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Second Session, 48th General Assembly

66 Elizabeth II, 2017

BILL 10

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NATURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Received and Read the First Time.................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee..........................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE STEVE CROCKER

Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Natural Products Marketing Act to

·         give the Farm Industry Review Board the power to hear and determine appeals in relation to the suspension or cancellation of licences and permits;

·         give the minister the authority to confer upon a commodity board the power to prescribe quality standards and practices in relation to a regulated product; and

·         give the minister the authority to confer upon a commodity board the power to impose penalties.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NATURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.9 Amdt.
Powers and duties of board

        2.   S.12 Amdt.
Powers of a commodity board


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cN-2
as amended

        1. Paragraph 9(1)(n) of the Natural Products Marketing Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of subparagraph (iii) and adding immediately after that subparagraph the following:

                 (iii.1)  the suspension or revocation of licences and permits, and

 

        2. Section 12 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (n) the following:

         (n.1)  prescribing quality standards and practices in relation to a regulated product;

         (n.2)  respecting the imposition of penalties;

         (n.3)  respecting the terms and conditions under which the penalties referred to in paragraph (n.2) are payable, the amount of the penalties, the method by which the penalties are calculated and the times at which the penalties are payable;