F-4.1 - Forest Act

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14.1. The permit may, where the Minister considers it expedient and if, in the Minister’s opinion, the activities concerned will improve acericultural and forest production, authorize the holder, during the time specified in the permit, to harvest in the sugar bush, elsewhere than within an area intended for forest production within a forest management unit, a volume of round timber of one or several species to supply wood processing plants in accordance with the management plan approved by the Minister, and to carry out the other forest management activities specified in the plan.
The plan submitted to the Minister for approval must accompany the application for authorization and must be approved by a forest engineer. The Minister may approve the plan with or without amendment.
The permit shall indicate, by species or group of species, the authorized volumes and specify, where the Minister considers it expedient, the wood processing plant or plants to be supplied.
The Minister may include in the authorization any condition considered advisable by the Minister.
2001, c. 6, s. 7.