Saskatchewan Hog Licensing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations (C.R.C., c. 273)

Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Saskatchewan Hog Licensing (Interprovincial and Export) Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means The Natural Products Marketing Act, 1972 of Saskatchewan; (Loi)

assembly yard

assembly yard means premises to which producers may deliver their hogs; (parc de groupage)

assembly yard operator

assembly yard operator means the owner or operator of an assembly yard; (exploitant d’un parc de groupage)

Commission

Commission means the Saskatchewan Hog Marketing Commission established pursuant to the Act and the Plan; (Commission)

hog

hog means any member of the species Sus Scrofa L. (domestic pig) produced in Saskatchewan; (porc)

order buyer

order buyer means any person buying sows at a public auction in an assembly yard for the purpose of reselling to, or on behalf of another person; (courtier en truies)

Plan

Plan means the Saskatchewan Hog Marketing Plan established and amended from time to time pursuant to the Act; (Plan)

processor

processor means any person engaged in the business of processing hogs or using hogs in manufacturing; (transformateur)

producer

producer means

• (a) any person engaged in producing or feeding hogs and making them available for slaughter and includes the employer of any such person,

• (b) any person who, under any lease or agreement is entitled to a share of the hogs produced or fed by a person referred to in paragraph (a), and

• (c) any person who takes possession of any hogs from any person under any form of security for a debt; (producteur)

purchaser

purchaser means any person purchasing hogs in the province, other than a producer, a processor, a consumer or a livestock dealer licensed in Saskatchewan and includes an order buyer; (acheteur)

trucker

trucker means a person who operates a vehicle for the transport of hogs on a continued commercial basis. (camionneur)

Application

3 These Regulations apply only to the marketing of hogs in interprovincial and export trade and to persons and property situated in the Province of Saskatchewan.

Licensing

• 4 (1) No person shall act as a purchaser, a processor, an assembly yard operator or a trucker unless he holds a licence issued by the Commission authorizing such an action.

• (2) A licence referred to in subsection (1) shall expire on December 31st next following the day of issue.

Fees and Financial Requirements

5 A licence referred to in section 4 shall be issued upon payment of a fee of

• (a) $20 in the case of a purchaser;

• (b) $20 per plant in the case of a processor;

• (c) $20 per assembly yard, in the case of an assembly yard operator; and

• (d) $10 per vehicle, in the case of a trucker.

6 No purchaser, processor, assembly yard operator or trucker shall hold a licence referred to in section 4 unless he is properly bonded and gives to the Commission adequate proof of financial responsibility.

Requirements for Assembly Yards

7 No licence shall be issued to an assembly yard operator unless each assembly yard that he proposes to operate provides the following:

• (a) adequate protection from wind and sun;

• (b) a concrete floor;

• (c) bedding;

• (d) water readily available;

• (e) adequate pens;

• (f) adequate loading facilities during all weather conditions; and

• (g) tattooing equipment capable of producing tattoos that are clearly legible.