1. These Regulations may be cited as the Western Grain Transition Payments Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Western Grain Transition Payments Act; (Loi)

“apportionment”

“apportionment” means the percentage of all transition payments that is apportioned to each part of the eligible area set out in subsection 4(5) of the Act; (quote-part)

“Creston-Wynndel Areas”

“Creston-Wynndel Areas” means that part of British Columbia bounded by the boundary with the United States to the South, Duck Lake to the North, the Selkirk Mountains to the West and the Purcell Mountains to the East; (régions de Creston-Wynndel)

“distance factor”

“distance factor” means the factor referred to in section 9; (facteur de distance)

“dryland acres”

“dryland acres” means the acres of an applicant’s farmland that were not irrigated acres in 1994; (acres non irriguées)

“dryland productivity factor”

“dryland productivity factor” means the factor determined in accordance with section 7; (facteur de productivité des terres non irriguées)

“equitable arrangement”

“equitable arrangement” means an agreement between an owner of farmland that is the subject of an application for a transition payment and the lessee of that farmland in respect of the transition payment; (entente équitable)

“final payment factor”

“final payment factor” means the factor determined in accordance with section 12; (facteur du second versement)

“interim payment factor”

“interim payment factor” means the factor determined in accordance with section 10; (facteur du premier versement)

“irrigated acres”

“irrigated acres” means the acres of an applicant’s farmland that in 1994 were subject to sufficient irrigation by artificial means so that water was not a limiting factor in crop production; (acres irriguées)

“irrigation productivity factor”

“irrigation productivity factor” means the factor determined in accordance with section 8; (facteur de productivité des terres irriguées)

“lessee”

“lessee”, in respect of farmland that is the subject of an application for a transition payment, means a person who, on August 1, 1995, holds

• (a) a lease from the owner of the farmland; or

• (b) in the case of farmland in a reserve within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act,

  • (i) a permit to use that farmland pursuant to subsection 28(2) of that Act, or

  • (ii) a lease of that farmland pursuant to subsection 53(1) or section 58 of that Act; (preneur)

“part of the eligible area”

“part of the eligible area” means

• (a) Manitoba,

• (b) Saskatchewan, or

• (c) Alberta and those parts of British Columbia known as the Peace River District and the Creston-Wynndel Areas; (partie de la région désignée)

“Peace River District”

“Peace River District” means that part of British Columbia bounded by the boundary with Alberta to the East, with the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory to the North and the Rocky Mountains to the West and South. (district de Peace River)