Alberta Soft Wheat Commission Authorization Regulation (Alta. Reg. 33/99)

(Consolidated up to 348/2003) ALBERTA REGULATION 33/99 Marketing of Agricultural Products Act ALBERTA SOFT WHEAT COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION REGULATION Definitions 1(1) In this Regulation, (a) “Act” means the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act; (b) “Commission” means the Alberta Soft Wheat Commission; (c) “Plan” means the Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Plan Regulation (AR 23/99); (d) “producer” means a producer as defined in the Plan; (e) “regulated product” means regulated product as defined in the Plan. (2) Words defined in the Act or the Plan have the same meaning when used in this Regulation. Regulations made under section 26 of the Act 2 For the purposes of enabling the Commission to operate the Plan, the Commission is hereby authorized under section 26 of the Act to make regulations (a) requiring any person who produces, markets or processes the regulated product to furnish to the Commission any information or record relating to the production, marketing or processing of the regulated product that the Commission considers necessary; (b) requiring persons, other than producers, to be licensed under the Plan before they become engaged in marketing or processing of the regulated product; (c) prohibiting persons, other than producers, from engaging in the marketing or processing of the regulated product except under the authority of a licence issued under the Plan; (d) governing the issuance, suspension or cancellation of a licence issued under the Plan; (e) providing for (i) the assessment, charging and collection of service charges from producers, and (ii) the taking of legal action to enforce payment of the service charges; (f) providing for the refund of service charges; (g) requiring any person that receives the regulated product from a producer (i) to deduct from the money payable to the producer any service charge payable by the producer to the Commission, and (ii) to forward the amount deducted to the Commission; (h) providing for the use of the service charges collected by the Commission for the purposes of paying for the Commission’s expenses and the costs of administering the Plan and the regulations made by the Commission. Repeal 3 The Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission Authorization Regulation (AR 257/90) is repealed. Expiry 4 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on May 31, 2010. AR 33/99 s4;348/2003 © 2006 Government of Alberta