CONSOLIDATION

British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order

SOR/2008-244

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on September 8, 2017



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. The last amendments came into force on September 8, 2017. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order

Interpretation

1.1

Application

Levies

Method of Payment

Coming into Force SCHEDULE

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ii

Registration SOR/2008-244

August 14, 2008

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order

The British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission, pursuant to section 3 and paragraph 4(a)a of the British Columbia Vegetable Orderb, hereby makes the annexed British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order. Surrey, British Columbia, August 12, 2008

a

SOR/2002-309

b

SOR/81-49

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British Columbia Levies Order

Vegetable

Marketing

Interpretation 1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

agency means a person designated by the Commodity Board as an agency. (agence) consumer means a person who purchases vegetables for the purpose of consumption within the consumer’s immediate family. (consommateur) District I [Repealed, SOR/2009-311, s. 1] District II [Repealed, SOR/2010-207, s. 1] District III [Repealed, SOR/2009-311, s. 1] field crop [Repealed, SOR/2010-207, s. 1] greenhouse vegetable crop means tomatoes (all types), peppers (all types), cucumbers (all types), butter lettuce (all types) grown in a greenhouse and any other crop designated by the Commodity Board, and includes a greenhouse vegetable crop certified as organic. (légumes de serre) processing crop includes peas, beans, corn, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, strawberries, potatoes and any other crop designated by the Commodity Board when the end use is manufacturing or processing. (légumes destinés à la transformation) processor means any person who changes the nature of vegetables by mechanical means or otherwise and markets, offers for sale, supplies, stores or transports the processed or manufactured product. (transformateur) producer means a person who operates a farm on which one tonne or more of vegetables has been produced during the immediately preceding 12 months and includes a producer who is producing vegetables that have been certified as organic. (producteur) producer-shipper means a person licensed by the Commodity Board to produce a greenhouse vegetable crop and to market some or all of the greenhouse vegetable crop so produced directly to commercial trade channels, but unless specifically authorized by the Commodity

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British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order Interpretation Sections 1-4

Board, does not include marketing to a wholesaler, agency or another producer-shipper. (producteur-expéditeur) retailer means any person who sells, offers for sale or supplies vegetables directly to consumers from a fixed commercial establishment located in British Columbia. (détaillant) storage crop means potatoes, onions, parsnips, cabbage, carrots, beets, rutabagas, white turnips or any other crop designated by the Commodity Board. (légumes d’hiver) wholesaler means a person, other than an agency, who sells or offers for sale vegetables to a retailer, caterer, processor, or other wholesaler, or otherwise than directly to a consumer, but does not include a person who has no facilities to store or transport vegetables. (grossiste) SOR/2009-71, s. 1; SOR/2009-311, s. 1; SOR/2010-207, s. 1; SOR/2011-277, s. 1.

Application 1.1 This Order applies only to the marketing of vegetables in interprovincial and export trade and to persons and property situated within British Columbia. SOR/2010-207, s. 2.

Levies 2 Unless otherwise exempted by the Commodity Board,

all persons engaged in the production or marketing of vegetables shall pay the levies set out in the schedule. SOR/2009-71, s. 2(F).

Method of Payment 3 Every agency and processor shall deduct the applicable levy from the net proceeds due to each producer, and every agency and processor shall hold the funds in trust and shall remit them to the Commodity Board. 4 If a producer is licensed as a producer-shipper, or exempted from the requirement to market vegetables through an agency or a processor, all applicable levies are due and payable directly to the Commodity Board. SOR/2009-71, s. 3(F).

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British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order Coming into Force Section 5

Coming into Force 5 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is

registered.

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British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE (Section 2)

Levies Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Crop

Producer

Administrat Levy Based Volume of C

Greenhouse Vegetable Crops

(a) Producer

nil

(b) Producer-shipper

nil

Storage Crops

(a) All producers: fresh $2.55 / ton storage crops except potatoes (b) All producers: fresh potatoes

$5.16 / ton

(c) All producers: contract $2.06 / ton storage crops except potatoes (d) All producers: contract $4.67 / ton potatoes (e) All producers: cabbages, rutabagas and turnips 3

nil

Processing Crops (a) All producers: broccoli, $2.75 / ton Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers (b) All producers: peas

$2.97 / ton

(c) All producers: beans

$2.41 / ton

(d) All producers: strawberries

$1.89 / ton

SOR/2009-71, s. 4; SOR/2009-311, s. 2; SOR/2010-207, s. 3; SOR/2011-151, s. 1; SOR/2011-277

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British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Levies Order SCHEDULE (French)

ANNEXE (article 2)

Taxes Colonne 1

Colonne 2

Colonne 3

Producteurs

Taxe d’administr selon le vol de légumes récoltés

Article

Légumes

Légumes de serre a) Producteur

Légumes d’hiver

aucune

b) Producteur-expéditeur

aucune

a) Producteur de légumes d’hiver frais sauf les pommes de terre

2,55 $ la ton

b) Producteur de pommes 5,16 $ la ton de terre fraîches

c) Producteur à contrat de 2,06 $ la ton légumes d’hiver sauf les pommes de terre

d) Producteur à contrat de 4,67 $ la ton pommes de terre e) Producteur de choux, rutabagas et navets 3

Légumes destinés a) Producteur de brocolis, à la choux de Bruxelles et transformation choux-fleurs

aucune

2,75 $ la ton

b) Producteur de pois

2,97 $ la ton

c) Producteur de haricots

2,41 $ la ton

d) Producteur de fraises

1,89 $ la ton

DORS/2009-71, art. 4; DORS/2009-311, art. 2; DORS/2010-207, art. 3; DORS/2011-151, art. 1; D

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