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Delegation of General Powers to the Hatching Egg Farmers

of Nova Scotia Regulations

made under subsection 6(2) of the

Natural Products Act

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

N.S. Reg. 171/2017 (August 18, 2017)

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Delegation of General Powers to the Hatching Egg

Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Natural Products Act ;

“Commodity Board” means the Hatching Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia, a body

corporate constituted under the Plan;

“Plan” means the Hatching Egg Marketing Plan made by the Council under

Section

11 of the Act;

“regulations” means regulations made under the Act with respect to producing or

marketing hatching eggs or chicks.

General powers delegated to Commodity Board

3 The Council delegates power to the Commodity Board to do all of the following:

(

a) investigate the cost of producing, distributing and transporting hatching eggs

and chicks, prices, price spreads, trade practices, methods of financing,

management, grading, policies and other matters relating to the marketing or

production of hatching eggs or chicks (clause 6(1)(

b) of the Act);

(

b) do any acts, make any orders and issue any directions that are necessary to

enforce the Act, the Plan or the regulations (clause 6(1)(

c) of the Act);

(

c) stimulate, increase and improve the marketing or production of hatching eggs

or chicks for the purpose of carrying out the Plan (clause 6(1)(

f) of the Act);

(

d) determine the price or prices at which hatching eggs or chicks may be bought

or sold in the regulated area (clause 6(1)(

g) of the Act);

(

e) exempt from the Plan or the regulations a person or class of persons who

produce or market hatching eggs or chicks, or who produce or market a class,

variety or grade of hatching eggs or chicks (clause 6(1)(

h) of the Act);

(

f) require persons who produce or market hatching eggs or chicks to

(

i) register their names, addresses and occupations with the Commodity

Board (clause 6(1)(

i) of the Act), and

(ii) furnish any additional information relating to the production or

marketing of hatching eggs or chicks determined by the Commodity

Board, including the quantity produced or marketed by them (clause

6(1)(

i) of the Act);

(

g) inspect, during normal business hours only, the books and premises of persons

who produce or market hatching eggs or chicks (clause 6(1)(

i) of the Act);

(

h) require, by order, a person who produces or markets hatching eggs or chicks to

deduct from their payment to another person who produces or markets

hatching eggs or chicks an amount payable to the Commodity Board by that

other person, and to remit that amount to the Commodity Board (clause 6(1)(

j) of the Act);

(

i) require the person in charge of any vehicle thought to be conveying hatching

eggs or chicks to stop the vehicle and to permit any person appointed by the

Council for the purpose to inspect the vehicle and its contents (clause 6(1)(

k) of the Act);

(

j) co-operate with any board or agency established under any federal Act or any

provincial Act to market or promote, facilitate, control, regulate or prohibit the

marketing or production of hatching eggs or chicks and to act conjointly with

any such board or agency (clause 6(1)(

l) of the Act);

(

k) co-operate and act conjointly with other marketing boards, agencies,

organizations or corporations in the Province for the purpose of sharing

information or resources (clause 6(1)(

l) of the Act);

(

l) prohibit any person from marketing or producing hatching eggs or chicks

except under the authority of a licence issued by the Commodity Board (clause

6(1)(

m) of the Act);

(

m) require the furnishing of security or proof of financial responsibility by any

person that markets or produces hatching eggs or chicks (clause 6(1)(

n) of the

Act).

Commodity Board authorized to borrow

4 The Council authorizes the Commodity Board to borrow money for the purposes of

carrying out any provision of the Plan (clause 6(1)(

e) of the Act).

Council supervision of exercise of powers

5 The exercise by the Commodity Board of any power delegated by

Section 3 or authority

granted by

Section 4 is subject to the supervision of the Council.

Council retains authority to exercise powers

6 Despite the delegation of powers to the Commodity Board in

Section 3 and the granting of

authority to the Commodity Board in

Section 4, if the Commodity Board refuses to act or

is unable to act, the Council retains the authority to exercise the powers it has delegated

and the authority it has granted to the Commodity Board.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Delegation of General Powers to the Hatching Egg

Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations

N.S. Reg. 171/2017

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 Delegation of General Powers to 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

171/2017

Aug. 18, 2017

date specified

Dec. 22, 2017

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

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.