T-7.1, r. 2 - Regulation respecting the alienation and leasing of agricultural lands in the domain of the State

Section 18 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

18. The Minister may, in exceptional circumstances, alienate or lease a parcel of land directly to a person who submits a project involving the development or establishment of an agricultural or an aquacultural operation and who demonstrates:

(1)  that his project is economically relevant, considering the investment, its present or future viability and its compatibility with his existing operation;

(2)  that his project may in no way be carried out without the purchase or leasing of the land in question;

(3)  that he has the qualifications required to manage the project, considering his achievements and the profitability of his existing operation;

(4)  and, in the case of the owner of an agricultural operation or a person who wishes to become one, that he has the knowledge and has put together in a single economic and accounting unit the financial resources and economic factors of production that may enable him to produce and market, on an annual basis, agricultural products that have a value equal to or higher than the value set under subparagraph iv of subparagraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28).

In those cases, the alienation or leasing price shall be established in accordance with Division IV.

O.C. 4-90, s. 18.