Food Research and Development Centre Fees Order (SOR/92-478)

Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Food Research and Development Centre Fees Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Centre

Centre means the Food Research and Development Centre of the Department of Agriculture at Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec; (Centre)

Centre personnel

Centre personnel means development assistants, research assistants, scientific professionals and scientific researchers; (personnel du Centre)

cycle

cycle, in respect of a permeability test, means the maximum number of samples that can be tested simultaneously on the instrument; (cycle)

first day of rest

first day of rest, in respect of a member of the Centre personnel, means the day that begins immediately after midnight of the day on which the member worked the member’s last normal work day; (premier jour de repos)

normal work day

normal work day means a work day of 7.5 hours, not including Saturdays and holidays; (jour ouvrable)

overtime work

overtime work means work performed by Centre personnel, other than scientific researchers, outside a normal work day; (travail supplémentaire)

permeability test

permeability test means a test made to test the permeability of materials used for packaging food; (essai de perméabilité)

second day of rest

second day of rest means the day that begins immediately after midnight of the first day of rest or immediately after midnight of a paid holiday where the first day of rest is immediately followed by a paid holiday; (deuxième jour de repos)

user

user means a person to whom technical assistance services or the use of research facilities is provided by the Centre. (usager)

Fees

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 5, a user shall pay the following fee for the use of the Centre’s research and development facilities calculated on a per hour or part thereof basis:

  • (a) for the period beginning on September 1, 1992 and ending on August 31, 1993, $10.50;

  • (b) for the period beginning on September 1, 1993 and ending on August 31, 1994, $21.00;

  • (c) for the period beginning on September 1, 1994 and ending on August 31, 1995, $31.50;

  • (d) after August 31, 1995, $42.00.

• (2) A user shall be subject to a minimum fee for the use of the Centre’s research and development facilities calculated on the basis of a period of 4 hours.

4 Subject to section 5, a user shall pay for the services of a member of the Centre personnel set out in column II of an item of Schedule I during the period of time set out in column I of that item the fee calculated on a per hour or part thereof basis, in accordance with the rate set out in column III of that item.

5 A user shall pay for each hour of overtime work, the following fee:

• (a) on a day that is a normal work day,

  • (i) for the first 7.5 hours of overtime, 1.5 times the applicable rate set out in column III of an item of Schedule I,

  • (ii) for the next 9 hours of overtime, 2 times the applicable rate set out in column III of an item of Schedule I;

• (b) on a first day of rest,

  • (i) for the first 7.5 hours of overtime, 1.5 times the applicable rate set out in column III of an item of Schedule I, and

  • (ii) for the next 16.5 hours of overtime, 2 times the applicable rate set out in column III of an item of Schedule I; and

• (c) for a second day of rest and any subsequent day of rest, 2 times the applicable rate set out in column III of an item of Schedule I.

6 A user shall pay for a permeability test the fee calculated in accordance with Schedule II.