Prohibition respecting orders under the Natural Products Act
18(1)The following definitions apply in this section.
“board” means any forest products board established under the Natural Products Act and includes a Producer Association. (office)
18(2)Despite paragraphs 102(
c) and (
d) of the
Natural Products Act, the Commission shall not make orders under those paragraphs with respect to a board.
18(3)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a)
prohibiting any or all of the matters referred to in paragraph 102(
a) of the
Natural Products Act as they apply to a board from being referred to arbitration;
(b)
providing the Commission with discretion to refer or not to refer to arbitration any of the matters referred to in paragraph 102(
a) of the
Natural Products Act as they apply to a board and that have not been prohibited under paragraph (
a);
(c)
respecting the arbitration of disputes arising between boards and processors in relation to primary forest products.
1992, c.27, s.1; 1999, c.N-1.2, s.117