Wheat and Barley Research, Market Development and Technical Assistance Regulations (SOR/2012-152)

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations, Commission means the Alberta Barley Commission.

Application

2 These Regulations apply to wheat and barley grown in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and the Peace River District of British Columbia.

Responsible Agency

3 The Commission is the agency to which amounts are to be remitted under section 83.1 of the Canada Grain Act.

Deductions

• 4 (1) Any person required to issue a cash purchase ticket under the Act must collect a deduction of the following amounts:

  • (a) $0.48 per tonne for wheat; and

  • (b) $0.56 per tonne for barley except in the case of barley grown in Alberta for which the amount to be collected is $0.04 per tonne.

• (2) The amounts that are deducted must be remitted to the Commission within 30 days from the end of the month in which they are collected along with a report that indicates the amounts deducted in respect of wheat and barley from each producer.

Refunds of Amounts Deducted

• 5 (1) Any producer may make an application for a refund from the Commission of any amount that was deducted under subsection 4(1).

• (2) The application must be in the appropriate form supplied by the Commission, be signed and dated and contain the producer’s name, mailing address and telephone number.

• (3) The application may be made once every crop year and must be submitted by July 31 of that crop year.

• (4) The Commission must remit the refund not later than 90 days after the end of the crop year.

Annual Reports

6 The Commission must provide an annual report to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food not later than 120 days after the end of the crop year that contains the following information in respect of wheat and of barley:

• (a) the total amounts of deductions;

• (b) the total amounts paid for research activities into new and improved varieties of wheat and of barley, the recipients of the funds and a description of those activities;

• (c) the total amounts paid for the promotion of the marketing and use of wheat and of barley, the recipients of the funds and a description of those activities;

• (d) the total amounts paid for technical assistance relating to the use of wheat and of barley, the recipients of the funds and a description of the technical assistance activities;

• (e) the total amounts of refunds; and

• (f) details of the administrative costs.

Coming into Force

7 These Regulations come into force on August 1, 2012.