“qualified property” of a corporation or a partnership that carries on a recognized business in a taxation year or a fiscal period, as the case may be, means(a) in the case of property acquired by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective or is deemed to have become effective, in accordance with the third paragraph, before 1 January 2001, propertyi. that is depreciable property, other than incorporeal property,
ii. that is acquired, by the corporation or the partnership, before 1 January 2011, under a contract in writing entered into after 9 March 1999, and within a reasonable time after the effective date of the certificate referred to in subparagraph v,
iii. that, before being acquired by the corporation or the partnership, has not been used for any purpose whatever nor acquired for use or lease for any purpose whatever,
iv. that the corporation or the partnership, within a reasonable time after its acquisition, begins to use exclusively in the international trade zone, and exclusively or almost exclusively to earn income from the activities shown on the certificate issued to the corporation or the partnership in respect of the recognized business, and carried on in that zone by the corporation or the partnership, and
v. in respect of which a certificate that is valid for the year or the fiscal period has been issued to the corporation or the partnership by Investissement Québec; or
(a.1) in the case of property acquired by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective after 31 December 2000 and before 1 January 2004, propertyi. that meets the conditions set out in subparagraphs i and iii to v of paragraph a, and
ii. that is acquired by the corporation or the partnership under a contract in writing entered into on or before the day that is ten years after the effective date of that certificate, within a reasonable time after the effective date of the certificate described in subparagraph v of paragraph a and issued in respect of the property;
(a.2) in the case of property acquired by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective after 31 December 2003, propertyi. that meets the conditions set out in subparagraphs i and iii to v of paragraph a, and
ii. that is acquired by the corporation or the partnership under a contract in writing entered into before 1 January 2014, within a reasonable time after the effective date of the certificate described in subparagraph v of paragraph a and issued in respect of the property;
(b) in the case of property leased by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective or is deemed to have become effective, in accordance with the third paragraph, before 1 January 2001, propertyi. that is leased, by the corporation or the partnership, under a contract in writing entered into after 9 March 1999 and before 1 January 2011,
ii. that, before being leased by the corporation or the partnership, has not been used for any purpose whatever and was not acquired for use or lease for any purpose other than for lease to the corporation or the partnership,
iii. that the corporation or the partnership, within a reasonable time after the date on which the contract referred to in subparagraph i is entered into, begins to use exclusively in the international trade zone, and exclusively or almost exclusively to earn income from the activities shown on the certificate issued to the corporation or the partnership in respect of the recognized business, and carried on in that zone by the corporation or the partnership, and
iv. in respect of which a certificate that is valid for all or part of the year or fiscal period has been issued to the corporation or the partnership by Investissement Québec;
(c) in the case of property leased by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective or is deemed to have become effective, in accordance with the third paragraph, after 31 December 2000 and before 1 January 2004, propertyi. that is leased by the corporation or the partnership under a contract in writing entered into on or before the day that is ten years after the effective date of that certificate,
ii. that, before being leased by the corporation or the partnership, has not been used for any purpose whatever and was not acquired for use or lease for any purpose other than for lease to the corporation or the partnership,
iii. that the corporation or the partnership, within a reasonable time after the date on which the contract referred to in subparagraph i is entered into, begins to use exclusively in the international trade zone, and exclusively or almost exclusively to earn income from the activities shown on the certificate issued to the corporation or the partnership in respect of the recognized business, and carried on in that zone by the corporation or the partnership, and
iv. in respect of which a certificate that is valid for all or part of the year or fiscal period has been issued to the corporation or the partnership by Investissement Québec; or
(d) in the case of property leased by the corporation or the partnership the valid certificate of which issued thereto in respect of the recognized business became effective or is deemed to have become effective, in accordance with the third paragraph, after 31 December 2003, propertyi. that is leased by the corporation or the partnership under a contract in writing entered into before 1 January 2014,
ii. that, before being leased by the corporation or the partnership, has not been used for any purpose whatever and was not acquired for use or lease for any purpose other than for lease to the corporation or the partnership,
iii. that the corporation or the partnership, within a reasonable time after the date on which the contract referred to in subparagraph i is entered into, begins to use exclusively in the international trade zone, and exclusively or almost exclusively to earn income from the activities shown on the certificate issued to the corporation or the partnership in respect of the recognized business, and carried on in that zone by the corporation or the partnership, and
iv. in respect of which a certificate that is valid for all or part of the year or fiscal period has been issued to the corporation or the partnership by Investissement Québec;