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Farm Registration Regulations

made under subsection 12(1) of the

Farm Registration Act

S.N.S. 1994-95, c. 3

O.I.C. 2019-28 (effective April 1, 2019), N.S. Reg. 24/2019

amended to O.I.C. 2024-80 (effective April 1, 2024), N.S. Reg. 56/2024

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Farm registration form

Farm registration fees

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Farm Registration Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Farm Registration Act ;

“gross farm income” means the gross farm income from the farm business shown

on the last income tax return filed with the Canada Revenue Agency;

“registration year” means the period from April 1 to March 31 of the following

year.

Farm registration form

(1) A farm business or farm operation that reports agricultural income or expenses to

the Canada Revenue Agency may register by submitting all of the following to the

Registrar no later than March 31 annually:

(

a) a completed farm business registration form in the form determined by the

Registrar that includes all of the information required by subsection (2);

(

b) the applicable annual registration fee in

Section 4.

(2) A farm business registration form must contain any information the Registrar

requires for the purposes of the Act, including at least the following information

for the farm:

(

a) full name of each owner;

(

b) contact information for the farm, including all of the following:

(

i) name,

(ii) civic and mailing address,

(iii) for sole proprietorships, social insurance number of the owner;

(

c) gross farm income;

(

d) gross farm income percentage by commodity;

(

e) production units;

(

f) whether or not the applicant wants to become a member of the Nova Scotia

Federation of Agriculture;

(

g) number of employees.

(3) At the discretion of the Registrar, a farm business or farm operation that has not

reported income or expenses to the Canada Revenue Agency at the time of

registration may be registered after providing proof of farm income satisfactory to

the Registrar.

Farm registration fees

4 Annual fees for registration are determined by the size of the farm business and are as

follows:

Gross Farm Receipts

Annual Fee

under $29 999.99

$205

$30 000.00 to $99 999.99

$325

$100 000.00 to $249 999.99

$500

$250 000.00 to $499 999.99

$675

$500 000.00 to $749 999.99

$850

$750 000.00 to $999 999.99

$1030

$1 000 000.00 to $2 499 999.99

$1205

$2 500 000.00 or more

$1380

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Farm Registration Regulations

N.S. Reg.

24/2019

Farm Registration Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Farm Registration Regulations made under the Farm Registration Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

24/2019

Apr 1, 2019

date specified

Mar 1, 2019

56/2024

Apr 1, 2024

date specified

Mar 8, 2024

The following regulations are not yet in force and are

not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

4 ........................................................

rs . 56/2024

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

138/1995

Regulations respecting the Farm Registration Act

Aug 22, 1995

Apr 1, 2019

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.