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1. In this Regulation, “chicken” means a chicken or any class or part thereof produced from the egg of a domestic hen; (“poulet”) “local board” means Chicken Farmers of Ontario; (“commission locale”) “plan” means the Ontario Chicken Plan; (“plan”) “processor” means a person who slaughters chickens, and “processing” has a corresponding meaning; (“transformateur”) “producer” means a person engaged in the production of chickens. (“producteur”)  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 1; O. Reg. 528/96, s. 1.
2. This Regulation provides for the control and regulation in any or all respects of the producing and marketing within Ontario of chickens, including the prohibition of such producing and marketing in whole or in part.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 2.
3. Revoked:  O. Reg. 404/95, s. 1. Powers of Local Board
Powers of Local Board
 4. The Commission delegates to the local board the power, (a)  to require persons engaged in producing or marketing chickens to register their names, addresses and occupations with the local board; (b)  to require persons engaged in producing or marketing chickens to furnish such information relating to the production or marketing of chickens, including the completing and filing of returns, as the local board determines; (c)  to appoint persons to, (i)  inspect the books, records, documents, lands and premises and any chickens of persons engaged in producing or marketing chickens, and (ii)  enter on lands or premises used for the producing of chickens and perform a count of chickens; (d)  to stimulate, increase and improve the marketing of chickens by such means as it considers proper; (e)  to co-operate with a marketing board, local board, marketing commission or marketing agency of Canada or of any province in Canada for the purpose of marketing chickens; (f)  to do such acts and make such orders and issue such directions as are necessary to enforce the due observance and carrying out of the Act, the regulations and the plan.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 4.
Powers of Local Board
 6. (1) All chickens shall be marketed through the local board.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 6 (1). (2) No person shall market chickens except through the local board.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 6 (2).
Powers of Local Board
 7. The Commission vests in the local board the following powers: 1.  To direct and control by order or direction, either as principal or agent, the marketing of chickens, including the times and places at which chickens may be marketed. 1.1  To determine the quality of each class, variety, grade and size of chickens that shall be marketed by each producer. 2.  To prohibit the marketing of any class, variety, grade or size of chickens. 3.  Revoked:  O. Reg. 194/92, s. 1. 4.  To fix and impose service charges from time to time for the marketing of chickens. 5.  To purchase or otherwise acquire such quantity or quantities of chickens as the local board considers advisable and to sell or otherwise dispose of any chickens so purchased or acquired.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 7; O. Reg. 194/92, s. 1; O. Reg. 129/11, s. 1.
Powers of Local Board
 7.1  The Commission vests in the local board the power to make regulations, (a)  providing for the seizure and detention of chickens or of any class, variety, grade or size of chickens by a person appointed under clause 3 (1) (g) of the Act where the person believes on reasonable grounds an offence against the Act or the regulations has been committed in respect of the chickens; (b)  providing for the release from detention of chickens where the local board is satisfied that the owner of the chickens complies with the Act and the regulations respecting the chickens; (c)  providing for the disposal of chickens that have been seized and detained and providing for the administration and disposition of any money derived from any such disposal; and (d)  prescribing the manner in which chickens shall be seized, detained, released and disposed of.  O. Reg. 7/06, s. 1.
Powers of Local Board
 8. (1) Any person who produces and processes chickens shall, not later than the 31st day of January in any year, furnish to the local board a statement of the amount of chicken produced and used for processing in the preceding year.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 8 (1). (2) Any person who produces and processes chickens shall pay licence fees monthly to the local board in the same amounts as are prescribed by the local board under clause 5 (g) for every kilogram of chicken produced and processed.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 8 (2). (3) Any person who produces and processes chickens shall forward to the local board the licence fees payable in any month not later than the 15th day of the following month.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 8 (3).
Powers of Local Board
 9. The local board may recover from any person by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction any licence fees payable to the local board.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 9. Quotas
Quotas
 10. (1) The Commission authorizes the local board, (a)  to require that chickens be marketed on a quota basis; (b)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has not been fixed and allotted for the marketing of chickens or whose quota has been cancelled from marketing any chickens; (c)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has been fixed and allotted for the marketing of chickens from marketing any chickens in excess of such quota; and (d)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has been fixed and allotted for the marketing of chickens produced on lands or premises in respect of which such quota has fixed and allotted from marketing any chickens other than chickens produced on such lands or premises.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 10 (1). (2) The Commission authorizes the local board, (a)  to fix and allot to persons quotas for the marketing of chickens on such basis as the local board considers proper; (b)  to refuse to fix and allot to any person a quota for the marketing of chickens for any reason that the local board considers proper; and (c)  to cancel or reduce, or refuse to increase, a quota fixed and allotted to any person for the marketing of chickens for any reason that the local board considers proper.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 10 (2).
Quotas
 11. (1) The Commission authorizes the local board, (a)  to require that chickens be produced on a quota basis; (b)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has not been fixed and allotted for the producing of chickens or whose quota has been cancelled from producing any chickens; (c)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has been fixed and allotted for the production of chickens from producing any chickens in excess of such quota; and (d)  to prohibit any person to whom a quota has been fixed and allotted for the producing of chickens on lands or premises in respect of which such quota was fixed and allotted from producing any chickens other than chickens produced on such lands and premises.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 11 (1). (2) The Commission authorizes the local board, (a)  to fix and allot to persons quotas for the producing of chickens on such basis as the local board considers proper; (b)  to refuse to fix and allot to any person a quota for the producing of chickens for any reason that the local board considers proper; (c)  to cancel or reduce, or refuse to increase, a quota fixed and allotted to any person for producing chickens for any reason that the local board considers proper, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to cancel or reduce any such quota as a penalty where the local board believes on reasonable grounds that the person to whom the quota was fixed and allotted has contravened the Act or the regulations; and (d)  to permit any person to whom a quota has been fixed and allotted for the producing of chickens to produce any chickens in excess of such quota on such terms and conditions as the local board considers proper.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 11 (2).
Quotas
 12. (1) The Commission authorizes the local board to use any class of licence fees, service charges and other money payable to it, for the purpose of paying the expenses of the local board, carrying out and enforcing the Act and the regulations and carrying out the purposes of the plan.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 12 (1). (2) The Commission authorizes the local board to establish a fund in connection with the plan for the payment of any money that may be required for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1).  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 12 (2).
Quotas
 13. Revoked:  O. Reg. 194/92, s. 2. Power to Conduct Pools
Power to Conduct Pools
 14. The Commission authorizes the local board to conduct a pool or pools for the distribution of all money received from the sale of chickens and, after deducting all necessary and proper disbursements and expenses, to distribute the remainder of the money received from the sale in such manner that every producer receives a share of the remainder of the money received from the sale in relation to the amount, class, variety, grade or size of chickens delivered by the producer, and authorizes the local board to make an initial payment on delivery of the chickens and subsequent payments until all of the remainder of the money received from the sale is distributed to the producers.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 14.
Power to Conduct Pools
 15. The Commission authorizes the local board to require the price or prices payable or owing to the producers for chickens to be paid to or through the local board and to recover such price or prices by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 15.
Power to Conduct Pools
 16. The Commission authorizes the local board to appoint agents, to prescribe their duties and terms and conditions of employment and to provide for their remuneration.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 402, s. 16. Negotiating Agency
Negotiating Agency
 17. (1) There shall be a negotiating agency consisting of two parties, one of which represents the local board and one of which represents the licensed Ontario chicken processors.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2. (2) The local board shall appoint five members to the negotiating agency.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2. (3) The licensed Ontario chicken processors shall appoint five members to the negotiating agency.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2. (4) The members appointed under subsections (2) and (3) shall be appointed for every quota period fixed by the local board.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2; O. Reg. 494/05, s. 1 (1). (5) The local board and the licensed processors shall notify each other and the Commission in writing of the names and addresses of their appointees at least eight weeks before the beginning of the quota period for which they are negotiating the price.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2; O. Reg. 494/05, s. 1 (2). (6) If the Commission is not notified by the time set out in subsection (5), it shall appoint the members necessary to complete the negotiating agency.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2. (7) If a member of the negotiating agency dies, resigns, or is unable or unwilling to act, the local board, the licensed processors or the Commission, as the case may be, shall appoint a replacement and advise the other parties of his or her name and address.  O. Reg. 264/02, s. 2.
Negotiating Agency
 18.1 The negotiating agency may adopt or settle by agreement any charges, costs or expenses for a quota period relating to any emergency euthanasia of chickens due to reduced processing capability as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by filing the agreement with the Commission before the day that is one week before the beginning of the quota period. O. Reg. 213/21, s. 1. Arbitration
Advisory Committee
 20. (1) There shall be an advisory committee to be known as “The Chicken Industry Advisory Committee” established in accordance with this section.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (2) The members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for a one-year term that shall begin on January 1 of any given year and end on December 31 of that year.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (3) The advisory committee shall be composed of nine members, appointed as follows: 1.  Three members shall be appointed by the Commission. 2.  Three members shall be appointed by the local board. 3.  Three members shall be appointed by the Association of Ontario Chicken Processors.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (4) The Commission shall appoint one of the members it appoints under paragraph 1 of subsection (3) as the chair of the advisory committee.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (5) If the Chair of the advisory committee dies, resigns or is unable to act, the Commission shall appoint a replacement chair from among the remaining members of the advisory committee.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (6) If a member of the advisory committee other than the Chair dies, resigns or is unable to act, the body that appointed the member shall appoint a replacement member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the member’s term.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (7) If any of the bodies referred to in subsection (3) fails to appoint a member in accordance with that subsection or to appoint a replacement member in accordance with subsection (6), the Commission may appoint the member or replacement member.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. (8) The advisory committee may advise and make recommendations to the local board in respect of, (a)  the promotion of harmonious relationships between persons engaged in the production and marketing of chickens; (b)  the promotion of greater efficiency in the production and marketing of chickens; (c)  the prevention and correction of irregularities and inequities in the marketing of chickens; (d)  the improvement of the quality and variety of chickens; (e)  the improvement of the circulation of market information respecting chickens; and (f)  any matter with respect to which the local board may be empowered to make regulations under the Act.  O. Reg. 525/10, s. 1. Schedule 1 Revoked: O. Reg. 51/21, s. 3.  Français