Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (RSA 2000, c. M-4).

The Act consists of 54 sections divided in 7 Parts. Part 1 concerns the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council, which is a corporation and is continued and shall consist of not fewer than 3 persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (sect. 3). Functions and powers of the Council are spelled out. Part 2 provides for the establishment of plans, boards and commissions and regulations governing boards and commissions. Plans provide for the control and regulation of the marketing or production and marketing of an agricultural product, or the carrying out of projects or programs to commence, stimulate, increase or improve the production or marketing, or both, of an agricultural product. A board or a commission can be established to administer and operate approved plans (sects. 17-20). Part 3 covers the amendment, continuation, revision and termination of plans. Part 4 regulates the operation of plans and Part 6 the enforcement of plans and of the Act. Part 7 contains general provisions, among others, on liability of members of the Council or of boards or commission and on rights and obligations of producers and processors.