Farm Products Agencies Act — F-4 7
Powers of Council 7 (1) In order to fulfil its duties, the Council (a) on receipt of a written request from one or more associations representing a significant number of persons engaged in the growing or production of any farm product in Canada or if directed to do so by the Minister shall, or on its own initiative may, inquire into the merits of (i) establishing an agency in respect of the farm product and vesting it with all or any of the powers set out in section 22 or 42, as the case may be, or (ii) broadening the authority of an existing agency by vesting it with all or any of the powers set out in section 22 or 42, as the case may be, in relation to any farm products that are additional to the farm products in respect of which it was established, and report its recommendations to the Minister, including the terms of an appropriate marketing plan or promotion and research plan where, in its opinion, it is appropriate that an agency be vested with power to implement such a plan in relation to the farm products to which the inquiry relates; (b) shall review any amendment to a marketing plan or promotion and research plan that is submitted to it by the agency charged with the implementation of the plan, review any proposed marketing plan or promotion and research plan that is submitted to it by an agency that is not vested with power to implement such a plan, and consider all representations submitted to it in relation to the proposed amendment or plan and report its recommendations thereon to the Minister; (c) shall review the operations of agencies and report thereon annually to the Minister or, in any case where in its opinion the circumstances warrant, on a more frequent basis; (d) shall review all orders and regulations that are proposed to be made by agencies and that are of a class of orders or regulations to which the Council, by order, provides that this paragraph is applicable and, where it is satisfied that the orders and regulations are necessary for the implementation of the marketing plan or promotion and research plan that the agency proposing to make the orders or regulations is authorized to implement, the Council shall approve the orders and regulations; (e) shall review all orders and regulations that are made by agencies and that are not of a class of orders or regulations to which paragraph (d) is made applicable, and, where it is satisfied that the orders or regulations are necessary for the administration of the marketing plan or promotion and research plan that the agency that has made the orders or regulations is authorized to implement, the Council shall approve the orders or regulations and, where it is not so satisfied, the Council may, by order, set aside in whole or in part any such orders and regulations; (f) shall make such inquiries and take such action within its powers as it deems appropriate in relation to any complaints received by it from any person who is directly affected by the operations of an agency and that relate to the operations of the agency; (g) may conduct studies of, and on its own initiative or on the direction of the Minister research into, any matter relating to the marketing or promotion of a farm product in interprovincial or export trade or research activities related thereto; (h) may, for the purpose of implementing any marketing plan, require persons engaged in the production of a farm product for, or the marketing of a farm product in, interprovincial or export trade (i) to register with the Council or the appropriate agency, (ii) to maintain books and records in relation to the production or marketing of the farm product by them in such form and containing such information as the Council requires pursuant to this paragraph, and (iii) to submit to the Council or the appropriate agency such information relating to the production or marketing of the farm product by them as it may reasonably require; (i) may, when in its opinion it is necessary to do so for the purpose