F-1.2 - Act respecting farm financing

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40. The Government may, in respect of any production and any region it designates and for such time as it indicates, recognize one of the following periods as a critical period:
(1)  the period concomitant with or consecutive to a natural disaster which creates an emergency situation for a certain number of farmers, aspiring farmers or group operations;
(2)  the period during which an unforeseen and uncontrollable collapse in the selling prices of a designated production seriously affects a large number of farmers, aspiring farmers or group operations;
(3)  the period during which the cessation of a designated production or a significant reduction in such production due to causes out of the control of farmers, aspiring farmers or group operations seriously affects some of them.
1987, c. 86, s. 40.