70(1)The Commission may assess the parties to a hearing of an appeal under section 65 for all of the expenses of the hearing, including the expenses of witnesses and a court reporter.

70(2)An assessment is due and payable within thirty days after it is made.

70(3)An assessment made under subsection (1) constitutes a debt due by the person against whom it is made to the Crown in right of the Province, is payable on demand by the Commission and may be recovered as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

70(4)In any claim or action under this section, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or secretary of the New Brunswick Farm Products Commission, or by the chairman or secretary of the New Brunswick Forest Products Commission, as the case may be, setting out the amount of an assessment is, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate, admissible in evidence and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the amount of the assessment set out in the certificate.

70(1)The Commission may assess the parties to a hearing of an appeal under section 65 for all of the expenses of the hearing, including the expenses of witnesses and a court reporter.

70(2)An assessment is due and payable within thirty days after it is made.

70(3)An assessment made under subsection (1) constitutes a debt due by the person against whom it is made to Her Majesty in right of the Province, is payable on demand by the Commission and may be recovered as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

70(4)In any claim or action under this section, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or secretary of the New Brunswick Farm Products Commission, or by the chairman or secretary of the New Brunswick Forest Products Commission, as the case may be, setting out the amount of an assessment is, without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the person purporting to have signed the certificate, admissible in evidence and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the amount of the assessment set out in the certificate.