M-35.1 - Act respecting the marketing of agricultural, food and fish products

Section 159 Disposition versions

1990-09-12

159. The Régie, of its own initiative or at the request of a marketing board or certified association, may, by regulation,

(1)  require any person other than a consumer who buys or receives an agricultural product from a producer, to withhold all or part of the contributions imposed under sections 154 and 155 from the price or value of the product to be paid to the producer, and remit the amount withheld to the board or association on behalf of the producer according to the terms and conditions prescribed;

(2)  determine the information which must be furnished in respect of the amounts so withheld;

(3)  fix and adjust the rate of interest payable where a person referred to in paragraph 1 is late in remitting a contribution to the marketing board or certified association.

1990, c. 13, s. 159.