Short Title
These Regulations may be cited as the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Marketing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations.
Interpretation
In these Regulations,
appointed shipper means a shipper in possession of a valid and subsisting certificate of appointment issued by the Commodity Board pursuant to the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Appointed Shippers’ Procedures (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations; (expéditeur désigné)
Commodity Board means The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Producers’ Marketing Board; (Office de commercialisation)
greenhouse vegetables means tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce produced in the Province of Ontario in a greenhouse or any other enclosure under glass, plastic or other material used for the purpose of controlling temperature and providing protection for growing plants; (légumes de serre)
producer means a person engaged in the production of greenhouse vegetables; (producteur)
product means any quantity of greenhouse vegetables; (produit)
retailer means any person who sells or offers to sell a product directly to the consumer and includes the operator of a roadside stand; (détaillant)
shipper means any person who offers for sale, sells, receives, assembles, packs, ships for sale or transports a product but does not include
a servant employed by and driving a vehicle owned by a producer or an appointed shipper,
a railway company, or
a person who transports the product by motor vehicle as agent of the producer; (expéditeur)
wholesaler means a person who buys a product through the Commodity Board and who offers for sale or sells the product to a retailer. (grossiste)
Application
These Regulations apply only to
the marketing of a product in interprovincial and export trade;
persons and property situated in the Province of Ontario; and
a product produced in the Counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton in the Province of Ontario.
Exemption
A producer who sells a product directly to a consumer or a consumer who buys a product directly from a producer is, in respect of that product, exempt from these Regulations.
Sale of Product
No person other than
a producer who sells or offers for sale a product through the Commodity Board,
a wholesaler who buys a product through the Commodity Board for resale, or
a producer authorized under a licence issued by the Commodity Board to sell or offer for sale a product
shall sell the product or offer the product for sale.
Purchase of Product
No person other than
a wholesaler who buys a product through the Commodity Board for resale in the normal course of his business, or
a retailer who buys a product through the Commodity Board or from a wholesaler for resale in the normal course of his business
shall buy a product.
Transportation of Product
No person other than
an appointed shipper who ships a product for a producer,
a wholesaler who buys a product through the Commodity Board for resale in the normal course of his business,
a railway company, or
a producer authorized to transport a product under a licence issued by the Commodity Board
shall transport a product.
Shipping of Product
No person other than
an appointed shipper who ships a product for a producer,
a wholesaler who buys a product through the Commodity Board for resale in the normal course of his business, or
a producer authorized to ship a product under a licence issued by the Commodity Board
shall ship a product.
Licences to Producers
A licence may be issued to a producer by the Commodity Board to sell, transport or ship a product otherwise than through the Commodity Board.
A licence issued pursuant to subsection (1) shall expire on December 31st of the year for which the licence is issued.