The purpose of this Act is to improve the development and promotion of various sectors of the seafood industry and provides for the establishment of a a fund called the Seafood Industry Improvement Fund. The Minister may use the assets of the Fund to (a) fund projects of common interest for the promotion of the Industry or the sector in respect of which contributions were made under subsection 3(3), (b) pay administration costs of the Fund, including costs related to inspections, collection of contributions or related information, and costs of court proceedings, (c) reimburse, in accordance with the regulations, any portion of a contribution to a participant when the Minister has determined there has been an over-contribution, or (d) issue reimbursements, in whole or in part, to participants in proportion to their respective contributions and on the terms and conditions the Minister considers advisable if the Minister dissolves the Fund or suspends activity related to a sector, as the case may be. Furthermore the Act provides for the discipline of inspection, ministerial orders, offences and penalties, etc.
加拿大 · 2016-06-28