Canada Grain Act — G-10 2
rcel of grain by an inspector; ( inspection officielle ) official sample means a sample taken from a parcel of grain by a person authorized by the Commission to take the sample or by any sampling device authorized by the Commission; ( échantillon officiel ) official weighing means the weighing of grain under the supervision of a person authorized by the Commission or in a manner authorized by the Commission; ( pesée officielle ) operator means, in respect of an elevator, the person in possession of the premises constituting the elevator, either as owner or lessee thereof or as being entitled under a contract with the owner or lessee to operate the elevator for his own benefit and advantage; ( exploitant ) order includes any directive to the trade issued by the Commission; ( arrêté ) overage [Repealed, 2012, c. 31, s. 351] prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( Version anglaise seulement ) primary elevator means an elevator the principal use of which is the receiving of grain directly from producers for storage or forwarding or both; ( installation primaire ou silo primaire ) primary standard sample means, in respect of a grade of grain, a sample of grain of that grade designated by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 26(a); ( échantillon-type normal ) process elevator means an elevator the principal use of which is the receiving and storing of grain for direct manufacture or processing into other products; ( installation de transformation ou silo de transformation ) producer means, as well as an actual producer, any person entitled, as landlord, vendor or mortgagee or hypothecary creditor, to the grain produced by an actual producer or to any share of that grain; ( producteur ) public carrier means any railway company, any operator of an extra-provincial truck undertaking within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Transport Act and any owner or operator of a ship; ( transporteur public ) railway company means any company operating a line of railway in one or more provinces; ( compagnie de chemin de fer ) regulation [Repealed, 1994, c. 45, s. 1] screenings means dockage that has been removed from a parcel of grain; ( criblures ) ship includes any description of vessel or boat used or designed for use in navigation, irrespective of method or lack of propulsion; ( navire ) shortage [Repealed, 2012, c. 31, s. 351] shrinkage means the loss in weight of grain that occurs in the handling or treating of grain; ( perte de poids ) special binning means the storing of a parcel or parcels of grain pursuant to a contract, in space in an elevator that is specified in the contract, for the purpose of preserving the identity of the grain; ( stockage en cellule ) storage charge means the charge made by the licensee of an elevator for maintaining in the elevator a stock of grain available for delivery on presentation of an elevator receipt entitling the holder to the delivery of grain in accordance with the receipt; ( frais de stockage ) terminal elevator means an elevator whose principal uses are the receiving of grain from another elevator and the cleaning, storing and treating of the grain before it is moved forward; ( installation terminale ou silo terminal ) transfer elevator [Repealed, 2012, c. 31, s. 351] weigh-over [Repealed, 2012, c. 31, s. 351] Western Division means all that part of Canada lying west of the meridian passing through the eastern boundary of the City of Thunder Bay, including the whole of the Province of Manitoba; ( région de l’Ouest ) western grain means grain, other than imported grain, that is delivered into the Western Division. ( grain de l’Ouest ) R.S., 1985, c. G-10, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 29 (3rd Supp.), s. 25, c. 37 (4th Supp.), s. 1; 1994, c. 45, s. 1; 1998, c. 22, s. 1; 2001, c. 13, s. 12; 2008, c. 20, s. 3; 2011, c. 25, s. 24; 2012, c. 31, s. 351 2020, c. 1, s. 60