Definitions
“agent or broker” means a person who sells chicks or receives consignments of chicks for resale or distribution but does not include a hatcheryman or any employee of a hatcheryman while he is engaged in selling chicks or receiving consignments on behalf of the hatcheryman;(agent ou courtier)
“chicks” means poultry one month old or less;(poussins)
“hatchery” means a building or portion of a building equipped with an incubator capacity of two hundred or more eggs and used for incubation purposes;(couvoir)
“hatchery supply flock” means a flock of poultry that meets the requirements of the New Brunswick Hatchery Supply Flock Policy as prescribed by regulation;(troupeau produisant des oeufs d’incubation)
“hatcheryman” means any person who operates a hatchery;(exploitant de couvoir)
“hatching eggs” means eggs intended for the production of chicks;(oeufs d’incubation)
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries and includes any person designated to act on the Minister’s behalf;(Ministre)
“poultry” means fowl or birds, domestic or wild.(volailles)
1.1(2)The Minister may designate any person to act on his behalf for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.
1981, c.61, s.2; 1986, c.8, s.102; 1996, c.25, s.29; 2000, c.26, s.244; 2007, c.10, s.77; 2010, c.31, s.107