1In this Act
“agricultural fair association” means an organization of district, county or provincial scope whose purpose is to hold exhibitions of livestock, poultry, agricultural produce and the products of kindred agricultural and homemaking arts;(association de foires agricoles)
“agricultural society” means a community group of farmers organized for the general promotion of agriculture within that community;(société agricole)
“associations” includes district farmers associations, Provincial farmers association, agricultural fair associations and specialized agricultural associations;(associations)
“district” means any portion of the Province defined by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council as an agricultural district under this Act;(région)
“district farmers association” means an organization whose function is to co-ordinate the educational, promotional and other non-commercial activities of the various local agricultural organizations operating within a specified district;(association régionale d’agriculteurs)
“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries;(Ministre)
“Provincial farmers association” means an organization constituted as the central co-ordinating agent of the several district farmers associations and of such other agricultural organizations as may from time to time be determined;(association provinciale d’agriculteurs)
“society” means an agricultural society incorporated under this or any Act relating to agriculture heretofore passed;(société)
“specialized agricultural association” means an organization of local, district or provincial scope devoted to the improvement and promotion, by education, demonstration or other non-commercial means, of one particular breed or kind of livestock or any other one special phase of agriculture.(association agricole spécialisée)
R.S., c.5, s.1; 1967, c.38, s.2; 1986, c.8, s.2; 1996, c.25, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.8; 2007, c.10, s.7; 2010, c.31, s.6