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Delegation of Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations

made under Sections 13 and 14 of the

Dairy Industry Act

S.N.S. 2000, c. 24

N.S. Reg. 136/2001 (effective November 6, 2001)

as amended by N.S. Reg. 167/2025 (effective August 26, 2025)

1 These regulations may be cited as the Delegation of Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova

Scotia Regulations .

(1) Pursuant to Sections 13 and 14 of the Dairy Industry Act , the Natural Products

Marketing Council delegates the following powers, including the power to make

regulations, to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia, subject to the approval of the Council:

(

a) fixing and allotting quota for marketing or production (clause 9(

a) and

subclause 14(1)(e)(i) [of the Act]);

(

b) subject to

Section 25 [of the Act], prescribing the price structure for raw milk

and any component of milk and the basis of the calculation of the price

structure having regard to any or all of the following circumstances:

(

i) the prevailing market price of milk,

(ii) the conditions of production,

(iii) the manner of delivery,

(iv) the cost of handling and delivering milk,

(

v) any other circumstance that has an effect on the price of milk

(clauses 9(

b) and 14(1)(c) [of the Act]);

(

c) fixing, imposing upon and collecting fees, levies or charges from persons

engaged in the production of milk and designating to whom the fees, levies or

charges shall be paid (clause 9(u) [of the Act]);

(

d) authorizing the payment of expenses from fees, levies or charges imposed

pursuant to clause (u) (clause 9(w) [of the Act]);

(

e) providing for the making of grants or other like payments to any person or

association or body of persons (clause 9(aa) [of the Act]);

(

f) requiring that no charges, costs or expenses relating to the producing or

marketing of milk shall be made, other than such charges, costs or expenses as

provided for in this [the] Act or the regulations (clause 9(ab) [of the Act]);

(

g) designating payment agents authorized to act on behalf of the Board to pay

producers for milk (clause 14(1)(d) [of the Act]);

(

h) providing for the regulation of the supply of milk by producers to processors,

including the marketing or production of milk on a quota basis, and for that

purpose

(

i) fixing and allotting quota for marketing or production,

(ii) refusing to fix and allot quota to persons,

(iii) subject to

Section 10 [of the Act], transferring quota among producers

may take place,

(iv) canceling, reducing or refusing to increase the quota fixed and allotted to

any person,

(

v) prohibiting any person to whom a quota has not been fixed and allotted

from marketing and producing milk,

(vi) prohibiting any person to whom a licence has been issued and a quota

allotted from marketing or producing milk in excess of the quota,

(vii) prohibiting the purchase, sale or transfer of quota by any person,

(viii) authorizing the assignment of quota to a creditor as security for money

loaned or advanced,

(ix) subject to

Section 10 [of the Act], providing for the purchase, sale or

transfer of quota through a quota exchange,

(

x) providing for the purchase and sale of quota by the Board,

(xi) providing for the retention of a percentage of quotas as an assessment on

each transfer of quota

(clause 14(1)(e) [of the Act]);

(

i) providing for the establishing and administering of a pooling program whereby

all producers receive a comparable price for milk that is adjusted for any

geographic pricing considerations (clause 14(1)(f) [of the Act]);

(

j) prescribing the information the Board or its payment agent shall supply in a

milk statement to each producer (clause 14(1)(g) [of the Act]);

(

k) providing for the purchasing of raw milk from producers and the selling of the

raw milk to processors (clause 14(1)(h) [of the Act]);

(

l) providing for the registration and licensing of producers (clause 9(f) [of the

Act]);

(

m) prescribing the grounds for the refusal of the registration and licensing of a

producer (clause 9(g) [of the Act]);

(

n) specifying the information required to be submitted with an application for a

producer’s licence (clause 9(h) [of the Act]);

if any, upon which a producer’s licence may be obtained and the fees payable

for a producer’s licence and the collection of those fees (clause 9(i) [of the

Act]);

(

p) requiring all persons engaged in the production of milk to be licensed (clause

14(1)(a) [of the Act]);

(

q) approving the allocation of raw milk for processing (clause 9(

t) of the Act).

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Delegation of Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia

Regulations

N.S. Reg.

136/2001

Dairy Industry 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 Powers to Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia Regulations made

under the Dairy Industry Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

136/2001

Nov 6, 2001

date made

Nov 30, 2001

242/2013

Jul 1, 2013

date specified

Jul 12, 2013

167/2025

Aug 26, 2025

date filed

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

am. 242/2013

2(1)(p) .........................................

am. 167/2025

2(1)(q) .........................................

ad. 167/2025

2(2) ...................................................

rep. 242/2013

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.