A-18.1, r. 5.1 - Regulation respecting the scaling of timber harvested in forests in the domain of the State

Section 31 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

31. Every person or body referred to in the first paragraph of section 1 must ensure that every sealed container required for the purposes of this Regulation meets the following standards:

(1)  be made of a hard structure;

(2)  have a volume of not less than 0.1 m3;

(3)  be waterproof and impervious enough to shelter the documents deposited therein from bad weather;

(4)  be equipped with a padlocked door allowing the persons in charge of the application of this Regulation to have access to the documents deposited therein;

(5)  bear the notice “scaling”, in the case of a sealed container referred to in section 7 or 14, or the notice “transportation”, in the case of a sealed container referred to in section 9 or 12;

(6)  the container bearing the notice “scaling” must be installed before the beginning of scaling timber and remain on the cutting area as long as there is timber to be scaled on the cutting area covered by a scaling project;

(7)  the container bearing the notice “transportation” must be installed before the beginning of transportation operations and remain on the premises until all timber has been transported to its destination or outside the cutting area where timber has not been sent directly to destination;

(8)  be located in an accessible place.

O.C. 724-2013, s. 31.