CONSOLIDATION

British Columbia Vegetable Order

SOR/2020-259

Current to June 20, 2022



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. 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 British Columbia Vegetable Order 1

Definitions

Interprovincial and Export Trade

Levies and Charges

Repeal

Coming into Force

Registration

Current to June 20, 2022

ii

Registration SOR/2020-259

December 4, 2020

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

British Columbia Vegetable Order P.C. 2020-976

December 4, 2020

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, pursuant to section 2a of the Agricultural Products Marketing Actb, makes the annexed British Columbia Vegetable Order.

a

S.C. 1991, c. 34, s. 2

b

R.S., c. A-6

Current to June 20, 2022

British Columbia Vegetable Order

Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

Act means the Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act, RSBC 1996, c. 330. (Loi) Commodity Board means the British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission or its successor entity. (Office) Supervisory Board means the British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board or its successor entity. (Organisme de surveillance) vegetable means any vegetable produced in British Columbia and includes strawberries intended expressly for manufacturing purposes and potatoes. (légume)

Interprovincial and Export Trade 2 The Commodity Board and the Supervisory Board are

authorized to regulate the marketing of vegetables in interprovincial and export trade and, for that purpose, with respect to persons and property situated within British Columbia, exercise all or any powers like the powers exercisable by them in relation to the marketing of vegetables locally within that province under the Act. Levies and Charges 3 The Commodity Board and the Supervisory Board, in

relation to the powers granted to them by section 2, are authorized to (a) fix, impose and collect levies or charges from persons within British Columbia who are engaged in the production or marketing of whole vegetables or any part of vegetables and, for that purpose, classify those persons into groups and fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts; and (b) use the levies or charges for their purposes, including the creation of reserves, the payment of expenses and losses resulting from the sale or disposal of any vegetable and the equalization or adjustment among vegetable producers of moneys realized from the sale of vegetables during any period that they may determine.

Current to June 20, 2022

British Columbia Vegetable Order Repeal Sections 4-5

Repeal 4 The British Columbia Vegetable Order1 is repealed.

Coming into Force Registration 5 This Order comes into force on the day on

which it is registered.

SOR/81-49

Current to June 20, 2022

