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Crop Insurance Plan for Forage

made under

Section 6 of the

Crop and Livestock Insurance Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 113

O.I.C. 95-21 (effective January 3, 1995), N.S. Reg. 6/1995

amended to O.I.C. 2024-23 (effective January 16, 2024), N.S. Reg. 7/2024

Table of Contents

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.

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Interpretation

Designation of perils

Designation of crop year

Duration of contract

Seeding date

Coverage

Established price

Premium

Evaluation of loss of production

Final date of insurance protection

1 This plan may be cited as the Crop Insurance Plan for Forage .

2 The purpose of this plan is to provide insurance against a loss in the production of forage

resulting from one or more of the perils designated in

Section 4.

Interpretation

3 In this plan

“abandoned acreage” means where all or any acreage is not harvested due to an

insured peril;

“Act” means the Crop and Livestock Insurance Act ;

“forage” means grasses and legumes produced for livestock feed;

“harvesting” means acreage cut or pastured;

“seeded acreage” means acreage seeded to grasses and/or legumes during the crop

year for the purpose of producing hay or pasture.

Designation of perils

4 The following are designated as perils for the purpose of this plan:

(

a) winter kill;

(

b) drought;

(

c) insects;

(

d) disease;

(

e) flood (marshes, dykes required);

(

f) excessive rainfall;

(

g) frost;

(

h) wind; and

(

i) wildfire.

Designation of crop year

5 The crop year is the period from the date of seeding to May 31 in the year next following.

6 [repealed]

Application deadline

7 For the purpose of clause 4(2)(

b) of the General Crop Insurance Plans Regulations made

under the Act, an application for insurance under this plan must be filed with the

Commission no later than October 15 of the crop year.

Duration of contract

8 A contract of insurance under this plan expires at the end of the crop year to which it

applies or in the event of a claim being paid to the insured person.

Seeding date

9 For the purpose of this plan, the final seeding date for insurance purposes shall be July 1

for legumes and legume grass mixture and September 1 for grasses or such other date as

the Commission approves.

Coverage

(1) All acreage of forage seeded with a companion crop, or seeded directly shall be

offered for insurance by each policy holder.

(2) The total guaranteed coverage shall be determined by multiplying the number of

insured acres by the coverage per acre.

(3) The maximum amount of indemnity for which the Commission is liable under a

contract of insurance shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the number of

insured acres by the established price option as prescribed in

Section 11.

(4) Despite subsections (1) and (2), upon application in writing by an insured person, the

Commission may insure a forage crop to allow for claim adjusting at less than the

whole-farm level.

Established price

(1) For each crop year, the Commission shall establish price options for each insurable

forage crop and shall announce these options to insured persons before the beginning

of the crop year.

(2) An insured person shall select one of the price options as the established price to be

used for calculating premium and indemnity in their contract of insurance.

Premium

(1) The base premium rate shall be based on a methodology set by an actuary and

approved by the Commission.

(1A) The base premium rate must be adjusted by a factor approved by the Commission in

consultation with an actuary.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the premium payable by an insured person shall be reduced

Income Protection Act (Canada) or the Province of Nova Scotia under the Act.

(3) The minimum premium payable by an insured person in each crop year is $50.

(4) An applicant for insurance under this plan shall pay their share of the total premium

at the time they file their application.

13 [repealed]

Evaluation of loss of production

(1) A minimum of 2 acres must be lost before any indemnity is payable.

(2) No indemnity is payable for loss of production in acreage that has been harvested or

pastured, except for acreage seeded in the spring with alfalfa mixture.

(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), the indemnity payable for loss of production of

forage in a crop year is calculated as follows:

(

a) if all or part of an insured acreage is abandoned and destroyed, the maximum

indemnity payable is calculated by multiplying the total number of destroyed

acres by the established price determined under

Section 11;

(

b) if a portion of an insured acreage fails to establish a normal stand and is not

abandoned or destroyed, the insured person must be paid an over-seeding

benefit calculated by multiplying the total number of damaged acres by 50% of

the established price determined under

Section 11.

Final date of insurance protection

15 For the purpose of this plan, the final date of insurance protection is May 31 in the

calendar year next following the application.

16 [repealed]

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Crop Insurance Plan for Forage

N.S. Reg.

6/1995

Crop and Livestock Insurance 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 Crop Insurance Plan for Forage made under the Crop and Livestock Insurance Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

6/1995

Jan 3, 1995

date made

Jan 20, 1995

47/1997

May 6,

date

made

May

23, 1997

161/2000

Apr 1,

date

specified

Oct 6,

32/2003

Feb

21, 2003

date

specified

Mar 7,

60/2003

Mar

28, 2003

date

specified

Apr

18, 2003

132/2004

Apr 1,

date

specified

Apr

30, 2004

21/2005

Feb

18, 2005

date

specified

Mar 4,

128/2006

Jul

24, 2006

date

specified

Aug

18, 2006

10/2012

Jan

10, 2012

date

specified

Jan

27, 2012

107/2018

Jul 3,

date

specified

Jul

20, 2018

17/2021

Jan

26, 2021

date

specified

Feb

12, 2021

7/2024

Jan

16, 2024

date

specified

Jan

26, 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

1 ........................................................

rs . 10/2012 1

3 ........................................................

am. 10/2012 2 (clause lettering removed)

3, defn . of “Act” ..........................

ad. 10/2012

4(h) ...................................................

am. 7/2024

4(i) ....................................................

ad. 7/2024

6 ........................................................

rs . 128/2006; rep. 10/2012

7 ........................................................

rs . 10/2012; am. 107/2018

8 ........................................................

rs . 10/2012

10(4) .................................................

ad. 128/2006

11 ......................................................

rs . 161/2000, 128/2006

11(1) ............................................

rs . 32/2003

12 ......................................................

rs . 128/2006

12(1A) .........................................

ad. 17/2021

12(2) ............................................

rs . 32/2003, 60/2003,

132/2004; am. 10/2012

13 ......................................................

rep. 10/2012

14 ......................................................

rs . 21/2005

16 ......................................................

rs . 47/1997, 128/2006; rep. 10/2012

Note that changes to headings are not included

in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

Title of regulations amended from The Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Plan for Forage .

Jan 10, 2012

Definitions placed in alphabetical order for the purposes

of the consolidation.

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

107/1977

Nova

Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Plan for Forage

Sep

13, 1977

Jan 3, 1995

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.