(2) If a railway company to which subsection 146.01(1) applies does not resume operations o
n a grain-dependent branch line listed in Schedule I within the period provided for in that subsection and does not enter into an agreement for the sale, lease or other transfer of that railway
line, or applicable interest in that railway
line, after following the process set out in sections 143 to 145, the railway company shall, beginning on the day after the last day on wh
ich its offer could have been acce ...[+++]pted under section 145, make the annual payments referred to in subsection (1).