A-20.02 - Act respecting reserved designations

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2. The Minister may, in accordance with section 6, recognize a designation proposed by a certification body and reserve its use for the members of the body, if the designation meets the criteria and requirements he has determined by regulation.
The producers, processors, distributors or retailers of any one product may form a certification body for the purposes of this Act.
The Minister may, before reserving a designation, require of the proposers of the designation that they form a legal person to act as an accreditation board whose name contains the words “accreditation board”. The accreditation board must, in accordance with the regulations of the Minister, be representative of the persons concerned by the designation.
1996, c. 51, s. 2.