M-14, r. 1.1 - Regulation respecting the registration of agricultural operations and the payment of property taxes and compensation

Section 1 Disposition versions

2020-11-26

1. To be registered as an agricultural operation, an enterprise must comprise capital and basic inputs including at least one immovable used for an agricultural purpose that allow it to generate, on a recurring basis, a minimum gross agricultural income of $5,000 annually.

The application for registration must include documents and supporting materials describing the capital and basic inputs referred to in the first paragraph.

“Immovable used for an agricultural purpose” means any immovable intended to be used for livestock raising through fattening or reproduction activities, cultivation, or the harvesting of plants, fungus or animals, whether soil-based on non-soil based, for direct consumption or for the secondary products they provide.

The wooded portion and the unusable portion of a unit of assessment that includes an immovable used for an agricultural purpose and immovables intended to be used for the following activities are deemed to be immovables used for an agricultural purpose:

(1)  for aquaculture activities;

(2)  for processing, conditioning or marketing on the site of the agricultural operation an agricultural product from the agricultural operation; the processing, conditioning and marketing must complement the agricultural activity;

(3)  for engaging in farm tourism within the meaning of the third paragraph of section 80 of the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (chapter P‑41.1), where authorized pursuant to that Act;

(4)  for the sole purpose of temporarily accommodating seasonal agricultural workers.

O.C. 1154-2020, s. 1.

Not in force

In force: 2020-11-26

1. To be registered as an agricultural operation, an enterprise must comprise capital and basic inputs including at least one immovable used for an agricultural purpose that allow it to generate, on a recurring basis, a minimum gross agricultural income of $5,000 annually.

The application for registration must include documents and supporting materials describing the capital and basic inputs referred to in the first paragraph.

“Immovable used for an agricultural purpose” means any immovable intended to be used for livestock raising through fattening or reproduction activities, cultivation, or the harvesting of plants, fungus or animals, whether soil-based on non-soil based, for direct consumption or for the secondary products they provide.

The wooded portion and the unusable portion of a unit of assessment that includes an immovable used for an agricultural purpose and immovables intended to be used for the following activities are deemed to be immovables used for an agricultural purpose:

(1)  for aquaculture activities;

(2)  for processing, conditioning or marketing on the site of the agricultural operation an agricultural product from the agricultural operation; the processing, conditioning and marketing must complement the agricultural activity;

(3)  for engaging in farm tourism within the meaning of the third paragraph of section 80 of the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities (chapter P‑41.1), where authorized pursuant to that Act;

(4)  for the sole purpose of temporarily accommodating seasonal agricultural workers.

O.C. 1154-2020, s. 1.