M-35 - Farm Products Marketing Act

Section 19 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

19. The draft joint plan shall indicate:

(a)  the names in full, addresses and occupations of the applicants;

(b)  the class of producers and the farm product contemplated by the draft, the territory of origin of the product, and the purchaser for whom or the purpose for which it is intended;

(c)  the composition of the producers’ board to be entrusted with the implementation and administration of the plan;

(d)  the names in full, addresses and occupations of the provisional directors of such board;

(e)  the mode of election or appointment and replacement of subsequent directors;

(f)  the negotiating agent and the sales agent of the interested producers; such agents may be persons designated for such purpose by the plan, a cooperative or professional organization of producers, or the producers’ board itself;

(g)  the powers, duties and functions of the producers’ board and of the negotiating and sales agents;

(h)  where necessary, the establishment, functions and term of office of an advisory committee entrusted with advising the producers’ board, the Board or any other person engaged in the marketing of the contemplated farm product on any matter relating to the administration and implementation of such plan and the by-laws;

(i)  the composition of such advisory committee and the mode of appointment and replacement of its members;

(j)  the mode proposed for financing the administrative expenses incurred by the producers’ board in the efficient carrying out of the plan;

(k)  any other information prescribed by the Board.

For the purposes of subparagraph f, preference is given to a cooperative organization that includes a majority of the producers of the classes of products contemplated by the plan for recognition or choice as sales agent for the interested producers.

1974, c. 36, s. 19.