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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACTOntario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) RegulationsRegulations Respecting the Pricing in Interprovincial and Export Trade of Asparagus Produced in OntarioThe Ontario Asparagus Growers’ Marketing Board, pursuant to section 3 of the Ontario Asparagus Growers’ Marketing-for-Processing Order*, hereby makes the annexed Regulations respecting the pricing in interprovincial and export trade of asparagus produced in Ontario.*SOR/78-859, 1978 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 4217Dated at London, Ontario, this 7th day of March, 1980Short Title

1These Regulations may be cited as the Ontario Asparagus Pricing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations.

Interpretation

2In these Regulations,Act means The Farm Products Marketing Act (Ontario); (Loi)asparagus means asparagus produced in Ontario that is used by a processor for processing; (asperges)Commodity Board means The Ontario Asparagus Growers’ Marketing Board, established pursuant to the Act; (Office de commercialisation)processing includes canning, dehydrating, drying, freezing or processing with sugar or sulphur dioxide or any other chemical; (transformation)producer means a person who, on the first day of May in any year,(a)is the beneficial owner of property on which asparagus is growing, or(b)is the tenant of property on which asparagus is growing. (producteur)

Application

3These Regulations apply only to the marketing of asparagus in interprovincial and export trade and to persons and property situated within the Province of Ontario.

Exemption

4These Regulations do not apply to a producer(a)where the property on which asparagus is growing is less than one-half acre; or(b)in respect of any asparagus that has been planted on that producer’s property for less than two years.

Minimum Price

5No person shall(a)sell or offer to sell, or(b)buyasparagus at a price that is less than the minimum price determined by the Commodity Board from time to time.