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

Article 79.0.3 Versions de la disposition

2025-03-25

79.0.3. For the purposes of this subdivision,

1°  “acquisition” means the act of becoming the owner of property by conveyance of ownership, including sale with a right of redemption, emphyteusis, alienation for rent, forced sale within the meaning of article 1758 of the Civil Code and sale for unpaid taxes, except by

a)  transmission owing to death;

b)  any acquisition, by agreement or by expropriation, made following the service of a notice of expropriation under the Act respecting expropriation (chapter E-25); or

c)  transfer of a right referred to in section 8 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13.1) or section 15 of the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines (chapter S-34.1);

d)  the taking of property in payment; and

2°  “farm land” means land situated in an agricultural zone established under this Act, having an area equal to or greater than four hectares or any smaller area that the Government may determine by regulation and consisting of a single lot or several lots that are contiguous or that would be contiguous were they not separated by a public road, a railway, a public utility right of way or the area of a lot in respect of which there exists a right recognized under Chapter VII.

The definition set out in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph also applies to sections 3, 30 and 64.2.

2025, c. 5, s. 63.