A-18.1, r. 8.1 - Regulation respecting forestry permits

Section 14 Disposition versions

2022-04-01

14. An application for a permit must be made in writing to the Minister.

The application contains the following information and documents, as applicable:

(1)  in respect of the applicant, in the case of a natural person, the person’s name and contact information and, in the other cases, its name, the address of its seat and, if applicable, of its establishment in Québec as well as the name and contact information of the representative holding a mandate to make the application;

(2)  a description of the sugar bush that is the subject of the application, its contour line, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates, its area in hectares and its tapping capacity determined on the basis of a forest inventory approved by a forest engineer and complying with the tapping standards provided for in Division IV of this Chapter;

(3)  a description of the existing or future infrastructures related to the operation of the sugar bush, including the roads, buildings and equipment, and their actual or proposed location, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates;

(4)  in the case of an application related to a quota allocated by the Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec, proof that the quota was offered and the quantity of tapholes corresponding to the quota;

(5)  in respect of the description of each of the forest management activities to be carried out, its nature, location, the area concerned, in hectares, the period planned to carry it out, the proposed destination of the timber harvested and an assessment of the volume of timber to be harvested;

(6)  in respect of the person carrying out the work, if not carried out by the applicant, the information listed in subparagraph 1, as applicable, if it is known at the time of the application.

For the purposes of subparagraph 5 of the second paragraph, the Minister may require that the assessment, for each species or group of species and based on quality, be approved by a forest engineer. If the Minister requires it, the volume of timber harvested will have to be scaled in accordance with section 70 of the Act. In addition, for the forest management activity, the Minister may require from the applicant a sylvicultural prescription approved by a forest engineer.

At the request of the Minister, the applicant must send any other document or information concerning the infrastructures that the applicant intends to build or install, as well as a business plan that includes a description of the project and any other document showing that the applicant is able to operate the sugar bush and has the financial resources or the financing necessary for carrying out the business plan.

M.O. 2018-006, s. 14; I.N. 2022-04-01.

2018-08-16

14. An application for a permit must be made in writing to the Minister.

The application contains the following information and documents, as applicable:

(1)  in respect of the applicant, in the case of a natural person, the person’s name and contact information and, in the other cases, its name, the address of its seat and, if applicable, of its establishment in Québec as well as the name and contact information of the representative holding a mandate to make the application;

(2)  a description of the sugar bush that is the subject of the application, its contour line, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates, its area in hectares and its tapping capacity determined on the basis of a forest inventory approved by a forest engineer and complying with the tapping standards provided for in Division IV of this Chapter;

(3)  a description of the existing or future infrastructures related to the operation of the sugar bush, including the roads, buildings and equipment, and their actual or proposed location, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates;

(4)  in the case of an application related to a quota allocated by the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, proof that the quota was offered and the quantity of tapholes corresponding to the quota;

(5)  in respect of the description of each of the forest management activities to be carried out, its nature, location, the area concerned, in hectares, the period planned to carry it out, the proposed destination of the timber harvested and an assessment of the volume of timber to be harvested;

(6)  in respect of the person carrying out the work, if not carried out by the applicant, the information listed in subparagraph 1, as applicable, if it is known at the time of the application.

For the purposes of subparagraph 5 of the second paragraph, the Minister may require that the assessment, for each species or group of species and based on quality, be approved by a forest engineer. If the Minister requires it, the volume of timber harvested will have to be scaled in accordance with section 70 of the Act. In addition, for the forest management activity, the Minister may require from the applicant a sylvicultural prescription approved by a forest engineer.

At the request of the Minister, the applicant must send any other document or information concerning the infrastructures that the applicant intends to build or install, as well as a business plan that includes a description of the project and any other document showing that the applicant is able to operate the sugar bush and has the financial resources or the financing necessary for carrying out the business plan.

M.O. 2018-006, s. 14.

Not in force

In force: 2018-08-16

14. An application for a permit must be made in writing to the Minister.

The application contains the following information and documents, as applicable:

(1)  in respect of the applicant, in the case of a natural person, the person’s name and contact information and, in the other cases, its name, the address of its seat and, if applicable, of its establishment in Québec as well as the name and contact information of the representative holding a mandate to make the application;

(2)  a description of the sugar bush that is the subject of the application, its contour line, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates, its area in hectares and its tapping capacity determined on the basis of a forest inventory approved by a forest engineer and complying with the tapping standards provided for in Division IV of this Chapter;

(3)  a description of the existing or future infrastructures related to the operation of the sugar bush, including the roads, buildings and equipment, and their actual or proposed location, shown on a document containing GPS coordinates;

(4)  in the case of an application related to a quota allocated by the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, proof that the quota was offered and the quantity of tapholes corresponding to the quota;

(5)  in respect of the description of each of the forest management activities to be carried out, its nature, location, the area concerned, in hectares, the period planned to carry it out, the proposed destination of the timber harvested and an assessment of the volume of timber to be harvested;

(6)  in respect of the person carrying out the work, if not carried out by the applicant, the information listed in subparagraph 1, as applicable, if it is known at the time of the application.

For the purposes of subparagraph 5 of the second paragraph, the Minister may require that the assessment, for each species or group of species and based on quality, be approved by a forest engineer. If the Minister requires it, the volume of timber harvested will have to be scaled in accordance with section 70 of the Act. In addition, for the forest management activity, the Minister may require from the applicant a sylvicultural prescription approved by a forest engineer.

At the request of the Minister, the applicant must send any other document or information concerning the infrastructures that the applicant intends to build or install, as well as a business plan that includes a description of the project and any other document showing that the applicant is able to operate the sugar bush and has the financial resources or the financing necessary for carrying out the business plan.

M.O. 2018-006, s. 14.