Short Title

1 This Order may be cited as the Prince Edward Island Cattle Marketing Levies Order.

Interpretation

2 In this Order,

Act

Act means the Natural Products Marketing Act of Prince Edward Island; (Loi)

auction barn

auction barn means an establishment at which cattle are auctioned to the highest bidder; (établissement de vente aux enchères)

cattle

cattle means finished beef cattle produced in Prince Edward Island and sold for slaughter; (bovins)

commodity group

commodity group means the Prince Edward Island Cattlemen’s Association Inc.; (groupement de producteurs)

drover

drover means a person who buys cattle from producers for resale to slaughterhouses, to producers or through auction barns; (commerçant d’animaux)

producer

producer means a person in the Province of Prince Edward Island engaged in the production or marketing of cattle; (producteur)

slaughterhouse

slaughterhouse means any provincially or federally inspected establishment for the butchering or processing of cattle. (abattoir)

Levies

• 3 (1) Every producer shall pay to the commodity group a levy of $1.50 per head on all cattle sold by the producer to a slaughterhouse.

• (2) Every producer shall pay to the commodity group a levy of $1.50 per head on all cattle sold by the producer through an auction barn.

• (3) Every drover shall pay to the commodity group a levy of $1.50 per head on all cattle sold by the drover to a slaughterhouse.

• (4) Every drover shall pay to the commodity group a levy of $1.50 per head on all cattle sold by the drover through an auction barn.

Method of Payment

• 4 (1) Each slaughterhouse and auction barn shall deduct the levy referred to in section 3 from the purchase price of each head of cattle and shall remit levies collected to the commodity group within 60 days after the date on which the levies were collected.

• (2) When requested to do so by the commodity group, every slaughterhouse and auction barn shall forward to the commodity group a statement of levy receipts.