Blueberry Plan Administration Regulation - Natural Products Act (N.B. Reg. 2006-62).

The present Regulation enacts the Natural Products Act. The Regulation lays down provisions relating to the administration of the blueberry plan. In particular, section 13 establishes that the following powers are vested in the Agency: a) to exempt from the Plan respecting promotion or research of the regulated product any producer or class of producers; b) to appoint officers and employees, assign their duties and fix their remuneration; c) to undertake and assist in the promotion of the consumption and use of the regulated product, the improvement of the quality and variety of the regulated product and the publication of information in relation to the regulated product; and d) to undertake or to engage other persons to conduct research activities with respect to, and advertise and promote in any other manner, the regulated product. The text – consisting of 16 sections – deals, inter alia with the following aspects: membership of Agency, term of office, designated representative qualifications of members, annual district meetings, change of address, list of eligible producers, voting at annual district meetings, vacancy, removal of member, powers of Agency, advisory committees, by-laws and commencement.