13. On an application by a certified association that wishes to have the power to collect the compulsory assessments and contributions contemplated in Divisions VIII and IX, the Board must order a referendum to be held.
In such referendum, the Board shall, in the ballot paper, ask each producer whether he wishes the association to have such power.
The Board must, before the referendum, give the producers an explanatory summary of Divisions VIII and IX.
1972, c. 37, s. 13; 1997, c. 43, s. 430.