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
3 (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
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under $29 999.99
|
$205
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$30 000.00 to $99 999.99
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$325
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$100 000.00 to $249 999.99
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$500
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$250 000.00 to $499 999.99
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$675
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$500 000.00 to $749 999.99
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$850
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$750 000.00 to $999 999.99
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$1030
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$1 000 000.00 to $2 499 999.99
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$1205
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$2 500 000.00 or more
|
$1380
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The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: