Application by new applicant
 2. (1) This section applies with respect to applications for a farming business registration number submitted by, (a)  a person who carries on a farming business and who has never been assigned an old registration number or a farming business registration number; or (b)  a person who carries on a farming business and who, in the two program years before making an application for a farming business registration number, was not assigned an old registration number or a farming business registration number. O. Reg. 783/20, s. 2 (1). (2) To obtain a farming business registration number for a program year, a person shall, (a)  at any time during the program year, submit an application in the form and manner approved by the Director; (b)  along with the application, provide a payment to the Director to be directed to an accredited farm organization in accordance with section 4; and (c)  provide information the Director may request to enable the Director to make the determination of the farming business’s annual gross income under section 4 of Ontario Regulation 782/20 (Determining Farm Income) made under the Act. O. Reg. 783/20, s. 2 (2). (3) The application shall include the following information: 1.  The business name, address and all contact information of the farming business. 2.  The name, address and all contact information of at least one individual who is authorized to represent or make decisions on behalf of the farming business. 3.  The primary farming location of the farming business. 4.  Any identifying numbers that have previously been assigned to the farming business, by the Government of Ontario or the Government of Canada or their agents, such as an AgriCorp ID number, an AgriStability/AgriInvest PIN or a number from a program that is a successor to those programs, a Premise ID or a Canada Revenue Agency business number. 5.  The approximate annual gross farm income of the farming business, within the ranges set out in the application form. 6.  The sources of the gross farm income. 7.  The approximate age of the farmer or farmers, within the ranges set out in the application form. 8.  The following information about the farming business: i.  The total number of acres of the farming business’s land. ii.  The number of acres under cultivation. iii.  The number of acres that are owned by the farming business and the number of acres that are rented from another owner. 9.  A description of the business structure of the farming business. 10.  If the farming business operates as a partnership, the name of each partner. 11.  If the farming business operates as a trust, the name of each trustee and each beneficiary. 12.  If the farming business operates as a corporation, its incorporation number. 13.  If the farming business operates as a corporation that does not offer its shares to the public, the name of each shareholder. 14.  If the farming business operates as a corporation that offers its shares to the public, as a co-operative incorporated under the Co-operative Corporations Act or as a not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 or a predecessor of that Act, the name of each of its directors and officers. O. Reg. 783/20, s. 2 (3), 24.