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Commodity Group Confirmation of Designations and Levies Order

made under

Section 46 of the

Agriculture and Marketing Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 6

N.S. Reg. 77/98 (September 24, 1998)

Commodity Group/Levies

Whereas Part F,

Section 46 of

Chapter 6 of the Revised Statues of Nova Scotia, 1989,

Agriculture and Marketing Act , as amended provides that the Minister by Order may designate

a body of a specific agricultural product as a commodity group and approve levy amounts.

For greater certainty, the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing confirms the levies for

designated commodities to be as follows:

Commodity Group Designation Date Levy Effective Date

NS Milk Producers January 29, 1986 .0023 x gross December 1, 1995

Association cash recipts

.2638/kg of butterfat

[Designation and levy revoked by N.S. Reg. 38/2001, effective April 1, 2001.]

Wild Blueberry December 14, 1987 $6/ton * January 1, 1993

Producers Asso-

ciation of NS

[*Levy replaced by N.S. Reg. 108/2006, effective July 11, 2006.]

Sheep Producers March 3, 1986 50¢/lamb or March 3, 1986

Association of NS sheep marketed

NS Fox Breeders June 14, 1989 ⅓ of 1% of gross July 25, 1989

Association pelt sales

Horticulture August 12, 1998 $10 [$5]/strawberry November 1, 1998

Nova Scotia nursery plants*

[*N.S. Reg. 43/99 declares that the by-law authorizing the increase to $10 was not validly passed.]

NS Cattlemen’s November 7, 1980 $1 per head less January 1, 1989

Association than 450 lbs. live

$1.50 per head more

than 450 lbs. live

[Designation and levy revoked by N.S. Reg. 145/2006, effective July 26, 2006.]

Signed: Edward Lorraine

Edward F. Lorraine, Minister

Agriculture and Marketing

Date: September 24, 1998