Canada Grain Act

Marginal note:Grain standards committees

• 20 (1) The Commission shall, by by-law, constitute a western grain standards committee and an eastern grain standards committee, in this Part referred to as the Western Standards Committee and the Eastern Standards Committee, for the purpose of

  • (a) recommending specifications for grades of grain and selecting and recommending primary standard samples and export standard samples of grain; and

  • (b) performing such other duties in connection with the determination of grain standards as may be assigned to each committee by the Commission.

• Marginal note:Membership of Western Standards Committee

  (2) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint to the Western Standards Committee

  • (a) a commissioner, a grain inspector and a scientist;

  • (b) [Repealed, 2012, c. 31, s. 354]

  • (c) two persons nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;

  • (d) [Repealed, 2011, c. 25, s. 25]

  • (e) two persons selected from among processors of grain;

  • (f) two persons selected from among exporters of grain;

  • (g) twelve actual producers of western grain; and

  • (h) any additional persons not exceeding four in number that the Commission considers advisable.

• Marginal note:Membership of Eastern Standards Committee

  (3) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Minister, appoint to the Eastern Standards Committee

  • (a) a commissioner, a grain inspector and a scientist;

  • (b) one person nominated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;

  • (c) four persons selected from among processors and exporters of grain;

  • (d) not more than four persons representative of producers of eastern grain; and

  • (e) such additional persons not exceeding three in number as the Commission deems advisable.

• Marginal note:Chairman

  (4) A commissioner shall preside as chairman at each meeting of a grain standards committee.