§ 406.7 - The application and policy.

(a) Application for insurance on a form prescribed by the Corporation must be made by any person to cover such person's share in the nursery crop as owner if the person wishes to participate in the program. The application shall be submitted to the Corporation or a Reinsured company at the service office on or before the applicable sales closing date on file in the service office.

(b) The Corporation or a Reinsured company may discontinue the acceptance of any application or applications in any county upon its determination that the insurance risk is excessive. The Manager of the Corporation is authorized in any crop year to extend the sales closing date for submitting applications in any county, by placing the extended date on file in the applicable service offices and publishing a notice in the Federal Register upon the Manager's determination that no adverse selectivity will result during the extended period. However, if adverse conditions should develop during such period, the Corporation will immediately discontinue the acceptance of applications.

(c) A contract in the form provided for in this subpart will come into effect as a continuation of the contract issued under such prior regulations, without the filing of a new application.

(d) The application for the 1989 through 1995 crop years is found at subpart D of part 400, General Administrative Regulations (7 CFR 400.37, 400.38). The provisions of the Nursery Crop Insurance Policy for the 1989 through 1995 crop years are as follows: