ALBERTA HATCHING EGG PLAN AMENDMENT REGULATION
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6 Section 31 is repealed and the following is substituted: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".