Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

beef cattle

beef cattle means any beef cattle produced or marketed in the Province of Quebec; (bovin)

buyer

buyer means a person who acquires or receives any beef cattle from a producer, directly or through any type of auction, for the buyer’s own purposes; (acheteur)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means the Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec; (Fédération)

producer

producer means a person who breeds beef cattle in Quebec for the person’s use or for others, produces them or has them produced, or markets them in any way. (producteur)

Levies or Charges

3 Every producer shall pay to the Commodity Board, for all beef cattle produced or marketed in interprovincial and export trade, the levies or charges fixed or imposed in the following by-laws as amended from time to time:

• (a) Règlement sur les contributions des producteurs de bovins, R.R.Q., c. M-35.1, r. 146; and

• (b) Règlement sur le fonds de garantie des producteurs de bovins, R.R.Q., c. M-35.1, r. 149.

• (c) to (g) [Repealed, SOR/2012-56, s. 1]

Method of Payment

4 Subject to section 5, the producer shall pay every levy or charge payable pursuant to section 3 to the Commodity Board at its headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, within the time limits set out in the by-laws referred to in that section.

5 A buyer shall deduct from the moneys payable to a producer for beef cattle all levies or charges payable by the producer to the Commodity Board under section 3 and shall remit the levies or charges directly to the Commodity Board at its headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, in accordance with the Règlement de la Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec sur le prélèvement par les acheteurs des contributions des producteurs, R.R.Q., c. M-35.1, r. 3.