F-4.1 - Forest Act

Section 52 Disposition versions

2007-12-21

52. A general plan must include

(1)  a description of the management unit concerned with a summary description of its socio-economic context, indicating the sectors to be protected, the areas intended for forest production and the bio-physical characteristics of those areas;

(2)  the annual allowable cut, the annual yield and the objectives assigned to the management unit;

(3)  a description of the forest management strategies selected by the Minister to achieve the annual allowable cut, annual yield and objectives;

(4)  a description of the prevention methods and suppression methods to be used to minimize the impact on the annual yield and the objectives of entomological and pathological problems that may affect the management unit;

(5)  a five-year program describing the forest management activities to be carried out for the implementation of the forest management strategies, on the basis of the bio-physical characteristics of the areas concerned and the resulting operational constraints;

(6)  (paragraph repealed);

(7)  a map, drawn to the scale determined by the Minister, showing the sites where the main infrastructures could be established and the programmed activities carried out during the period covered by the general plan;

(8)  a summary of the forest management activities carried out in the area corresponding to the forest management unit since the beginning of the period covered by the general plans in force, setting out the management strategies implemented, the results of the evaluations provided for in section 60 and the advancement of the work to implant or renew the main infrastructures;

(9)  where several agreements concern the same area, a decision-making and dispute settlement procedure applicable to the preparation and implementation of the annual management plan;

(10)  where applicable, a summary of ecoforest knowledge of the forest management unit gathered pursuant to section 59.4;

(11)  any other element determined by regulation of the Government.

1986, c. 108, s. 52; 1988, c. 73, s. 20; 1995, c. 37, s. 4; 2001, c. 6, s. 42; 2006, c. 45, s. 7; 2007, c. 39, s. 7.

2007-03-31

52. A general plan must include

(1)  a description of the management unit concerned with a summary description of its socio-economic context, indicating the sectors to be protected, the areas intended for forest production and the bio-physical characteristics of those areas ;

(2)  the annual allowable cut, the annual yield and the objectives assigned to the management unit ;

(3)  a description of the forest management strategies selected by the Minister to achieve the annual allowable cut, annual yield and objectives ;

(4)  a description of the prevention methods and suppression methods to be used to minimize the impact on the annual yield and the objectives of entomological and pathological problems that may affect the management unit ;

(5)  a five-year program describing the forest management activities to be carried out for the implementation of the forest management strategies, on the basis of the bio-physical characteristics of the areas concerned and the resulting operational constraints ;

(6)  a forecast, for the five years following the period covered by the plan, of the siting of the main infrastructures and the approximate location of cutting areas ;

(7)  a map, drawn to the scale determined by the Minister, showing the site of programmed activities and the main infrastructures ;

(8)  a summary of the forest management activities carried out in the area corresponding to the forest management unit since the beginning of the period covered by the general plans in force, setting out the management strategies implemented, the results of the evaluations provided for in section 60 and the advancement of the work to implant or renew the main infrastructures ;

(9)  where several agreements concern the same area, a decision-making and dispute settlement procedure applicable to the preparation and implementation of the annual management plan ;

(10)  where applicable, a summary of ecoforest knowledge of the forest management unit gathered pursuant to section 59.4 ;

(11)  any other element determined by regulation of the Government.

1986, c. 108, s. 52; 1988, c. 73, s. 20; 1995, c. 37, s. 4; 2001, c. 6, s. 42; 2006, c. 45, s. 7.

1995-06-22

52. Every agreement holder shall also prepare a five-year forest management plan approved by a forest engineer and submit it to the Minister for approval.

The five-year plan shall describe, for each of the five years, the forest management activities which the agreement holder intends to carry out, the cutting areas and the sequence of cutting in them, the cutting methods and the silvicultural treatments the agreement holder intends to apply.

1986, c. 108, s. 52; 1988, c. 73, s. 20; 1995, c. 37, s. 4.

1988-12-23

52. Every agreement holder shall also prepare a five-year forest management plan approved by a forest engineer and submit it to the Minister for approval.

The five-year plan shall describe, for each of the five years, the forest management activities which the agreement holder intends to carry out, the cutting areas and the sequence of cutting in them, the cutting methods and the silvicultural treatments the agreement holder intends to apply to attain the annual yield indicated in the agreement.

1986, c. 108, s. 52; 1988, c. 73, s. 20.

1987-04-01

52. Every agreement holder shall also prepare a five-year forest management plan and submit it to the Minister for approval.

The five-year plan shall describe, for each of the five years, the forest management activities which the agreement holder intends to carry out, the cutting areas and the sequence of cutting in them, the cutting methods and the silvicultural treatments the agreement holder intends to apply to attain the annual yield indicated in the agreement.

1986, c. 108, s. 52.