Agricultural Marketing Programs Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Act.

  administrator

  agent d’exécution

  administrator means the Board or any of the following organizations that has the power to sue and be sued in its own name:

  • (a) an organization of producers that is involved in marketing a crop; or

  • (b) any other organization that the Minister considers is supported by producers and designates as an administrator. (agent d’exécution)

  advance

  avance

  advance means an advance payment to an eligible producer for a crop. (avance)

  advance guarantee agreement

  accord de garantie d’avance

  advance guarantee agreement means an agreement under section 5. (accord de garantie d’avance)

  agricultural product

  produit agricole

  agricultural product means

  • (a) an animal, a plant or an animal or plant product; or

  • (b) a product, including any food or drink, that is wholly or partly derived from an animal or a plant. (produit agricole)

  Board

  Commission

  Board means the Canadian Wheat Board continued by section 3 of the Canadian Wheat Board Act. (Commission)

  crop

  récolte

  crop means

  • (a) one or more field crops, or a portion of one or more field crops, grown in Canada, either cultivated or uncultivated, and stored in a non-processed form;

  • (b) maple syrup or honey produced in Canada; or

  • (c) any other agricultural product designated by the Governor in Council under subsection (2). (récolte)

  crop unit

  unité de récolte

  crop unit means a unit of a crop, as defined in the advance guarantee agreement relating to the crop. (unité de récolte)

  crop year

  campagne agricole

  crop year means a period of 12 months or less specified for a crop in the advance guarantee agreement relating to the crop. (campagne agricole)

  Her Majesty

  Sa Majesté

  Her Majesty means Her Majesty in right of Canada. (Sa Majesté)

  lender

  prêteur

  lender means a financial institution, as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act, or any other legal entity that the Minister of Finance may designate for the purposes of this Act on the application of that entity. (prêteur)

  marketing agency

  agence de commercialisation

  marketing agency means

  • (a) an association of producers whose object is the marketing, under a cooperative plan, of agricultural products produced by the producers;

  • (b) a person engaged in the processing of agricultural products for marketing under a cooperative plan;

  • (c) a person authorized by one or more associations or persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) to market agricultural products under a single cooperative plan; or

  • (d) the Board. (agence de commercialisation)

  Minister

  ministre

  Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. (ministre)

  permit book

  carnet de livraison

  permit book means a permit book, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canadian Wheat Board Act. (carnet de livraison)

  price guarantee agreement

  accord de garantie des prix

  price guarantee agreement means an agreement under section 28. (accord de garantie des prix)

  producer

  producteur

  producer means a producer of an agricultural product who is

  • (a) a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident;

  • (b) a corporation a majority of whose voting shares are held by Canadian citizens or permanent residents;

  • (c) a cooperative a majority of whose members are Canadian citizens or permanent residents; or

  • (d) a partnership or other association of persons where partners or members who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents are entitled to at least 50% of the profits of the partnership or association.

  For the purposes of Parts I and IV, “producer” includes a person or entity mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) that is entitled to a crop or a share in it as landlord, vendor, mortgagee or hypothecary creditor on a date specified for the purposes of this definition in an advance guarantee agreement. In this definition, “permanent resident” has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (producteur)

  repayment agreement

  accord de remboursement

  repayment agreement means an agreement under subsection 10(2). (accord de remboursement)

• Marginal note:Designation of crops by Governor in Council

  (2) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate as a crop for the purposes of this Act any agricultural product grown or produced in Canada.