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Bulk Haulage Regulations

made under clauses 15(1)(b) and (e) of the

Dairy Industry Act

S.N.S. 2000, c. 24

N.S. Reg. 23/2003 (effective September 1, 2002)

amended to N.S. Reg. 26/2024 (effective February 1, 2024)



Table of Contents


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Citation

Interpretation

Transporter licence

Transporter acts on behalf of Board

Delivery of milk

Protection of milk

Bulk haulage rates for farm milk pick-up

Bulk haulage charges paid by producers

Other bulk haulage charges

Distributor who transports milk to file schedule of rates

Transportation agreements


 


Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Bulk Haulage Regulations.


Interpretation

2        In these regulations,

 

                   (a)      “transporter licence” means a licence issued by the Board in accordance with Section 3;

 

                   (b)     “intermittent route” means a farm milk pick-up route on which milk pick-up occurs either with no set schedule or a set schedule other than every second day.


Transporter licence

3        (1)    A person carrying on the business of transporting milk from a licensed producer to a licensed processor must hold a valid transporter licence issued by the Board.

 

          (2)    An application for a transporter licence shall be on a form supplied by the Board.

 

          (3)    [repealed]

 

          (4)    A transporter licence shall be valid for a period of 36 months.

 

          (5)    The Board may suspend, revoke or cancel a transporter licence, in whole or in part, for failure to comply with

 

                   (a)      any transportation-related provision of an applicable Act or regulation; or

 

                   (b)     an order made or policy established by the Council or by the Board.


Transporter acts on behalf of Board

4        (1)    While transporting milk, a transporter is a bailee acting for and on behalf of the Board, and the Board obtains title to the milk when accepted by the bulk milk grader of the transporter.

 

          (2)    A transporter is responsible for preservation of the Board’s title to the milk being transported.

 

          (3)    A transporter may represent that it is authorized to transport milk for and on behalf of the Board, but shall not represent that it is owned by or related to the Board.


Delivery of milk

5        (1)    A transporter licensed to transport milk by tank truck shall deliver milk, skim milk and cream to a licensed processor on the days required by the processor, including the period when highway weight restrictions are in effect by order of the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, unless accidents or circumstances beyond the control of the transporter make delivery impossible.

 

          (2)    Where the Board is required to ship milk out of Nova Scotia, the Board shall direct transporters to deliver milk to licensed processors outside Nova Scotia.


Protection of milk

6        A transporter shall

 

                   (a)      transport milk without unnecessary delay and in such manner as to protect the milk from heat, frost, dust and contamination of any kind; and

 

                   (b)     comply with all requirements of Provincial health authorities, the Council and the health authorities of the municipality within which the milk is being delivered.


Bulk haulage rates for farm milk pick-up

7        The following rates shall be the maximum bulk haulage rates that may be charged to the Board by a transporter and shall be applicable to all transporters in the Province:

 

                   (a)      for farm milk pick-up that occurs on a set schedule of every second day:

Transporter

Maximum Rate/100 L

Fisher Transport Limited

$3.19

Burghardt Transport Limited

$3.68

 

                   (b)     inhibitor truckload dumped administration fee: $250 per contaminated compartment or load.

 

                   (c)      for farm milk pick-up on an intermittent route: $78/hour.


Bulk haulage charges paid by producers

7A     The following rates shall be the maximum bulk haulage rates to be charged to a producer by a transporter and shall be applicable to all transporters in the Province:

 

                   (a)      for milk transported from a farm that has milk pick-up every day: mandatory charge, calculated on all milk, in accordance with a Board policy established for the purpose of calculating the rate for every day pick-up;

 

                   (b)     for a second trip in one day by a bulk milk truck to a farm for milk pick up: charge of $50 per return trip, in addition to the amount payable by the Board pursuant to clause 7(a).

 

                   (c)      [repealed]


Other bulk haulage charges

7B      The amounts to be paid by the Board to a transporter for all bulk haulage of milk except milk transported from farms as set out in Section 7, including out-of-Province haulage, shall be determined by the Board by agreement with the transporter, taking into account the following criteria:

 

                   (a)      the pick-up location and destination of the milk, and the distance of the haul;

 

                   (b)     whether the haul is a one-way haul or the transporter has a back-haul of cargo;

 

                   (c)      the cost of fuel, labour, maintenance and other costs of the transporter;

 

                   (d)     the availability of other transporters for the haul, and the rates offered by those transporters.


Distributor who transports milk to file schedule of rates

8        A distributor who transports milk for or on behalf of a producer shall file with the Board a schedule of all rates to be charged for the transportation of the milk.


Transportation agreements

9        A licensed transporter shall have a transportation agreement with the Board that is in force.

 

10      [repealed]


 

 


 

Legislative History
Reference Tables

Bulk Haulage Regulations

N.S. Reg. 23/2003

Dairy Industry Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Bulk Haulage Regulations made under the Dairy Industry Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

23/2003

Sep 1, 2002

date specified

Mar 7, 2003

24/2003

Dec 1, 2003

date specified

Mar 7, 2003

25/2003

Feb 1, 2003

date specified

Mar 7, 2003

110/2003

May 1, 2003

date specified

Jun 13, 2003

147/2003

Aug 1, 2003

date specified

Aug 22, 2003

14/2004

Dec 1, 2003

date specified

Feb 20, 2004

31/2004

Feb 10, 2004

date specified

Apr 2, 2004

154/2004

May 1, 2004

date specified

May 28, 2004

216/2004

Aug 1, 2004

date specified

Nov 12, 2004

220/2004

Nov 1, 2004

date specified

Nov 12, 2004

4/2005

Feb 1, 2005

date specified

Feb 4, 2005

105/2005

Jun 1, 2005

date specified

Jun 10, 2005

156/2005

Aug 1, 2005

date specified

Aug 19, 2005

207/2005

Nov 1, 2005

date specified

Nov 11, 2005

1/2006

Feb 1, 2006

date specified

Feb 3, 2006

58/2006

May 1, 2006

date specified

Apr 28, 2006

111/2006

Aug 1, 2006

date specified

Aug 4, 2006

199/2006

Nov 1, 2006

date specified

Nov 10, 2006

24/2007

Feb 1, 2007

date specified

Feb 2, 2007

222/2007

May 1, 2007

date specified

Apr 27, 2007

355/2007

Aug 1, 2007

date specified

Aug 3, 2007

406/2007

Nov 1, 2007

date specified

Nov 9, 2007

49/2008

Feb 1, 2008

date specified

Feb 1, 2008

127/2008

May 1, 2008

date specified

Apr 11, 2008

332/2008

Aug 1, 2008

date specified

Aug 1, 2008

417/2008

Nov 1, 2008

date specified

Nov 7, 2008

10/2009

Feb 1, 2009

date specified

Feb 13, 2009

203/2009

May 1, 2009

date specified

May 8, 2009

252/2009

Aug 1, 2009

date specified

Aug 14, 2009

308/2009

Nov 1, 2009

date specified

Nov 6, 2009

14/2010

Feb 1, 2010

date specified

Jan 29, 2010

65/2010

May 1, 2010

date specified

May 7, 2010

113/2010

Aug 1, 2010

date specified

Jul 30, 2010

153/2010

Nov 1, 2010

date specified

Nov 5, 2010

6/2011

Feb 1, 2011

date specified

Jan 28, 2011

167/2011

May 1, 2011

date specified

May 6, 2011

246/2011

Aug 1, 2011

date specified

Aug 12, 2011

294/2011

Nov 1, 2011

date specified

Nov 4, 2011

31/2012

Feb 1, 2012

date specified

Feb 10, 2012

85/2012

May 1, 2012

date specified

May 4, 2012

147/2012

Aug 1, 2012

date specified

Aug 10, 2012

195/2012

Nov 1, 2012

date specified

Nov 2, 2012

6/2013

Feb 1, 2013

date specified

Jan 25, 2013

195/2013

May 1, 2013

date specified

May 3, 2013

197/2013

Apr 19, 2013

date specified

May 3, 2013

260/2013

Aug 1, 2013

date specified

Aug 9, 2013

319/2013

Nov 1, 2013

date specified

Nov 1, 2013

5/2014

Feb 1, 2014

date specified

Jan 24, 2014

60/2014

May 1, 2014

date specified

May 2, 2014

110/2014

Aug 1, 2014

date specified

Aug 8, 2014

151/2014

Nov 1, 2014

date specified

Oct 17, 2014

6/2015

Feb 1, 2014

date specified

Feb 6, 2015

194/2015

May 1, 2015

date specified

May 1, 2015

289/2015

Aug 1, 2015

date specified

Aug 7, 2015

338/2015

Nov 1, 2015

date specified

Oct 30, 2015

10/2016

Feb 1, 2016

date specified

Feb 5, 2016

70/2016

May 1, 2016

date specified

Apr 29, 2016

146/2016

Aug 1, 2016

date specified

Aug 5, 2016

235/2016

Nov 1, 2016

date specified

Nov 11, 2016

5/2017

Feb 1, 2017

date specified

Jan 20, 2017

64/2017

May 1, 2017

date specified

Apr 28, 2017

65/2017

May 1, 2017

date specified

Apr 28, 2017

107/2017

Aug 1, 2017

date specified

Aug 4, 2017

153/2017

Nov 1, 2017

date specified

Oct 27, 2017

3/2018

Feb 1, 2018

date specified

Feb 2, 2018

4/2018

Feb 1, 2018

date specified

Feb 2, 2018

62/2018

May 1, 2018

date specified

Apr 27, 2018

135/2018

Aug 1, 2018

date specified

Aug 3, 2018

187/2018

Nov 1, 2018

date specified

Nov 9, 2018

15/2019

Feb 1, 2019

date specified

Feb 15, 2019

56/2019

May 1, 2019

date specified

Apr 26, 2019

111/2019

Aug 1, 2019

date specified

Aug 2, 2019

169/2019

Nov 1, 2019

date specified

Nov 8, 2019

9/2020

Feb 1, 2020

date specified

Feb 14, 2020

54/2020

May 1, 2020

date specified

Apr 24, 2020

97/2020

Aug 1, 2020

date specified

Jul 31, 2020

161/2020

Nov 1, 2020

date specified

Nov 6, 2020

9/2021

Feb 1, 2021

date specified

Feb 12, 2021

56/2021

May 1, 2021

date specified

Apr 23, 2021

107/2021

Jul 1, 2021

date specified

Jul 16, 2021

108/2021

Aug 1, 2021

date specified

Jul 16, 2021

140/2021

Nov 1, 2021

date specified

Nov 19, 2021

12/2022

Feb 1, 2022

date specified

Feb 11, 2022

72/2022

May 1, 2022

date specified

May 6, 2022

189/2022

Aug 1, 2022

date specified

Aug 12, 2022

244/2022

Nov 1, 2022

date specified

Nov 18, 2022

19/2023

Feb 1, 2023

date specified

Feb 10, 2023

72/2023

May 1, 2023

date specified

May 19, 2023

133/2023

Aug 1, 2023

date specified

Jul 28, 2023

191/2023

Nov 1, 2023

date specified

Nov 17, 2023

26/2024

Feb 1, 2024

date specified

Feb 23, 2023

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.
Regulation

In force
date*

How in force

Royal Gazette
Part II Issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added
am. = amended

fc. = fee change
ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2........................................................

rs. 15/2019

3(3)...................................................

rep. 64/2017

4(3)...................................................

am. 64/2017

5(1)...................................................

am. 64/2017

5(2)...................................................

am. 64/2017

7........................................................

rs. 15/2019

7(a)..............................................

rs. 24/2003, 25/2003; am. 110/2003, 147/2003, 14/2004, 31/2004, 154/2004, 216/2004, 220/2004, 4/2005, 105/2005, 156/2005, 207/2005, 1/2006, 58/2006, 111/2006, 199/2006, 24/2007, 222/2007, 355/2007, 406/2007, 49/2008, 127/2008, 332/2008, 417/2008, 10/2009, 203/2009, 252/2009, 308/2009, 14/2010, 65/2010, 113/2010, 153/2010, 6/2011, 167/2011, 246/2011, 294/2011, 31/2012, 85/2012, 147/2012, 195/2013, 6/2013, 195/2013, 197/2013; rs. 260/2013, 319/2013, 5/2014, 60/2014, 110/2014, 151/2014, 6/2015, 194/2015, 289/2015, 338/2015, 10/2016, 70/2016, 146/2016, 235/2016, 5/2017; am. 64/2017; rs. 65/2017, 107/2017, 153/2017, 4/2018, 62/2018, 135/2018, 187/2018, 56/2019, 111/2019, 169/2019, 9/2020, 54/2020, 97/2020, 161/2020, 9/2021, 56/2021, 107/2021, 108/2021, 140/2021, 12/2022, 72/2022, 189/2022, 244/2022, 19/2023, 72/2023, 133/2023, 191/2023, 26/2024

7(b)..............................................

am. 197/2013; rs. 64/2017

7(c)..............................................

rep. 64/2017

7(c)(i)...........................................

fc. 1/2006

7(c)(iii).........................................

fc. 1/2006

7A.....................................................

ad. 64/2017

7A(b)............................................

am. 3/2018

7A(c)............................................

rep. 3/2018

7B.....................................................

ad. 64/2017; am. 3/2018, 15/2019

10......................................................

rep. 64/2017

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

                  Editorial Notes and Corrections:

 

Note

Effective
date

1

The reference to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in s. 5(1) should be read as a reference to the Department of Transportation and Active Transit in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-56 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Feb 23, 2021

2

The reference to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in s. 5(1) should be read as a reference to the Department of Public Works in accordance with O.I.C. 2021-209 under the Public Service Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Aug 31, 2021

 

 

 

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.
Regulation

Title

In force
date

Repealed
date

 

 

 

 

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table. It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.