Canada Cooperatives Regulations (SOR/99-256)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2010-06-10. Previous Versions

Deceptively Misdescriptive Names

 For the purpose of paragraph 23(a) of the Act, a cooperative name is deceptively misdescriptive if it is likely to mislead the public, in any language, with respect to any of the following:

  • (a) the business, goods or services in association with which it is proposed to be used;

  • (b) the conditions under which the goods or services will be produced or supplied or the persons to be employed in the production or supply of the goods or services; and

  • (c) the place of origin of the goods or services.

  • SOR/2001-513, s. 12;
  • SOR/2010-72, s. 3.

 For the purpose of subsection 20(4) of the Act, a combined English and French form of the name of a proposed cooperative shall include only one of the words or expressions listed in subsection 20(1) of the Act.

  • SOR/2010-72, s. 3.

 [Repealed, SOR/2010-72, s. 3]

PART 2.1

INSIDER TRADING

 For the purpose of paragraph 171(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed percentage of voting rights is 10%.

  • SOR/2001-513, s. 13.
  •  (1) For the purpose of paragraph 173(1)(e) of the Act, the prescribed percentage of voting rights is 10%.

  • (2) For the purpose of subsection 173(2) of the Act, “take-over bid” means a take-over bid within the meaning of any legislation that is set out in column 2 of an item of Schedule 5.

  • (3) For the purpose of paragraph 173(4)(c) of the Act, the prescribed circumstances are that the insider

    • (a) entered into the purchase or sale as an agent or mandatary pursuant to a specific unsolicited order to purchase or sell;

    • (b) made the purchase or sale pursuant to participation in an automatic dividend reinvestment plan, share purchase plan or other similar automatic plan that the insider entered into before the acquisition of the confidential information;

    • (c) made the purchase or sale to fulfil a legally binding obligation that the insider entered into before the acquisition of the confidential information; or

    • (d) purchased or sold the security as agent, mandatary or trustee in the circumstances described in paragraph (b) or (c).

  • SOR/2001-513, s. 13;
  • SOR/2010-128, ss. 38(F), 39(E).

PART 2.2

MEETINGS

Record Date

  •  (1) For the purpose of subsection 51(1) of the Act, the prescribed period for the directors to fix the record date is not more than 60 days before the day on which the particular action is to be taken.

  • (2) For the purpose of subsections 51(3) and (4) of the Act, the prescribed period for the directors to fix the record date is not less than 21 days and not more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.

  • (3) For the purpose of subsection 51(6) of the Act, the prescribed period for the directors to provide notice of the record date is at least seven days before the date fixed.

  • SOR/2001-513, s. 13;
  • SOR/2010-128, s. 40.