7. The Government may designate any part of the territory of Québec as a protected crop zone, in respect of any species of plant or type of production it determines.
Before designating a zone as a protected crop zone, the Government must publish in the Gazette officielle du Québec and publicize, using any means that ensures that the persons concerned are rapidly and efficiently informed, a notice stating its intentions and the period within which an order in council may not be made but within which an interested person may send comments to the person specified in the notice.
The order in council designating a zone as a protected crop zone comes into force on the date specified in it. The order is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec and publicized by any means that ensures that the persons concerned are rapidly and efficiently informed.