P-41.1 - Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities

Section 1 Disposition versions

2023-12-29

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1), transfer of a right referred to in section 15 of the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines (chapter S-34.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any alienation, by agreement or expropriation, made after service of a notice of expropriation under the Act respecting expropriation (chapter E-25);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school service centre, a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and in the technical description, if any, prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2020, c. 1, s. 309; 2021, c. 35, s. 72; 2022, c. 10, s. 123; 2023, c. 27, s. 209.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2022-08-23

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1), transfer of a right referred to in section 15 of the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines (chapter S-34.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school service centre, a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and in the technical description, if any, prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2020, c. 1, s. 309; 2021, c. 35, s. 72; 2022, c. 10, s. 123.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2021-12-09

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1), transfer of a right referred to in section 15 of the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C-47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school service centre, a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and in the technical description, if any, prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2020, c. 1, s. 309; 2021, c. 35, s. 72.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2020-06-15

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1), transfer of a right referred to in section 15 of the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C‐47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school service centre, a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2020, c. 1, s. 309.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2018-09-20

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1), transfer of a right referred to in section 15 of the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C‐47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136; 2016, c. 35, s. 23.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2010-06-02

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C‐47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, the following are considered to be regional county municipalities:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel and Ville de Lévis; and

(2)  Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec and Ville de Longueuil.

When a municipality listed in subparagraph 2 of the third paragraph is considered to be a regional county municipality, its territory is deemed to correspond to the urban agglomeration provided for in any of sections 4 to 6 of the Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations (chapter E-20.001), and the council by which the municipality acts is its urban agglomeration council constituted under that Act

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 10, s. 136.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2006-04-19

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C‐47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

The following are a regional county municipality for the purposes of this Act:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau;

(2)  until the coming into force of the metropolitan land use and development plan applicable in their territories, Ville de Montréal, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel, Ville de Québec and Ville de Lévis.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224; 2006, c. 3, s. 35.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2006-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in accordance with the second paragraph of section 4 of the Municipal Powers Act (chapter C‐47.1) or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

The following are a regional county municipality for the purposes of this Act:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau;

(2)  until the coming into force of the metropolitan land use and development plan applicable in their territories, Ville de Montréal, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel, Ville de Québec and Ville de Lévis.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2005, c. 6, s. 224.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2003-11-27

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M‐13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T‐9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E‐24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C‐19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V‐9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P‐28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

The following are a regional county municipality for the purposes of this Act:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau;

(2)  until the coming into force of the metropolitan land use and development plan applicable in their territories, Ville de Montréal, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel, Ville de Québec and Ville de Lévis.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186; 2003, c. 8, s. 6.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2002-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

The following are a regional county municipality for the purposes of this Act:

(1)  Ville de Gatineau;

(2)  until the coming into force of the metropolitan land use and development plan applicable in their territories, Ville de Montréal, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de Laval, Ville de Mirabel, Ville de Québec and Ville de Lévis.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

2000-12-20

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec;

(6)  (subparagraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, “regional county municipality” includes Ville de Laval and Ville de Mirabel.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235; 2000, c. 8, s. 242; 2000, c. 56, s. 186.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

1999-10-22

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except immovables used for residential purposes;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, partition, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  (paragraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, “regional county municipality” includes Ville de Laval and Ville de Mirabel.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 235.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the domain of the State were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213; 1999, c. 40, s. 140).

1997-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(0.1)  “agricultural activities” means the practice of agriculture, including the practice of allowing land to lie fallow, the storage and use, on a farm, of chemical, organic or mineral products and of farm machinery and equipment for agricultural purposes.

Where carried out by a producer on his farm with respect to farm products from his operation or, secondarily, from the operations of other producers, activities relating to the storage, packaging, processing and sale of farm products are considered to be agricultural activities;

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right of superficies, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(3.1)  “certified association” means the certified association within the meaning of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  (paragraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a forest stand, covering an area of at least four hectares, suitable for the production of maple syrup;

(7.1)  “appropriate available area” means a vacant area of land on which the intended use is allowed by the applicable municipal zoning by-law and by the interim control measures, if any;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land immatriculated on a cadastral plan, a parcel of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments or acts declaratory of ownership or any residual part after separation from the parcels of land described by metes and bounds in transfer instruments and the immatriculated parts;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

A forest stand identified by the letters ER, ERFI, ERFT, ERBB, ERBJ or ERO on the forest inventory maps drawn up by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles is presumed to be suitable for the production of maple syrup within the meaning of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act, “regional county municipality” includes Ville de Laval and Ville de Mirabel.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792; 1996, c. 26, s. 3.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1996-05-08

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of the territory of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  (paragraph repealed);

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in the territory of a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the territories of the local municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of the territory of a local municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676; 1996, c. 2, s. 792.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1994-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  the effect of a taking in payment, to the extent that the creditor becomes the owner of the whole lot or all the lots subject to the hypothec;

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73; 1992, c. 57, s. 676.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1993-04-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal or a highway managed by the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Act respecting roads (chapter V-9) provided that bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123; 1992, c. 54, s. 73.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1991-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté urbaine de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1; 1990, c. 85, s. 123.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1989-07-01

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school board or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(13.1)  “producer” means a person within the meaning of paragraph j of section 1 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28);

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338; 1988, c. 84, s. 700; 1989, c. 7, s. 1.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1988-10-24

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1; 1987, c. 64, s. 338.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1985-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 3 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes, except a regional county municipality where it does not perform the functions of a municipal corporation in an unorganized territory;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2174b or 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this Act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161; 1985, c. 26, s. 1.

The reference pursuant to section 97 of chapter 23 of the statutes of 1987 in respect of the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9) could not be effected in this section because all timber limits leased on the public domain were cancelled on 1 April 1987. (1986, c. 108, s. 213).

1984-04-01

1. In this act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 3 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of the registration of a deed of alienation of part of that lot or of a real servitude affecting part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1; 1983, c. 55, s. 161.

1982-07-01

1. In this act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance or any declaratory act of ownership of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, declaration of contribution to a partnership, voluntary partition or licitation, transfer of a right contemplated in section 3 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 and 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with articles 2174b and 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of the registration of a deed of alienation of part of that lot or of a real servitude affecting part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Civil Service Act (chapter F-3.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1982, c. 40, s. 1.

1980-01-24

1. In this act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, transfer of a right contemplated in section 3 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act (chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 to 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots still concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act (chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des Transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with article 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with article 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Civil Service Act (chapter F-3.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Government pursuant to this act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140; 1979, c. 77, s. 21.

1978-12-22

1. In this act, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1)  “agriculture” means the cultivation of the soil and plants, leaving land uncropped or using it for forestry purposes, or the raising of livestock, and, for these purposes, the making, construction or utilization of works, structures or buildings, except residences;

(2)  “reserved area” means that part of a municipality described in a provisional plan in accordance with section 34;

(3)  “alienation” means any conveyance of property, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteutic lease, alienation for rent, transfer of a right contemplated in section 3 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and transfer of timber limits under the Lands and Forests Act(chapter T-9), except

(a)  transmission owing to death;

(b)  forced sale within the meaning of articles 1585 to 1591 of the Civil Code, including sale for unpaid taxes, redemption and any conveyance resulting from the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24);

(c)  giving in payment to the extent that it is an accessory clause to a deed of sale or deed of hypothec and that the person receiving in payment becomes the owner of the whole lot or of all of the lots still concerned in the deed;

(4)  “public road” means a public road opened in conformity with section 422 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), a colonization road within the meaning of the Colonization Roads Act(chapter C-13), a street or road opened pursuant to a municipal by-law, resolution or procès-verbal, a highway maintained by the Ministère des transports pursuant to the Roads Act (chapter V-8) or by the Office des autoroutes provided that the bordering proprietors have a right of access to that highway;

(5)  “community” means the Communauté urbaine de Québec, the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Communauté régionale de l’Outaouais;

(6)  “municipal corporation” means any body entrusted with the administration of a territory for municipal purposes;

(7)  “sugar bush” means a stand of trees suitable for the cultivation of maple sugar;

(8)  “lot” means a parcel of land designated by a separate number on the official plan of the cadastre or on a subdivision plan prepared and deposited in accordance with article 2175 of the Civil Code, a parcel of land described in a deed of conveyance by metes and bounds, or that part of a parcel of land designated by a separate number which remains after the separation of the parcels of land described in the deeds of conveyance by metes and bounds and the subdivisions, including those prepared and deposited in accordance with article 2175 of the Civil Code;

(9)  “subdivide” means to effect a subdivision;

(10)  “subdivision” means the parcelling out of a lot by means of the deposit of a plan and book of reference pursuant in particular to article 2175 of the Civil Code or by means of a deed of alienation of part of that lot;

(11)  “Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture;

(12)  “public agency” means a school corporation or an agency to which the Gouvernement or a minister appoints the majority of the members, to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Civil Service Act (chapter F-3.1), or more than half of whose capital stock is derived from the consolidated revenue fund;

(13)  “provisional plan” means the plan, accompanied, as the case may be, with a technical description, describing the reserved area in a municipality in accordance with section 34;

(14)  “designated agricultural region” means the aggregate of the municipalities contemplated by a decree passed in virtue of section 22, or contemplated in section 25;

(15)  “regulation” means a regulation made by the Gouvernement pursuant to this act;

(16)  “topsoil” means soil having the properties that make it suitable for plant growth;

(17)  “agricultural zone” means that part of a municipality described in the plan and technical description prepared and adopted in accordance with sections 49 and 50.

1978, c. 10, s. 1; 1978, c. 15, s. 140.