The present Regulations enact the Agri-Food Act, 2004. Section 3 establishes the Oat Development Plan. The purpose of the oat plan is to develop the oat industry in Saskatchewan. The specific purposes of the oat plan are: a) to assist in the development and promotion of oats and oat products in the domestic and international marketplaces; b) to conduct and encourage research on production, market development, processing and consumption of oats and oat products; c) to develop procedures to maximize returns to registered oat producers; d) to advise governments on matters pertaining to oat research and development; e) to gather, compile and distribute information related to the production, consumption and market development of oats and oat products; f) to encourage the production of uniformly high-quality oats and oat products; g) to promote harmony and communication within the oat industry; h) to initiate and implement advertising programmes, sales promotion programmes and consumer education programmes to expand awareness and demand for oats and oat products; i) to establish a system of collecting check-offs on the production, marketing or production and marketing of oats for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of the oat plan; and j) to work in co-operation with any persons or organizations that have objectives similar to those of the oat plan. Section 7 establishes the Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission. The text consists of 39 sections divided into 8 Parts as follows: Title and interpretation (I); Oat Plan (II); Commission (III); Registration (IV); Check-offs (V); Commission Orders (VI); Elections (VII); Transitional and coming into force (VIII).
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