Milk Act

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• 1Definitions

  1 In this Act, “administrative agreement” in relation to a designated administrative authority means an agreement that the Minister has entered into with the authority with respect to the designated legislation for which the administration and enforcement is delegated to the authority; (“accord d’application”) “administrative authority” means the Government of Canada, an agency of the Government of Ontario or Canada, a not-for-profit corporation without share capital incorporated under the laws of Ontario or Canada that operates in Ontario or a marketing board; (“organisme d’application”) “agreement” means an agreement made under this Act or the regulations; (“accord”) “award” means an award made by the Commission or by an arbitrator or board of arbitration under the regulations; (“sentence”) “Commission” means the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission under the Ministry of Agricult…

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• 2Purpose of Act

  2 The purpose and intent of this Act is, (a) to stimulate, increase and improve the producing of milk within Ontario; (b) to provide for the control and regulation in any or all respects of the producing or marketing within Ontario of milk, cream or cheese, or any combination thereof, including the prohibition of such producing or marketing in whole or in part; and (c) to provide for the control and regulation in any or all respects of the quality of milk, milk products and fluid milk products within Ontario. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 2.

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  Administration and Enforcement

• 2.1Director

  2.1 (1) The Minister may appoint a Director for the purposes of the provisions of this Act and the regulations for which the administration and enforcement are not delegated to a designated administrative authority. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Director appointed by administrative authority (2) If the administration and enforcement of any provisions of this Act and the regulations are delegated to a designated administrative authority, the authority may appoint a Director for the purposes of those provisions. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Responsibility of Director (3) A Director appointed under subsection (1) or (2) shall carry out the administration and enforcement of those provisions of this Act and the regulations with respect to the quality of milk, milk products and fluid milk products within Ontario for which the person who appointed the Director is responsible for the administration and enforcement. …

• 2.2Designations

  2.2 (1) The Minister may, by regulation, designate provisions of this Act, a regulation made under subsection 19 (1) or (5) or provisions of that regulation as designated legislation for the purpose of this Act to the extent that the designated legislation relates to the quality of milk or cream. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Same, administrative authority (2) Subject to section 2.3, the Minister may, by regulation, designate one or more administrative authorities for the purpose of administering and enforcing designated legislation. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Delegation of administration (3) Subject to subsection (4), if the Minister designates an administrative authority for the purpose of administering and enforcing designated legislation, all provisions in the legislation relating to its administration and enforcement are delegated to the authority subject to the exemptions and limitations that are spe…

• 2.3Administrative agreement

  2.3 (1) The Minister may not designate an administrative authority for the purpose of designated legislation until the Minister and the authority have entered into an administrative agreement. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Contents (2) The administrative agreement shall include all matters that the Minister considers necessary for delegating the part of the administration and enforcement of the designated legislation that is delegated to the authority, including, (a) a specification of which part of the administration and enforcement of the designated legislation is delegated to the authority; (b) financial terms of the delegation; (c) the right, if any, of the authority to purchase, use or otherwise have access to government assets, including information, records or intellectual property; (d) a specification of the liability of the authority arising out of the authority’s carrying out the administ…

• 2.4Revocation of designations

  2.4 (1) On giving the notice that the Minister considers reasonable in the circumstances, the Minister may, by regulation, revoke the designation of legislation for which the administration and enforcement are delegated to a designated administrative authority or revoke the designation of an administrative authority to which the administration and enforcement of designated legislation are delegated if, (a) the authority has failed to comply with this Act, the designated legislation or the administrative agreement and has not remedied the failure within the time period described in subsection (2); or (b) the Minister considers it advisable to do so in the public interest. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Opportunity to remedy (2) If a designated administrative authority to which the administration and enforcement of designated legislation are delegated fails to comply with this Act, the designated legi…

• 2.5Duties of designated administrative authority

  2.5 (1) A designated administrative authority shall carry out the administration and enforcement of designated legislation delegated to it and shall do so in accordance with law, this Act, the designated legislation and the administrative agreement, having regard to the intent and purpose of this Act and the designated legislation. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Advice to Minister (2) A designated administrative authority shall, (a) inform and advise the Minister with respect to matters that are of an urgent or critical nature and that are likely to require action by the authority or the Minister to ensure that the administration and enforcement of designated legislation delegated to the authority are carried out properly; and (b) advise or report to the Minister on any matter that the Minister may refer to the authority relating to the administration and enforcement of designated legislation delega…

• 2.6Employees

  2.6 (1) Subject to the administrative agreement, a designated administrative authority may employ or retain the services of any qualified person to carry out any power or duty of the authority relating to the administration and enforcement of designated legislation delegated to the authority. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Not employees of the Crown (2) If a designated administrative authority is not an agency of the Government of Ontario, its members, officers, directors and agents and the persons that it employs or whose services it retains to carry out the powers and duties of the authority relating to the administration and enforcement of the designated legislation are not and shall not be deemed to be employees of the Crown while they do work for the authority, and they shall not hold themselves out as such. 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 66 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c…

• 2.7Not Crown agents

  2.7 A designated administrative authority that is not an agency of the Government of Ontario and its members, officers, directors, employees and agents, together with the persons whose services the authority retains, are not and shall not be deemed to be agents of the Crown in right of Ontario, and they shall not hold themselves out as such. 1997, c. 44, s. 2; 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 66 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 44, s. 2 - 18/12/1997 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 66 (2) - 20/08/2007

• 2.8Crown liability

  2.8 (1) No action or other proceeding for damages shall be instituted against an employee of the Crown for an act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of a duty or service under sections 2.1 to 2.10 of this Act or designated legislation for the purpose of those sections or for an alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of the duty or service. 1997, c. 44, s. 2; 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 66 (3). Tort by Crown employee (2) Despite subsection 8 (3) of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act, 2019, subsection (1) does not relieve the Crown of liability in respect of a tort committed by an employee of the Crown to which it would otherwise be subject. 1997, c. 44, s. 2; 2006, c. 35, Sched. C, s. 66 (4); 2019, c. 7, Sched. 17, s. 101. Non-Crown employees or agents (3) No action or other proceeding for damages shall be instituted against the Crown for damag…

• 2.9Liability of staff

  2.9 (1) No member, officer, director or employee of a designated administrative authority shall be personally liable for any act or omission of the authority, the member, officer, director or employee done or made in good faith in, (a) carrying out the administration and enforcement of designated legislation delegated to the authority; (b) carrying out the authority’s duties under sections 2.1 to 2.10 of this Act, the designated legislation or the administrative agreement; or (c) making a regulation under subsection 19 (1) if the power to make the regulation is delegated to the authority under subsection 19.1 (1). 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Liability of authority (2) Subsection (1) does not relieve a designated administrative authority of liability in respect of a tort committed by one of its members, officers, directors or employees to which the person would otherwise be subject. 1997, c. 44, s…

• 2.10Reconsideration

  2.10 (1) A person who is aggrieved by an order, decision, policy or direction made by a Director appointed by a designated administrative authority in respect of legislation for which the administration and enforcement are delegated to the authority, may request in writing that the Director reconsider the order, decision, policy or direction, as the case may be. 1997, c. 44, s. 2. Hearing (2) Subsection 17 (2) and (6) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act apply to the request for reconsideration as if it were an application under subsection 17 (1) of that Act. 1997, c. 44, s. 2; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 1, s. 20 (2). Appeal (3) A person who is aggrieved by an order, decision, policy or direction made by a Director appointed by a designated administrative authority in respect of legislation for which the administration and enforcement are delegated to the authority, may ap…

• 2.11Regulations

  2.11 (1) The Minister may make regulations, (a) designating provisions of this Act, a regulation made under subsection 19 (1) or (5) or provisions of that regulation as designated legislation for the purpose of this Act to the extent that the designated legislation relates to the quality of milk or cream; (b) designating administrative authorities for the purpose of administering and enforcing designated legislation; (c) specifying in the designation of an administrative authority or legislation the part of the administration and enforcement of the designated legislation that is delegated to the authority and the exemptions and limitations to which the delegation of the administration and enforcement of the designated legislation is subject; (d) respecting any matter that the Minister considers advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of sections 2.1 to 2.10 or designate…

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  General

• 3Duties and responsibilities of Commission

  3 (1) The duties and responsibilities of the Commission are, (a) to exercise such powers as are conferred upon it by or under this Act; (b) to develop and formulate policies to stimulate and improve the marketing of milk and milk products; (c) to select, develop and maintain research programs required for policy development and formulation; (d) to inquire into the efficiency of such policies and the manner in which they are being implemented; (e) to co-operate with the Canadian Dairy Commission or any other agency of Canada or of any province of Canada respecting the producing, processing and marketing of milk and milk products; (f) to provide and maintain liaison with organizations representing producers, processors or transporters in Ontario; and (g) to conduct such studies as the Minister directs respecting the producing, processing and marketing of milk or milk products, and report t…

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• 4Powers of inspectors

  4 (1) An officer or field-person of the Commission or a person appointed by the Commission to inspect the books, records, documents, equipment and premises of persons engaged in the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk products may, (a) enter and inspect any premises or conveyance used for the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk products and inspect anything relevant to the inspection found in the premises or conveyance; (b) stop any conveyance that he or she believes may contain any milk or milk product and inspect the conveyance and any milk or milk product found in it; (c) obtain a sample of any milk or milk product at the expense of the owner for the purpose of making an inspection of it; or (d) require any person who has the custody or control of any books, records or documents of persons engaged in the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk …

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• 5Petition for a plan

  5 (1) Where the Commission receives from a group of producers in Ontario or any part thereof a petition or request that a plan be established for the control and regulation of the producing or marketing of milk, cream or cheese, or any combination thereof, and the Commission is of the opinion that the group of producers is representative of the producers affected by the proposed plan, the Commission may recommend the establishment of such a plan to the Minister. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 5 (1). Request for amendment (2) Where the Commission receives from a marketing board a request that amendment be made to the plan or to regulations under the plan under which the marketing board is constituted, the Commission may recommend such amendment to the Minister. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 5 (2).

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• 6Regulations with respect to plans and marketing boards

  6 (1) Despite section 5, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) establishing, amending and revoking plans for control and regulation of the producing or marketing within Ontario or any part thereof of milk, cream or cheese, or any combination thereof, and constituting marketing boards to administer such plans; (b) defining any word or words for the purposes of any plan; (c) giving to any marketing board any or all of the powers that are vested in a co-operative corporation incorporated under the Co-operative Corporations Act, as amended or re-enacted from time to time, and providing that in the exercise of such powers the members of the marketing board shall be deemed to be the shareholders and the directors thereof; (d) prescribing by-laws for regulating the conduct of the affairs of the Commission; (e) Repealed: 1994, c. 27, s. 30 (2). (f) providing for, (i) the c…

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• 6.1Regulations

  6.1 Subject to the Minister’s approval, the Commission may make regulations amending plans for the control and regulation of the producing and marketing within Ontario, or any part of it, of milk, cream or cheese, or any combination of them, and constituting marketing boards to administer those plans. 1999, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 19. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1999, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 19 - 22/12/1999

• 7Regulations with respect to regulated products

  7 (1) The Commission may make regulations with respect to regulated products generally or to any regulated product, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations, 1. providing for the licensing of any or all persons before commencing or continuing to engage in the producing, processing or marketing of a regulated product; 2. prescribing or providing for classes of licences and the imposition of terms and conditions on any class of licence; 3. providing that the Commission or marketing board may impose such terms and conditions upon a licence as the Commission or marketing board considers proper; 4. prohibiting persons from engaging in the producing, marketing or processing of any regulated product except under the authority of a licence and except in compliance with the terms and conditions of the licence; 5. providing for the refusal to grant or renew or th…

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• 8Production of books, etc., to Commission

  8 (1) Every person, when requested so to do by an officer or field-person of the Commission or a person appointed by the Commission to inspect the books, records, documents, equipment and premises of persons engaged in the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk products, shall, in respect of milk and milk products, produce such books, records and documents and permit inspection thereof and supply extracts therefrom and permit inspection of such equipment and premises. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 8 (1). Obstruction of officers of Commission (2) No person shall hinder or obstruct an officer or field-person of the Commission or a person appointed by the Commission to inspect the books, records, documents, equipment and premises of persons engaged in the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk products in the performance of the officer’s or person’s duties or refuse to pe…

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• 9Production of books, etc., to marketing board

  9 (1) Every person, when requested so to do by an officer of a marketing board or a person appointed by a marketing board to inspect the books, records, documents and premises of persons engaged in producing or marketing a regulated product, shall, in respect of the regulated product, produce such books, records and documents and permit inspection thereof and supply extracts therefrom and permit inspection of such premises. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 9 (1). Obstruction of officers of marketing board (2) No person shall hinder or obstruct an officer of a marketing board or a person appointed by a marketing board to inspect the books, records, documents and premises of persons engaged in producing or marketing a regulated product in the performance of the officer’s or person’s duties or refuse to permit him or her to carry out his or her duties or refuse to furnish him or her with informatio…

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• 10Producer-distributors

  10 (1) Any person who is a producer and distributor is entitled in the person’s respective capacities as a producer and as a distributor to all the rights and privileges and is subject to all the duties and obligations of a producer and of a distributor. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 10 (1). Idem (2) Any person who is a producer and distributor shall be deemed to have received in the capacity of a distributor, from himself, herself or itself in the capacity of a producer, the milk that the person both produces and distributes, and to have contracted in that capacity with himself, herself or itself in the capacity of a producer for the marketing of the milk, upon the condition that the regulations, orders, directions, agreements and awards and the renegotiated agreements and awards made under this Act apply. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 10 (2). Idem (3) A producer or group of two or more producers…

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• 11Producer-processors

  11 (1) Any person who is a producer and processor is entitled in the person’s respective capacities as a producer and as a processor to all the rights and privileges and is subject to all the duties and obligations of a producer and of a processor. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 11 (1). Idem (2) Any person who is a producer and processor shall be deemed to have received in the capacity of a processor from himself, herself or itself in the capacity of a producer, the milk that the person both produces and processes, and to have contracted in that capacity with himself, herself or itself in the capacity of a producer for the marketing of the milk, upon the condition that the regulations, orders, directions, agreements and awards and the renegotiated agreements and awards made under this Act apply. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 11 (2). Idem (3) A producer or group of two or more producers who, directl…

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• 12Repealed

  12 Repealed: 1997, c. 44, s. 6. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 44, s. 6 - 18/12/1997

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• 13Production of books, etc., to field-person

  13 (1) Every person engaged in the producing, processing or marketing of milk or milk products, when requested so to do by a field-person appointed for the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the Director, shall, in respect of milk and milk products, produce the person’s books, records and documents and permit inspection thereof and furnish copies thereof or extracts therefrom and permit inspection of the person’s premises and any equipment, milk or milk products therein. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 13 (1). Obstruction of field-person (2) No person shall hinder or obstruct an officer or field-person mentioned in subsection (1) in the course of his or her duties, furnish him or her with false information or refuse to furnish him or her with information. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 13 (2). Certificate of appointment of field-person (3) The production by a field-person men…

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  Construction and Operation of Plants Permits re plants

• 14Permit to construct plant

  14 (1) No person shall construct or alter any building intended for use as a plant without a permit from the Director. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 14 (1). Permit to alter plant (2) No person shall alter a plant without a permit from the Director. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 14 (2). Conditions precedent to issue of permit (3) No permit shall be issued by the Director unless, (a) in the opinion of the Director, the plant is necessary and desirable, having regard to the needs of the producers in the locality in which it is proposed to locate the plant and to the facilities of the existing plants in operation; and (b) the proposed plant complies with the regulations. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 14 (3). Licences

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• 15Licence to operate plant

  15 (1) No person shall operate a plant without a licence therefor from the Director. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 15 (1). Licence to operate as distributor (2) No person shall carry on business as a distributor without a licence therefor from the Director. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 15 (2). Prohibitions

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• 16Shade of butter

  16 (1) Except as provided in the regulations, no person shall process, sell, offer for sale or have in possession for sale butter that has a tint or shade containing less than one and six-tenths degrees or more than ten and one-half degrees of yellow, or of yellow and red collectively, measured in terms of the Lovibond tintometer scale or the equivalent of such measurement. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 16 (1). Reconstituted milk (2) Except as provided in the regulations, no person shall process, sell, offer for sale or have in possession for sale reconstituted milk. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 16 (2).

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• 17Basis of payment for milk and cream

  17 All milk and cream received at a plant shall be paid for on the basis of its milk-fat content or on such other basis as is prescribed in the regulations. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 17.

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• 18Repealed

  18 Repealed: 2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 42. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 42 - 1/01/2006

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• 19Regulations with respect to the operation of plants

  19 (1) The Commission may make regulations, 1. providing for the issue, renewal, suspension or revocation of or refusal to issue or renew licences for the operation of any class of plant, and prescribing the fees payable for licences or the renewal thereof; 2. providing for the issue, renewal, suspension or revocation of or refusal to issue or renew licences for any class of distributor, and prescribing the fees payable for licences or the renewal thereof; 3. prescribing the terms and conditions upon which licences under paragraphs 1 and 2 are issued, renewed, suspended or revoked; 4. providing that the Director may impose such terms and conditions upon a licence under paragraphs 1 and 2 as the Director considers proper; 4.1 exempting classes of persons from the requirement under section 14 to hold a permit and under section 15 to hold a licence, in such circumstances as may be prescribe…

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• 19.1Delegation of regulation-making powers

  19.1 (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), as long as a regulation of the Minister designating an administrative authority for the purpose of administering and enforcing designated legislation is in force, the Commission may, by regulation, delegate to the authority those of its powers, that the Commission considers necessary and specifies in its regulation, (a) to make regulations under subsection 19 (1) that relate to the producing of milk or cream or anything related to it, except for a power to make regulations mentioned in clause (b); or (b) to make regulations under paragraph 22, 27, 35, 67.1 or 67.2 of subsection 19 (1) that relate to fees, penalties, costs or charges in respect of designated legislation for which the administration and enforcement are delegated to the authority, other than regulations specifying the person to whom they are payable or the use that the perso…

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  Municipal By-laws

• 20Scope of by-laws

  20 Despite this or any other Act, no council of a local municipality shall by by-law require that fluid milk products sold in the municipality be produced or processed in the municipality or in any other designated area. 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table - 1/01/2003

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  Miscellaneous

• 21Offences

  21 Every person who contravenes this Act or the regulations, or any plan or any order or direction of the Commission, the Director or any marketing board, or any agreement or award or renegotiated agreement or award declared to be in force by the Commission, or any by-law under this Act, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable for a first offence to a fine of not more than $2,000 for each day that the offence continues and for a subsequent offence to a fine of not more than $10,000 for each day that the offence continues. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 21.

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• 22Injunction proceedings

  22 Where it is made to appear from the material filed or evidence adduced that any offence against this Act or the regulations or any plan, order, direction, agreement, award or renegotiated agreement or award made under this Act has been or is being committed, the Superior Court of Justice may, upon the application of the Commission, the Director or a marketing board, enjoin any transporter, processor, distributor or operator of a plant from carrying on business as a transporter, processor, distributor or operator of a plant, absolutely or for such period as seems just, and any injunction cancels the licence of the transporter, processor, distributor or operator of a plant named in the order for the same period. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 22; 2006, c. 19, Sched. C, s. 1 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2006, c. 19, Sched. C, s. 1 (1) - 22/06/2006

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• 23Additional penalty for failure to pay minimum price

  23 (1) Every person who fails to pay at least the minimum price established for a regulated product or for milk or cream in an agreement or award filed with the Commission or the price of a regulated product determined by a marketing board is, in addition to the fine provided for in section 21, liable to a penalty of an amount equal to the amount of such minimum or determined price, less any amount paid by such person as payment in full or in part for such regulated product, milk or cream, and less any amount paid by such person for such regulated product, milk or cream pursuant to an order of the Commission under subsection 3 (4). R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 23 (1). Disposition of additional penalty (2) Every penalty imposed under subsection (1) shall be paid to the marketing board or to the Commission, and the marketing board or the Commission, as the case may be, shall, (a) pay the money…

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• 24Certified copies admissible in evidence

  24 Where, in any action or prosecution under this Act, production of any agreement, award, order, regulation, direction, rule, resolution, determination or minute of the Commission or a marketing board or of any order or direction of the Director is required, any document purporting to be a copy of such agreement, award, order, regulation, direction, rule, resolution, determination or minute, certified to be a true copy thereof by the chair or secretary of the Commission or the marketing board, or by the Director, as the case may be, is admissible in evidence as proof of the making and of the text thereof without production of the original document and without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have certified it. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 24.

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• 25Rebuttable presumption

  25 In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, the act or omission of an act, in respect of which the prosecution was instituted, shall be deemed to relate to the marketing within Ontario of milk, cream or cheese, or any combination thereof, unless the contrary is proven. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 25. Specific rules re regulations

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• 26Definitions in regulations

  26 (1) Any word or expression used in the Act or the regulations may be defined in the regulations for the purpose of the regulations. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 26 (1). Regulations may be limited (2) Any regulation may be limited as to time or place, or to both. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 26 (2).

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• 27Authority may be granted to Canadian Dairy Commission

  27 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may grant authority to the Canadian Dairy Commission to regulate the marketing within Ontario of a regulated product or a milk product and for such purposes, (a) to exercise any power that it may exercise in relation to the marketing of such regulated product or milk product in interprovincial or export trade; (b) to exercise, in relation to the marketing of such regulated product, any power that may be exercised by a marketing board in relation to a regulated product; and (c) to exercise, in relation to the marketing of such milk product, any power that is like a power that may be exercised by a marketing board in relation to a regulated product. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.12, s. 27 (1). Milk product deemed to be a regulated product (2) Where authority is granted under subsection (1) in relation to any milk product, such milk product shall be deemed to b…

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• 28Agreements with other governments

  28 (1) The Minister, the Commission or a marketing board may make agreements for the co-ordinated marketing of milk or milk products with one or more of the Government of Canada, the Canadian Dairy Commission, the government of any province of Canada and any of its agencies or commodity boards. 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4. Contents of agreements (2) The agreements may provide for the pooling of revenue and may authorize the Commission or marketing board to perform, on behalf of the Government of Canada or the Canadian Dairy Commission, any function relating to interprovincial or export trade in a regulated product in respect of which the Commission or marketing board, as the case may be, may exercise powers in intraprovincial trade. 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4 - 18/07/1996

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• 29Levies for agency

  29 (1) In this section, “promotion-research agency” means a promotion-research agency established under the Farm Products Agencies Act (Canada). 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4. Commission’s recommendation (2) If the Commission is of the opinion that a majority of the producers in Ontario of a milk product are in favour of a levy or charge to support a promotion-research agency, the Commission may recommend to the Minister that the levy or charge be established. 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4. Levy on a milk product (3) The Minister may, by regulation, grant to a promotion-research agency the authority, in relation to the marketing of the milk product in Ontario, (a) to fix, impose and collect levies or charges from producers of the milk product; and (b) to use the levies or charges for the purpose of the agency. 1996, c. 17, Sched. H, s. 4. Levy on regulated product (4) The Minister may, by re…

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