Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation — 2
2 (1) The Governor in Council shall appoint as the first members of the Agency the existing directors of the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Producers Association that are from the signatory provinces and such members shall hold office until the expiration of the first fiscal year of the Agency, as fixed by by-law of the Agency. (2) Subject to subsections (1) and (5), the members of the Agency shall be appointed as follows to hold office for a term of two years: (a) the Commodity Board of each signatory province shall appoint one member, who is a resident of Canada, from among those of the Commodity Board’s directors who are actively engaged in the production of broiler hatching eggs and, where that member is involved in the setting of broiler hatching eggs in incubators, the hatchery of that member shall be licensed by the provincial Commodity Board that is authorized to license or, in the case of the Province of Quebec, shall be covered by an association of hatcheries accredited by that province’s supervisory board; (b) where there are four or fewer provincial commodity board members, the Canadian Hatchery Federation shall appoint one person as a member who is a resident of Canada; and (c) where there are five or more provincial commodity board members, the Canadian Hatchery Federation shall appoint two persons as members who are residents of Canada, one of whom shall represent the region west of the Ontario-Manitoba border and one of whom shall represent the region east of the Ontario-Manitoba border. (2.1) Persons appointed under paragraph (2)(b) or (c) shall be from a hatchery that is located in a signatory province and shall be experienced in the business or trade of the hatching of chicks for chicken production. The persons shall be active members of the staff of the hatchery and shall not be employed by the same business entity or corporate family. In each case the hatchery must be licensed by the Commodity Board where the province’s Commodity Board is authorized to license or, in the case of the Province of Quebec, shall be covered by an association of hatcheries accredited by that Province’s Supervisory Board. (3) A Commodity Board or the Canadian Hatchery Federation may appoint a person with the same qualifications for membership as are required for a member to be appointed by the Board or Federation to be a temporary substitute member to act in the place of each member appointed by it when that member is absent, is unable to act or is elected Chairperson of the Agency and to hold office as a temporary substitute member until the member in whose place the temporary substitute member is appointed to act ceases to be a member. (4) A temporary substitute member appointed under subsection (3) shall hold office during pleasure. (5) The members of the Agency first appointed under subsection (2) shall assume office on the expiration of the term of office of the members appointed under subsection (1) and shall hold office for a term of two years, except that the first members appointed under paragraph (2)(a) by the Commodity Boards of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec shall hold office for a term of only one year. (6) [Repealed, SOR/2013-144, s. 3] SOR/2007-196, s. 3; SOR/2013-144, s. 3