ALBERTA HATCHING EGG PLAN AMENDMENT REGULATION
Marketing of Agricultural Products Act
December 17, 2020
291/2020
For information only: Made by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (M.O. 053/2020) on December 17, 2020 pursuant to section 23 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act. 1 The Alberta Hatching Egg Plan Regulation (AR 283/96) is amended by this Regulation. 2 Section 1(1) is amended (a) by repealing clause (b.2) and substituting the following: (b.2) "auditor" means a professional accounting firm registered under the Chartered Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform an audit engagement; (b) in clause (m) by striking out "female breeder hens" and substituting "breeder hens and pullets". 3 The following is added after section 17: Removal from office 17.1 The Board may, on a motion passed by at least 60% of the directors currently in office at a meeting of the Board, remove a director from office if the director fails to abide by any of the Board's policies. 4 Section 29 is amended (a) in subsection (1) by striking out "except the election of a person to be a member of the Board" and substituting "referred to in section 28(a) or (b)"; (b) in subsection (2) (i) by striking out "in respect of any matter" and substituting "under subsection (1)"; (ii) in clause (a) by striking out "question" and substituting "matter". 5 Section 30 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1): (1.1) The returning officer may amend the voters list up to and including the day on which the vote is to take place, but no later than the time at which the ballots are to be counted, to (a) add to the voters list a producer who has been issued a licence and allocated quota after the voters list has been prepared under subsection (1) but before the ballots are to be counted, or (b) remove from the voters list a producer who has surrendered the producer's licence or whose licence has been suspended or cancelled after the voters list has been prepared under subsection (1). 6 Section 31 is repealed and the following is substituted: Nominations 31 Nominations for candidates for election as members of the Board must be (a) signed by at least 2 producers or producer's representatives and by the nominee, and (b) delivered to the returning officer by the date set by the Board. 7 Section 39 is amended by striking out "September 30, 2019" and substituting "September 30, 2025".