A-30 - Crop Insurance Act

Section 24 Disposition versions

1998-10-21

24. The object of the insurance is to indemnify a producer for any loss in yield sustained by his crop as a result of the occurrence of any uncontrollable event not attributable to human intervention, namely:

(1)  snow;

(2)  hail;

(3)  hurricane;

(4)  excessive rain;

(5)  excessive wind;

(6)  excessive humidity;

(7)  excessive heat;

(8)  drought;

(9)  frost;

(10)  wild animals, including birds;

(11)  insects and plant diseases which appear in the form of an infestation or an epidemic or against which there is no adequate means of protection;

(12)  flood caused by a force of nature and being an exceptional event;

(13)  the formation of ice in the soil and frost in the preceding months of November through April, subject to section 48.

However, the Régie may, by regulation and in respect of the crops it determines, offer insurance to indemnify producers for losses sustained as a result of the occurrence of one or some of the events mentioned in the first paragraph.

The Régie may also, by regulation, add other uncontrollable events that are not attributable to human intervention for the crops it determines.

1974, c. 31, s. 24; 1975, c. 39, s. 2; 1977, c. 40, s. 3; 1984, c. 20, s. 1; 1991, c. 60, s. 2; 1998, c. 53, s. 4.

1991-12-12

24. The object of the insurance is to indemnify a producer for any loss in yield sustained by his crop as a result of the occurrence of any uncontrollable event not attributable to human intervention, namely:

(1)  snow;

(2)  hail;

(3)  hurricane;

(4)  excessive rain;

(5)  excessive wind;

(6)  excessive humidity;

(7)  excessive heat;

(8)  drought;

(9)  frost;

(10)  wild animals, including birds;

(11)  insects and plant diseases which appear in the form of an infestation or an epidemic or against which there is no adequate means of protection;

(12)  flood caused by a force of nature and being an exceptional event;

(13)  the formation of ice in the soil and frost in the preceding months of November through April, subject to section 48.

However, the Régie may, by regulation and in respect of the category of crops it determines, offer insurance to indemnify producers for losses sustained as a result of the occurrence of one or some of the events mentioned in the first paragraph.

The Régie may also, by regulation, add other uncontrollable events that are not attributable to human intervention for a category of crops it determines.

1974, c. 31, s. 24; 1975, c. 39, s. 2; 1977, c. 40, s. 3; 1984, c. 20, s. 1; 1991, c. 60, s. 2.

1984-06-20

24. The insurance protects against the harmful effects of the following forces of nature:

(a)  snow,

(b)  hail,

(c)  hurricane,

(d)  excessive rain,

(e)  drought,

(f)  frost,

(g)  wild animals, including birds,

(h)  insects and plant diseases which appear in the form of an infestation or an epidemic or against which there is no adequate means of protection,

(i)  flood caused by a force of nature and being an exceptional event,

(j)  the formation of ice in the soil and frost in the preceding months of November through April, subject to section 48.

1974, c. 31, s. 24; 1975, c. 39, s. 2; 1977, c. 40, s. 3; 1984, c. 20, s. 1.

1977-12-31

24. The insurance protects against the harmful effects of the following forces of nature:

(a)  snow,

(b)  hail,

(c)  hurricane,

(d)  excessive rain,

(e)  drought,

(f)  frost,

(g)  wild animals, including birds,

(h)  insects and plant diseases against which there is no adequate means of protection and which are identified by regulation, and any insect or plant disease against which there is ordinarily an adequate means of protection, but which becomes uncontrollable because it appears, according to the Régie, in the form of an infestation or an epidemic,

(i)  flood, to the extent allowed by regulation,

(j)  the formation of ice in the soil and frost in the preceding months of November through April, subject to section 48.

1974, c. 31, s. 24; 1975, c. 39, s. 2; 1977, c. 40, s. 3.