Regulations
5 (1) Despite section 4, the Minister may make regulations, (a) designating an association for the purposes of this Act; (b) fixing the amount of licence fees for the sale of cattle; (c) requiring persons to pay licence fees owing by them to an association; (c.1) granting to an agency established under the Farm Products Agencies Act (Canada) the authority to fix, impose and collect levies from sellers of cattle within Ontario, including the authority to classify sellers into groups and to fix levies in different amounts for the different groups; (c.2) for the purposes of clause (c.1), prescribing the conditions upon which the authority is granted and the use that the agency may make of the levies; (d) requiring any person who receives cattle or carcasses from a seller to deduct, from the money payable to the seller, any licence fee payable by the seller to an association or any levy payable by the seller to an agency established under the Farm Products Agencies Act (Canada) and to forward the licence fee or levy to the association or agency; (d.1) exempting classes of persons from the requirement under section 3 to hold a licence, in such circumstances as may be prescribed and subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed; (e) requiring any person who receives cattle from a seller thereof to furnish to an association information relating to the sale of the cattle, including the name of the seller, the number of head sold, the class of cattle and the sale price; (f) governing the security and confidentiality of information referred to in clause (e); (g) providing for the recovery by the association of licence fees owing to the association by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction; (h) providing for the exemption from any or all of the regulations of any cattle or class of cattle or any person or class of persons; (i) providing for the inspecting, weighing and measuring of cattle and carcasses; (j) respecting the buying, selling, handling, weighing, measuring, shipping and transporting of cattle and carcasses; (k) prescribing the manner in which receipts, classifications, weights and purchase prices shall be recorded by persons engaged in the buying or selling of cattle and made available to the Minister; (l) prescribing the manner in which buyers, sellers, transporters and shippers of cattle or carcasses shall identify, for the purposes of inspecting, weighing and measuring, individual sellers’ lots in a shipment; (m) prescribing the manner in which buyers shall make returns and prepare for presentation to the sellers the statements of accounts of purchase of cattle and carcasses; (n) respecting the facilities and equipment to be provided and maintained for the weighing and measuring of cattle and carcasses on premises in which cattle or carcasses are assembled, held, slaughtered, weighed or measured; (o) prescribing the basis on which the amount payable respecting a head of cattle or a carcass shall be calculated; (p) prescribing the time at which a person who purchases cattle shall weigh the cattle or the carcasses thereof; (q) prescribing the powers and duties of inspectors and price reporters; (r) providing for the issuing of inspection certificates by inspectors; (s) prescribing forms and providing for their use; (t) respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Act.  R.S.O. 1990, c. B.5, s. 5 (1); 1991, c. 53, s. 1 (1-3); 1994, c. 27, s. 11 (4); 2019, c. 14, Sched. 3, s. 16. Scope of regulations (2) Any regulation may be limited as to time or place, or to both.  R.S.O. 1990, c. B.5, s. 5 (2). Definitions (3) Any word or expression used in a regulation may be defined in the regulation for the purposes of the regulation.  R.S.O. 1990, c. B.5, s. 5 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1991, c. 53, s. 1 (1-3) - 19/12/1991; 1994, c. 27, s. 11 (4) - 09/12/1994 2019, c. 14, Sched. 3, s. 16 (1, 2) - 10/12/2019