- (a) respecting any of the provisions of an agreement referred to in section 5, 7 or 8 and requiring the inclusion in an agreement of additional provisions; and
- (b) respecting the protection to be provided for the income of producers of those agricultural products or classes of products to which an agreement does not apply.
Payments Out of Consolidated Revenue Fund
Marginal note: Contributions or advances
19 All payments on account of contributions or advances for the purposes of this Act or the regulations shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on the certificate of the Minister, but all such payments are subject to this Act and the regulations and to the observance of the covenants and undertakings contained in the agreement under which the payment is made.
Reports to Parliament
Marginal note: Review of Act
20 A review of the operation of this Act shall be completed
- (a) on any day before April 1, 1996, and
- (b) on the expiration of every fifth year after that day
by the Minister, who may for the purpose of that review consult with representatives of such organizations as the Minister considers appropriate, and the Minister shall cause a report of the results of the review to be laid as soon as possible before each House of Parliament.
Marginal note: Annual report
21 The Minister shall, as soon as possible after the termination of each fiscal year, cause to be laid before each House of Parliament a report respecting the operations for that year of the agreements made under this Act and the payments made to the provinces under each agreement.
Marginal note: Appointment of Auditor General
22 The Auditor General may be appointed for the purposes of auditing the financial statements respecting any program established under an agreement.
Transitional
Marginal note: Transitional
- 23 (1) Subject to subsection (3), any agreement entered into pursuant to section 13 of the Agricultural Stabilization Act that is in effect before the coming into force of this Act shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to this Act and shall, subject to this Act and any regulations made thereunder, have effect in accordance with its terms and conditions as if it had, by its terms, established a revenue insurance program and as if any reference in the agreement to the Agricultural Stabilization Board were a reference to the Minister.
- Marginal note: Idem (2) Subject to subsection (3), any agreement entered into pursuant to the Crop Insurance Act that is in effect before the coming into force of this Act shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to this Act and shall, subject to this Act and any regulations made thereunder, have effect in accordance with its terms and conditions.
- Marginal note: Idem (3) This Act and any regulations made thereunder apply in respect of agreements entered into under the Agricultural Stabilization Act or the Crop Insurance Act for periods beginning on or after April 1, 1991.
Marginal note: Transitional
- 24 (1) The Agricultural Stabilization Act as it read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, and any regulations made thereunder, continue to apply
- (a) in respect of any named commodity within the meaning of paragraph (c) or (d) of the definition “named commodity” in subsection 2(1) of that Act, if that named commodity was marketed during the crop year in respect of that named commodity beginning in the 1990 calendar year;
- (b) in respect of wool, if the wool was marketed during the 1990 calendar year; and
- (c) in respect of industrial milk and industrial cream in relation to which a percentage of the base price was prescribed under paragraph 10(1)(a) of that Act, during the fiscal year ending on March 31, 1992.
Marginal note: Western Grain Stabilization Account
- 25 (1) The Western Grain Stabilization Account established in the accounts of Canada by the Western Grain Stabilization Act , as that Act read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, is hereby continued until such day as may be fixed pursuant to subsection (3).
- Marginal note: Interest (2) The Minister of Finance may continue to calculate, in accordance with such terms and conditions and at such rates as the Minister of Finance may fix, after considering any advice furnished by the Minister, interest on the amount standing to the credit of the Western Grain Stabilization Account, and that interest shall be included in the estimated deficit of that Account.
- Marginal note: Closing of Account (3) The Governor in Council may, by order, fix the day on which the Western Grain Stabilization Account continued pursuant to subsection (1) shall be closed.
Consequential Amendment
26 [Amendment]
Repeal
27 to 29 [Repeals]
Coming into Force
Marginal note: Coming into force
- 30 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall come into force or be deemed to have come into force on April 1, 1991.
- Marginal note: Idem (2) Subject to this Act, the determination of any amount payable under a program established under an agreement after April 1, 1991 in respect of a producer may be based, in whole or in part, on income and other information declared by the producer for the purposes of the Income Tax Act in respect of the taxation year of that producer, within the meaning of that Act, ending on or before December 31, 1990.
