Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Farming and Fishing Industries Development Act;

"board" means the British Columbia Milk Marketing Board continued under section 3 of the British Columbia Milk Marketing Board Regulation, B.C. Reg. 167/94;

"council" means the Dairy Industry Development Council established by the minister under section 2 of the Act;

"delivered" means transferred from a producer, through the board, to a processor or transferred from a producer to itself in its capacity as a processor;

"levy" means the levy in section 4 of the Act and section 2 of this regulation;

"milk" means milk or cream obtained from cows;

"processor" means a person who operates a dairy plant and receives or uses milk for processing into a dairy product;

"producer" means a person who produces milk.

[am. B.C. Reg. 61/2005.]

Payment of levy

2 Every producer must pay to the council the levy established by the council under section 4 (1) of the Act.

Collection and remittance of levy

3 (1)  The board must collect the levy on behalf of the council by deducting it from the proceeds otherwise due to a producer for milk delivered.

(2)  The levy is payable on the last day of the month for which the levy is collected.

(3)  On or before the 30th day of the month following the month for which the levy was collected, the board must remit to the council the amount collected by the board for the previous month.