CONSOLIDATION

Labelle Area Wood Producers’ Levy (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order

SOR/87-663

Current to June 20, 2022



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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. 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”.

Current to June 20, 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Order Respecting the Fixing and Imposing of Levies on, and the Collecting of Levies From, Producers of Wood in the Labelle Area in the Province of Quebec, With Respect to the Marketing of Wood in Interprovincial and Export Trade

Short Title

Interpretation

Levies

Method of Collection

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Registration SOR/87-663 November 20, 1987

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Labelle Area Wood Producers’ Levy (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order

The Wood Producers’ Syndicate of the County of Labelle, pursuant to section 4 of the Quebec Wood Order, 1983, made by Order in Council P.C. 1983-2885 of September 22, 1983*, hereby makes the annexed Order respecting the fixing and imposing of levies on, and the collecting of levies from, producers of wood in the Labelle area in the Province of Quebec, with respect to the marketing of wood in interprovincial and export trade. Saint-Eustache, Quebec, November 17, 1987

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SOR/83-713, 1983 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 3444

Current to June 20, 2022

Order Respecting the Fixing and Imposing of Levies on, and the Collecting of Levies From, Producers of Wood in the Labelle Area in the Province of Quebec, With Respect to the Marketing of Wood in Interprovincial and Export Trade

Short Title 1 This Order may be cited as the Labelle Area Wood Producers’ Levy (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order.

Interpretation 2 In this Order,

producer means a person engaged in the production or marketing of wood; (producteur) Syndicate means the Wood Producers’ Syndicate of the County of Labelle; (Syndicat) wood means wood produced in the municipal county of Labelle in the Province of Quebec. (bois)

Levies 3 A producer shall pay to the Syndicate in respect of the marketing of wood in interprovincial and export trade a general administration levy calculated at one of the following rates: (a) where the wood is measured in tonnes, $0.56 per

tonne; (b) where the wood is measured in apparent cubic metres, $0.35 per apparent cubic metre; (c) where the wood is measured in solid cubic metres, $0.53 per solid cubic metre; (d) where the wood is measured in cords of 128 apparent cubic feet (4 ft. × 4 ft. × 8 ft.), $1.27 per cord; (e) where the wood is measured in cords of 160 apparent cubic feet (5 ft. × 4 ft. × 8 ft.), $1.59 per cord;

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Labelle Area Wood Producers’ Levy (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order Levies Sections 3-4

(f) where the wood is measured in cords of 192 apparent cubic feet (6 ft. × 4 ft. × 8 ft.), $1.90 per cord; (g) where the wood is measured in cords of 224 apparent cubic feet (7 ft. × 4 ft. × 8 ft.), $2.22 per cord; (h) where the wood is measured in cords of 256 apparent cubic feet (8 ft. × 4 ft. × 8 ft.), $2.54 per cord; (i) where the wood is measured in cubic feet, $1.50 per 100 cubic feet; (j) where the wood is measured by board measure, $2.54 per 1,000 board feet; (k) where the wood is measured in short tons, $0.50 per short ton; (l) where the wood is measured in units of 1,000 pounds, $0.25 per unit; (m) where the wood is measured in firewood units (4 ft. × 8 ft. × 16 in.), $0.42 per unit; (n) where the wood is sold by the piece, 4.6 per cent of the sale price to the mill.

Method of Collection 4 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a producer shall

pay any levy payable by the producer pursuant to section 3 to the Syndicate at its headquarters in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, within 30 days after the marketing of the wood in respect of which the levy is payable. (2) Where the Syndicate markets wood in interprovincial or export trade on behalf of a producer, the Syndicate may deduct from any money payable to the producer by the Syndicate any levy payable by the producer, pursuant to section 3, in respect of the marketing of that wood. (3) Where a producer does not pay the levy set out in section 3 to the Syndicate pursuant to subsection (1) and where the Syndicate has not deducted the levy pursuant to subsection (2), any person who markets that producer’s wood in interprovincial or export trade shall

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Labelle Area Wood Producers’ Levy (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order Method of Collection Section 4

(a) deduct from any money payable to the producer by that person any levy payable by the producer to the Syndicate pursuant to section 3; and (b) within 30 days after the marketing of the wood in

respect of which the levy is payable, pay the levy to the Syndicate and provide the Syndicate with an accounting in respect of the payment.

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