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 11. (1) In order for the local board to allot the appropriate number of zone council delegates to each approved association, every producer shall register as a member of an approved association by filing with the local board a registration form provided by the local board.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (1). (2) A producer is eligible to register as a member of an approved association if the producer is connected to the association’s association area in any of the following ways: 1.  The producer is an individual who resides in the association area. 2.  The producer owns hogs produced on a property in the association area. 3.  The producer owns or is the tenant of property in the association area and, i.  hogs are produced on the property by the producer, or ii.  hogs are produced on the property under contract for a third party.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (2). (3) A producer who is not connected to an association area in any of the ways described in subsection (2) is eligible to register as a member of any approved association in a hog producing zone if the producer is connected to the hog producing zone in any of the following ways: 1.  The producer is an individual who resides at a location that is within the zone but that is not within an association area. 2.  The producer owns hogs produced on a property that is in the zone but that is not within an association area. 3.  The producer owns or is the tenant of property that is in the zone but that is not within an association area and, i.  hogs are produced on the property by the producer, or ii.  hogs are produced on the property under contract for a third party.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (3). (4) If a producer is eligible to register as a member of more than one approved association under subsection (2) or under subsection (3), the producer may register as a member of only one approved association.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (4). (5) A producer who is eligible to register as a member of more than one approved association under subsection (2) or (3) and who has registered as a member of one of those associations may, at any time, change their association membership and become a member of another approved association for which they are eligible to register as a member by notifying the local board in writing of the change of association membership. O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (5); O. Reg. 318/23, s. 8 (1). (6) If an approved association is about to elect delegates to its zone council and a producer changes association membership in accordance with subsection (5) in order to become a member of that association, the producer shall not be entitled to participate in the zone council election as a member of the association unless they gave the notice of change required under subsection (5) on or before January 1 of the election year. O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (6); O. Reg. 318/23, s. 8 (2). (7) A producer’s registration as a member of an approved association expires if the producer ceases to meet the eligibility rule set out in subsection (2) or (3) with respect to that association.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (7). (8) A producer who was registered on December 31, 2010 as a member of a County Pork Producers Association is deemed, on and after January 1, 2011, to be registered as a member of the approved association whose association area corresponds to the boundaries of the County Pork Producers Association.  O. Reg. 403/10, s. 11 (8); O. Reg. 41/11, s. 2. Zone Council Elections