• 149. (1) Subsections 24(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Communication of information

    (1) Except as authorized by subsection (2), no person shall knowingly communicate or knowingly allow to be communicated to any person any information that is obtained under this Act from a farmer, from a farmer’s creditor or from the Minister or knowingly allow any person to inspect or have access to that information.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) A person engaged in the administration of this Act, or a mediator or expert referred to in subsection 4(4), may communicate or allow to be communicated, or allow inspection of or access to, the information referred to in subsection (1) to or by any other person engaged in the administration of this Act or any person otherwise legally entitled to the information.

• (2) Subsection 24(3) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Protection of witness

    (3) A person engaged in the administration of this Act, or a mediator or expert referred to in subsection 4(4), is not compellable to answer questions concerning the information, or to produce records or other documents containing the information, as evidence in any proceedings not directly concerned with the enforcement or interpretation of this Act or the regulations.

150. Section 25 of the Act is replaced by the following:

151. Paragraph 26(2)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

152. Subsection 28(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS — AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PROGRAMS ACT

Marginal note:Definitions

• 153. (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

  “new Act”

  « nouvelle loi »

  “new Act” means the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act as it reads on the day on which this section comes into force.

  “old Act”

  « ancienne loi »

  “old Act” means the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act as it read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.

• Marginal note:Old Act continues to apply

  (2) The old Act continues to apply on and after the day on which this section comes into force with respect to advance guarantee agreements and repayment agreements entered into under the old Act that are still in existence on that day.

• Marginal note:Unpaid amounts — old Act

  (3) Amounts remaining unpaid in respect of advances made under advance guarantee agreements entered into under the old Act that are still in existence on the day on which this section comes into force are to be taken into account for the purposes of applying the new Act.

• Marginal note:Unpaid amounts — spring credit advances

  (4) Amounts remaining unpaid in respect of advances made under agreements entered into under the Spring Credit Advance Program or the Enhanced Spring Credit Advance Program that are still in existence on the day on which this section comes into force are to be taken into account for the purposes of applying the new Act.

• Marginal note:Default — spring credit advances

  (5) A default under a repayment agreement entered into under the Spring Credit Advance Program or the Enhanced Spring Credit Advance Program is deemed to be a default under a repayment agreement entered into under the new Act.

COMING INTO FORCE

Marginal note:Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

• 154. (1) Sections 2 to 51 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Feeds Act

  (2) Section 52, subsections 53(1) and (2) and 54(1) to (3), section 55, subsections 56(1) to (8), section 57, subsections 58(1) to (3), sections 59 and 60 and subsections 61(1) and (2) come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Fertilizers Act

  (3) Sections 62 and 63, subsections 64(1) and (2), section 65, subsections 66(1) to (7), section 67, subsections 68(1) to (3) and sections 69 to 72 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Seeds Act

  (4) Section 73, subsections 74(1) and (2), section 75, subsections 76(1) to (5), sections 77 and 78, subsections 79(1) to (3), sections 80 and 81, subsections 82(1) and (2) and section 83 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Health of Animals Act

  (5) Subsections 84(1) to (4), sections 85 to 91, subsections 92(1) and (2), sections 93 and 94, subsections 95(1) to (7) and sections 96 to 98 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Plant Protection Act

  (6) Subsections 99(1) and (2), sections 100 to 102, subsections 103(1) and (2) and 104(1) and (2), sections 105 to 107, subsections 108(1) to (5) and sections 109 to 112 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act

  (7) Section 113, subsections 114(1) and (2) and sections 115 to 119 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Agricultural Marketing Programs Act

  (8) Subsections 120(1) to (5), sections 121 to 123, subsections 124(1) to (8), section 125, subsections 126(1) and (2), 127(1) and (2) and 128(1) to (8), sections 129 to 131, subsections 132(1) to (4), 133(1) and (2), 134(1) to (5) and 135(1) and (2), sections 136 and 137, subsections 138(1) to (8) and sections 139, 140 and 153 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Farm Debt Mediation Act

  (9) Subsections 141(1) and (2), sections 142 and 143, subsections 144(1) and (2), sections 145 to 148, subsections 149(1) and (2) and sections 150 to 152 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.