16. A certified association which following a referendum has not been vested with the power of levying an assessment and a compulsory contribution in the manner determined in Divisions VIII and IX may, after the expiry of three years from such referendum, present an application for that purpose to the Board with a certified copy of a resolution authorizing it to present such application.
The Board shall then order a referendum to be held to establish whether two-thirds of the producers who have availed themselves of the right to vote, wish such divisions to apply to the certified association, the whole subject to section 14.
1972, c. 37, s. 16; 1997, c. 43, s. 431.