Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations

8 (1) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may suspend a licence if the licensee

• (a) fails to comply with a condition of the licence;

• (b) is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board;

• (c) fails to pay levies in accordance with the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order;

• (d) is not in compliance with a quota allotted under the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations; or

• (e) is not in compliance with the requirements set out in subsections 5(1) to (3) and (7).

(1.1) and (1.2) [Repealed, SOR/2015-227, s. 3]

(2) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may revoke a licence if

• (a) the licensee fails to comply with a condition of the licence;

• (b) the licensee is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board;

• (c) the licence has been suspended for more than 90 days and either the suspension remains in effect or no new licence has been issued to the licensee; or

• (d) the licence has been suspended at least twice.

(2.1) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may refuse to issue a licence or to renew a licence for

• (a) an applicant who previously held a licence that was suspended or revoked by CFC;

• (b) an applicant if any associate or affiliated body of the applicant fails to comply with a condition of a licence issued under these Regulations; or

• (c) an applicant who is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board.

(2.2) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(b), 2(b) and (2.1)(c), an applicant or licensee is not in good standing if CFC has been notified in writing by the Commodity Board or the Board that

• (a) a licence issued by the Commodity Board or the Board to the applicant or licensee has been suspended and either the suspension remains in effect or no new licence has been issued to the applicant or licensee;

• (b) a licence issued by the Commodity Board or the Board to the applicant or licensee has been revoked and either the licence has not been renewed or no new licence has been issued to the applicant or licensee; or

• (c) the applicant or licensee, for any other reason, is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board.

(3) CFC shall not suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a market development licence if the licence holder establishes that the failure to comply with the conditions of the market development licence is due to an event that

• (a) was not reasonably foreseeable;

• (b) rendered it impossible, through no fault of the licensee, for the licensee to market the chicken for an end-use referred to in section 3 of Schedule 2; and

• (c) was beyond the control of the licensee.

(4) CFC shall not suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a specialty chicken licence if the licence holder establishes that the failure to comply with the conditions of the specialty chicken licence is due to an event that

• (a) was not reasonably foreseeable;

• (b) rendered it impossible, through no fault of the licensee, for the licensee to market the specialty chicken in accordance with the conditions of the specialty chicken licence; and

• (c) was beyond the control of the licensee.