A-18.1 - Sustainable Forest Development Act

Section 239 Disposition versions

2013-04-01

239. The following persons are guilty of an offence and are liable to a fine of $500 to $50,000:

(1)  persons who fail to comply with a restriction or prohibition concerning access to or travel in a forest imposed by the Minister under section 189 or who contravene a measure prescribed by the Minister under that section;

(2)  persons who make a fire in or near a forest without holding a permit under section 190 issued by the forest fire protection organization, if such a permit is required;

(3)  holders of a permit mentioned in paragraph 2 who fail to comply with the precautionary measures the forest fire protection organization identified when it issued the permit;

(4)  persons described in section 192 who fail to notify the forest fire protection organization of their intention to carry on work or cause work to be carried on in the forest, or who fail to obtain from the organization the forest protection plan mentioned in that section, if it is required; and

(5)  persons who use fire as a silvicultural treatment and fail to comply with the instructions the forest fire protection organization may give them.

2010, c. 3, s. 239.