booking system

Market price

Levy

Levy required

Levy on hog slaughtered or marketed

Levy on marketed weanling or feeder hog

Contract grower responsible for remitting levy

Debt recoverable in court

Reporting and Records

Marketing report

Records

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Pork Nova Scotia Regulations .

Application of regulations

2 Except as provided in

Section 3, these regulations only apply to producers, contract

growers, livestock dealers and processors.

Exemption from regulations

3 A producer who markets fewer than 25 hogs per year is exempt from these regulations.

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Natural Products Act ;

“boar” means an uncastrated male hog that is used for breeding;

“booking system” means the Commodity Board booking system described in

Section 15 through which a producer may market hogs;

“breeder” means a boar, gilt or sow intended to be used for breeding purposes;

“broker” means a person who purchases a hog for resale;

“Commodity Board” means Pork Nova Scotia, a body corporate constituted under

the Plan;

“contract grower” means a person who raises hogs that they do not own on behalf

of a producer;

“cull boar” means a boar that is no longer used for breeding and is marketed for

slaughter;

“cull sow” means a sow that is no longer used for breeding and is marketed for

slaughter;

“feeder hog” means a hog that is at least 30 days old and is marketed for hog

production instead of slaughter;

“gilt” means a young female hog that is capable of breeding and producing young,

has unaltered reproductive organs, has not been bred and will be used for breeding;

“levy” means a levy required by

Section 17 to be paid by a producer to the

Commodity Board for each hog marketed in the regulated area;

“licence” means a licence issued by the Commodity Board under

Section 9;

“licensing period” means the period between January 1 and December 31,

inclusive, in any year;

“livestock dealer” means a person who acts as an agent in buying or selling hogs,

and includes

(

i) a broker, and

(ii) a person who, as a business, operates a public auction where hogs are

sold;

“market hog” means a hog other than a weanling, feeder hog, gilt, sow, cull sow,

stag, boar or cull boar;

“processor licence” means a licence issued by the Commodity Board to a processor

to process hogs or pork;

“Plan” means the Pork Marketing Plan made under the Act;

“sow” means a female hog that has been used for breeding;

“stag” means a castrated male hog that has been used for breeding;

“weanling” means a hog that is at least 10 days old but is younger than 30 days

old.

(2) Definitions in the Plan apply to these regulations.

Licensing and Registration

Requirement to hold licence

(1) A person must not produce or market hogs in the regulated area without a licence.

(2) A licensee may produce or market hogs in the regulated area only as authorized for

their type of licence, as set out in

Section 6.

Types of licences

6 The following are the types of licences:

(

a) producer’s licence;

(

b) contract grower licence;

(

c) livestock dealer licence;

(

d) processor licence.

No licensing fee

7 No licensing fee is payable to the Commodity Board for issuing a new licence or

renewing a licence.

Applying for licence

(1) A person may apply for a licence by completing an application in the form and the

manner determined by the Commodity Board and submitting it to the Commodity

Board.

(2) An application for a licence must include all of the following information:

(

a) type of licence being sought, as set out in

Section 6;

(

b) applicant’s name;

(

c) type of applicant’s business entity;

(

d) applicant’s business name, if different from the applicant’s name;

(

e) applicant’s mailing address;

(

f) applicant’s civic address;

(

g) civic address of the location where licensed operations will be carried out;

(

h) applicant’s telephone number;

(

i) applicant’s fax number, if any;

(

j) applicant’s email address, if any;

(

k) name and title of a contact person with authority to act on behalf of the

applicant;

(

l) if the application is for a producer licence, the estimated number of hogs to

be produced per year;

(

m) if the application is for a livestock dealer licence, the estimated number of

hogs to be purchased per year;

(

n) if the application is for a processor licence, the estimated number of hogs to

be slaughtered per year.

(3) The Commodity Board must not consider an application unless the Commodity

Board determines it is complete.

Commodity Board may issue licence

(1) The Commodity Board must issue a licence to a person who applies for a new

licence in accordance with

Section 8 and whose application is not rejected or

refused.

(2) A licence may be issued on any date during a licensing period.

Licensee registration

(1) The Commodity Board must assign a registration number to each new licensee.

(2) The Commodity Board must maintain a register containing the name, civic

address, phone number and registration number of each licensee.

Form of licence

11 A licence must include all of the following:

(

a) licensee’s name;

(

b) registration number assigned to the licensee under

Section 10;

(

c) type of licence issued, as set out in

Section 6;

(

d) effective date of the licence;

(

e) issue date of the licence;

(

f) a statement that the licence will be renewed automatically at the end of each

licensing period except as provided in these regulations;

(

g) signature of the Chair of the Commodity Board or a member of the

Commodity Board acting on behalf of the Chair.

(

a) the licensee must comply with the Act, these regulations, the Plan and every

applicable order of Council or the Commodity Board;

(

b) the licensee must immediately surrender their licence to the Commodity

Board if the licensee ceases to carry on the business for which the licence is

issued;

(

c) the licence is not transferable;

(

d) any term or condition imposed by the Commodity Board that is consistent

with the Act, the Plan and these regulations and disclosed at the time the

licence is issued or renewed or by notice to all licensees, as determined by

the Commodity Board.

Licence expiry and renewal

(1) Every licence expires on December 31 of the licensing period in which it is issued

or for which it is renewed.

(2) A licence is automatically renewed for consecutive licensing periods unless

(

a) the licensee gives notice to the Commodity Board that it will not be

operating in the next licensing period; or

(

b) the Commodity Board recommends to Council under

Section 14 that the

licence not be renewed.

Recommendation to Council to suspend, revoke or refuse to grant or renew licence

the Commodity Board may recommend to Council that Council suspend, revoke or

refuse to renew the person’s licence or refuse to grant the person a licence.

(2) A recommendation by the Commodity Board under subsection (1) to refuse to

renew a licence must be provided to Council at least 90 days before the licence

expires at the end of the licensing period.

Marketing

Booking system

(1) In this Section, “shipping day” means a day that is designated by the Commodity

Board as the day for picking up and shipping hogs under the booking system.

(2) A producer marketing hogs through the booking system must adhere to

administrative requirements established by the Commodity Board, including all of

the following:

(

a) only the following types of hogs may be marketed through the booking

system:

(

i) market hogs,

(ii) subject to clause (b), cull sows;

(

b) a producer must not market any cull sows through the booking system

unless they are marketing at least 1 market hog on the same shipping day;

(

c) a producer must give the Commodity Board at least 6 days’ notice of the

number and type of hogs that they intend to ship on the next shipping day;

(

d) at the Commodity Board’s request, a producer must confirm the number

and type of hogs that they plan to ship on the next shipping day;

(

e) the Commodity Board may limit the number of hogs shipped by a producer

on shipping day;

(

f) a producer must transport their hogs at a time and at a place determined by

the Commodity Board.

Market price

16 The Commodity Board may issue a weekly report providing a market price for market

hogs and cull sows.

Levy

Levy required

(1) A producer who markets a hog in the regulated area must pay a levy in accordance

with Sections 17 to 20.

(2) For the purpose of determining a levy amount, the classes of hogs are as set out in

the following table:

Class

Types of Hogs in Class

weanlings only

cull boar, feeder hog, market hog, cull sow, stag

(3) The levy for each class of hog is as set out in the following table:

Class

Levy per Hog Marketed

$0.25

$2.00

Levy on hog slaughtered or marketed

(1) A producer who does any of the following must, on a monthly basis, in accordance

with the

schedule set out in subsection (2), submit payment of the levy due

together with the marketing report required by

Section 22:

(

a) slaughters a hog in the producer’s own facilities;

(

b) markets a hog through the booking system;

(

c) markets a hog to a livestock dealer or broker;

(

d) markets a hog to a processor;

(

e) has a hog slaughtered by a processor for a fee, after which the pork from

that hog is returned to the producer.

(2) The monthly market report and levy must be submitted to the Commodity Board

by the last day of the month following the month upon which the marketing report

is based.

(3) Despite subsection[s] (1) and (2), the Commodity Board and producer may agree

in writing to a marketing report which is submitted on a different schedule.

Levy on marketed weanling or feeder hog

(1) If a producer markets weanlings or feeder hogs, the Commodity Board collects the

levy in accordance with the following procedure:

(

a) the Commodity Board invoices the producer monthly for levy due based on

past records;

(

b) no later than 30 days after the date a producer receives an invoice under

clause (a), the producer submits all of the following to the Commodity

Board:

(

i) each manifest for the weanlings or feeder hogs marketed during the

month to which the invoice applies,

(ii) payment of the levy due, based on the number of hogs marketed, as

documented in the manifests submitted under subclause (i);

(

c) based on the manifests submitted under clause (b), the Commodity Board

adjusts its record of the amount of levy due.

(2) In subsection (1), “manifest” means a record of a marketing transaction.

Contract grower responsible for remitting levy

20 A contract grower is responsible for remitting the levy due for the hogs raised by the

contract grower.

Debt recoverable in court

(1) A fee, levy or charge imposed on a person under these regulations is a debt due to

the Commodity Board by that person and is recoverable in a court of competent

jurisdiction, in addition to any manner permitted under the Act or regulations.

(2) Any decision by the Commodity Board to recover a debt due to the Commodity

Board under subsection (1) requires the approval of the majority of the members of

the Commodity Board.

Reporting and Records

Marketing report

(1) A producer referred to in

Section 18 must prepare a marketing report and submit it

to the Commodity Board together with their levy payments.

(2) A marketing report must be in the form required by the Commodity Board, and

must include all of the following information:

(

a) producer’s name;

(

b) reporting period covered by the report;

(

c) date of the report;

(

d) name of a contact person and their signature;

(

e) total number of hogs marketed, reported by location of marketing.

Records

(1) A person licensed under these regulations must keep all of the following records at

their facilities or operation:

(

a) records supporting a report made to the Commodity Board under this Part;

(

b) records relating to all transactions in which hogs were marketed for the

previous 3 calendar years, including all of the following information:

(

i) name and address of all parties involved in the transaction,

(ii) class and number of hogs marketed,

(iii) date of the transaction;

(

c) if the licensee is a producer licence, records relating to the production of

hogs for the previous 2 calendar years.

(2) A person licensed under these regulations must submit a copy of records under

subsection (1) to the Commodity Board at the request of the Commodity Board,

within 30 days of the request.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Pork Nova Scotia Regulations

N.S. Reg.

123/2016

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 Pork 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

123/2016

Jul 4, 2016

date specified

Jul 8, 2016

99/2017

Jun 9, 2017

date specified

Jul 7, 2017

168/2025

Sep 1, 2025

date specified

Sep 5, 2025

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 ........................................................

rs . 168/2025

4(1), defn . of “breeder” ....................

rs . 168/2025

4(1), defn . of “broker” ......................

rs . 168/2025

4(1), defn . of “Commodity

Board” ..

ad. 168/2025

4(1), defn . of “feeder hog” ...............

am. 99/2017

4(1), defn . of “processor

licence” ....

ad. 168/2025

5 ........................................................

am. 168/2025 (“pork or a hog” replaced throughout)

16 ......................................................

am. 168/2025

17(1) .................................................

rs . 168/2025

18-23 .................................................

rs . 168/2025

24-25 .................................................

rep. 168/2025

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.