Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Licence Charges (Interprovincial and Export) Order (SOR/86-239)

Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Licence Charges (Interprovincial and Export) Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Act

Act means the Farm Products Marketing Act of Ontario; (Loi)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Board established pursuant to the Act and the Plan; (Office de commercialisation)

licensed producer

licensed producer means a producer to whom a licence to produce tobacco has been issued by the Board, but does not include a producer whose licence has been suspended or revoked by the Board; (producteur agréé)

Plan

Plan means The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers’ Marketing Plan established pursuant to the Act and any regulations made thereunder to give effect to the Plan; (Plan)

tobacco

tobacco means unmanufactured flue-cured tobacco produced in Ontario. (tabac)

Application

3 This Order applies only with respect to the marketing of tobacco in interprovincial and export trade and to persons and property situated in the Province of Ontario.

Licence Charges

• 4 (1) Every licensed producer shall pay licence charges to the Commodity Board at the rate of 2.5¢ for each pound or fraction thereof of tobacco marketed by the producer.

• (2) The Commodity Board may deduct the licence charges payable by a licensed producer from the moneys paid to the Commodity Board for the tobacco marketed by the producer.