Vol. 148, No. 2 — January 15, 2014

Registration

SOR/2013-256 December 23, 2013

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Regulations Amending the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg (Interprovincial) Pricing Regulations

Whereas the Governor in Council has, by the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation (see footnote a), established Canadian Hatching Egg Producers pursuant to subsection 16(1) (see footnote b) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote c);

Whereas Canadian Hatching Egg Producers has been empowered to implement a marketing plan pursuant to that Proclamation;

Whereas the proposed Regulations Amending the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg (Interprovincial) Pricing Regulations are regulations of a class to which paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote d) of that Act applies by reason of section 2 of the Agencies’ Orders and Regulations Approval Order (see footnote e), and have been submitted to the National Farm Products Council pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of that Act;

And whereas, pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote f) of that Act, the National Farm Products Council has approved the proposed Regulations, after being satisfied that it is necessary for the implementation of the marketing plan that Canadian Hatching Egg Producers is authorized to implement;

Therefore, Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote g) and section 9 of the schedule to the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation (see footnote h), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg (Interprovincial) Pricing Regulations.

Ottawa, December 13, 2013

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADIAN BROILER HATCHING EGG (INTERPROVINCIAL) PRICING REGULATIONS

AMENDMENTS

1. (1) The definitions “broiler hatching egg”, “Commodity Board”, “non-signatory provinces” and “signatory provinces” in section 2 of the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg (Interprovincial) Pricing Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.

(2) The definition “hatchability” in section 2 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

“hatchability” means the percentage of saleable chicks obtained from the incubation of broiler hatching eggs as established for each province by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food and published by that Department in the Hatchery Review. (coefficient d’éclosion)

(3) Section 2 of the Regulations is renumbered as subsection 2(1) and is amended by adding the following:

(2) Unless otherwise provided, the definitions in section 1 of the schedule to the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation apply in these Regulations.

COMING INTO FORCE

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The expression “Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency” is replaced by “Canadian Hatching Egg Producers,” to reflect the current name of the Agency. References to the Farm Products Agencies Act, the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation and the National Farm Products Council are updated to reflect the current instruments.

The definitions in the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers Proclamation are incorporated by reference and definitions duplicating those in the Proclamation (i.e. “broiler hatching egg,” “Commodity Board,” “non-signatory provinces,” and “signatory provinces”) are repealed.

The definition of “hatchability” in section 2 of the Regulations is amended.

Section 2 of the Regulations is renumbered as subsection 2(1) and is amended by adding subsection 2(2).