A-18.1 - Sustainable Forest Development Act

Section 120 Disposition versions

2023-10-27

120. The timber marketing board has the following functions:

(1)  to prepare a manual setting out the rules applicable to the marketing of timber and other forest products;

(2)  to determine the minimum volumes of timber from forests in the domain of the State that are required on the open market to assess the market value of timber;

(3)  to identify the forest operations zones from which timber is to be sold on the open market;

(4)  to carry out marketing operations for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(5)  to establish a register of buyers eligible to bid on the open market and determine registration fees and conditions, as well as cases of exclusion from the register;

(6)  where required, to set the opening bid, the reserve price and the minimum bid for the sale of timber or forest products, taking account, among other things, of benchmark data on the cost and performance of forest development activities, whose efficiency is determined according to the site and the operating conditions;

(7)  to sell timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State on the open market and enter into sales contracts on the conditions the board determines;

(8)  at the Minister’s request, to sell timber supply guarantees on the open market in order to assess their market value;

(9)  at the request of a board of producers within the meaning of the Act respecting the marketing of agricultural, food and fish products (chapter M-35.1) or an organization designated under section 50 of that Act, to sell on the open market products from private forests subject to the joint plan administered by the board of producers or the organization, if the plan allows it;

(10)  to compile the forest, biophysical, financial and economic data required to assess both the market value of timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and the cost and value of forest development activities, as well as the cost of forest protection activities;

(11)  to assess the cost and value of forest development activities and forest protection activities;

(12)  to assess, for each species or group of species, based on quality, size and zone, the market value of timber purchased by holders of a timber supply guarantee, according to the methods and frequency determined by government regulation, and to set the applicable rates on the basis of that assessment;

(13)  to assess the annual royalty the holder of a timber supply guarantee must pay according to the method determined by government regulation and set the applicable rate on the basis of that assessment;

(14)  to assess, if required by the Minister, the market value of other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(15)  to enter, in a manual that it keeps up to date, the instructions applicable to each scaling method determined by government regulation and covering, for instance, the different scaling and sampling techniques and the content and style of the various application forms and other types of forms relating to timber scaling, timber inventories and timber transportation;

(16)  to establish the rules relating to timber sampling in the forests in the domain of the State, carry out the sampling, compile the data, and identify, based on the sampling, the conversion factors with which to determine volumes of timber, using data gathered from weighing and measuring felled timber;

(17)  to submit invoices for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and collect revenue from their sale;

(18)  to prevent and detect collusion and initiate complaints of collusion where it has reasonable grounds to believe that persons or bodies have acted in collusion; and

(19)  to carry out any other mandate related to a matter falling within its purview that the Minister entrusts to it.

The marketing manual, the value of forest development activities, the rates used to set the annual royalty that must be paid by the holder of a timber supply guarantee and the price of timber purchased by such a holder under the guarantee, the instruction manual for scaling timber and the conversion factors are all made public by the timber marketing board.

2010, c. 3, s. 120; 2013, c. 2, s. 40; 2023, c. 24, s. 138.

2013-04-09

120. The timber marketing board has the following functions:

(1)  to prepare a manual setting out the rules applicable to the marketing of timber and other forest products;

(2)  to determine the minimum volumes of timber from forests in the domain of the State that are required on the open market to assess the market value of timber;

(3)  to identify the forest operations zones from which timber is to be sold on the open market;

(4)  to carry out marketing operations for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(5)  to establish a register of buyers eligible to bid on the open market and determine registration fees and conditions, as well as cases of exclusion from the register;

(6)  where required, to set the opening bid, the reserve price and the minimum bid for the sale of timber or forest products, taking account, among other things, of benchmark data on the cost and performance of forest development activities, whose efficiency is determined according to the site and the operating conditions;

(7)  to sell timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State on the open market and enter into sales contracts on the conditions the board determines;

(8)  at the Minister’s request, to sell timber supply guarantees on the open market in order to assess their market value;

(9)  at the request of a board of producers within the meaning of the Act respecting the marketing of agricultural, food and fish products (chapter M-35.1) or an organization designated under section 50 of that Act, to sell on the open market products from private forests subject to the joint plan administered by the board of producers or the organization, if the plan allows it;

(10)  to compile the forest, biophysical, financial and economic data required to assess both the market value of timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and the cost and value of forest development activities, as well as the cost of forest protection activities;

(11)  to assess the cost and value of forest development activities and the cost of forest protection activities;

(12)  to assess, for each species or group of species, based on quality, size and zone, the market value of timber purchased by holders of a timber supply guarantee, according to the methods and frequency determined by government regulation, and to set the applicable rates on the basis of that assessment;

(13)  to assess the annual royalty the holder of a timber supply guarantee must pay according to the method determined by government regulation and set the applicable rate on the basis of that assessment;

(14)  to assess, if required by the Minister, the market value of other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(15)  to enter, in a manual that it keeps up to date, the instructions applicable to each scaling method determined by government regulation and covering, for instance, the different scaling and sampling techniques and the content and style of the various application forms and other types of forms relating to timber scaling, timber inventories and timber transportation;

(16)  to establish the rules relating to timber sampling in the forests in the domain of the State, carry out the sampling, compile the data, and identify, based on the sampling, the conversion factors with which to determine volumes of timber, using data gathered from weighing and measuring felled timber;

(17)  to submit invoices for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and collect revenue from their sale;

(18)  to prevent and detect collusion and initiate complaints of collusion where it has reasonable grounds to believe that persons or bodies have acted in collusion; and

(19)  to carry out any other mandate related to a matter falling within its purview that the Minister entrusts to it.

The marketing manual, the value of forest development activities, the rates used to set the annual royalty that must be paid by the holder of a timber supply guarantee and the price of timber purchased by such a holder under the guarantee, the instruction manual for scaling timber and the conversion factors are all made public by the timber marketing board.

2010, c. 3, s. 120; 2013, c. 2, s. 40.

2010-04-01

120. The timber marketing board has the following functions:

(1)  to prepare a manual setting out the rules applicable to the marketing of timber and other forest products;

(2)  to determine the minimum volumes of timber from forests in the domain of the State that are required on the open market to assess the market value of timber;

(3)  to identify the forest operations zones from which timber is to be sold on the open market;

(4)  to carry out marketing operations for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(5)  to establish a register of buyers eligible to bid on the open market and determine registration fees and conditions, as well as cases of exclusion from the register;

(6)  where required, to set the opening bid, the reserve price and the minimum bid for the sale of timber or forest products, taking account, among other things, of benchmark data on the cost and performance of forest development activities, whose efficiency is determined according to the site and the operating conditions;

(7)  to sell timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State on the open market and enter into sales contracts on the conditions the board determines;

(8)  at the Minister’s request, to sell timber supply guarantees on the open market in order to assess their market value;

(9)  at the request of a board of producers within the meaning of the Act respecting the marketing of agricultural, food and fish products (chapter M-35.1) or an organization designated under section 50 of that Act, to sell on the open market products from private forests subject to the joint plan administered by the board of producers or the organization, if the plan allows it;

(10)  to compile the forest, biophysical, financial and economic data required to assess both the market value of timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and the cost and value of forest development activities, as well as the cost of forest protection activities;

(11)  to assess the cost and value of forest development activities and the cost of forest protection activities;

(12)  to assess, for each species or group of species, based on quality, size and zone, the market value of timber offered for sale to holders of timber supply guarantees, according to the methods and frequency determined by government regulation, and to set the applicable rates on the basis of that assessment;

(13)  to assess the annual royalty the holder of a timber supply guarantee must pay according to the method determined by government regulation and set the applicable rate on the basis of that assessment;

(14)  to assess, if required by the Minister, the market value of other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State;

(15)  to enter, in a manual that it keeps up to date, the instructions applicable to each scaling method determined by government regulation and covering, for instance, the different scaling and sampling techniques and the content and style of the various application forms and other types of forms relating to timber scaling, timber inventories and timber transportation;

(16)  to establish the rules relating to timber sampling in the forests in the domain of the State, carry out the sampling, compile the data, and identify, based on the sampling, the conversion factors with which to determine volumes of timber, using data gathered from weighing and measuring felled timber;

(17)  to submit invoices for timber and other forest products from the forests in the domain of the State and collect revenue from their sale;

(18)  to prevent and detect collusion and initiate complaints of collusion where it has reasonable grounds to believe that persons or bodies have acted in collusion; and

(19)  to carry out any other mandate related to a matter falling within its purview that the Minister entrusts to it.

The marketing manual, the value of forest development activities, the rates applicable to the sale of guaranteed volumes of timber and to the annual royalty to be paid by the holder of a timber supply guarantee, the instruction manual for scaling timber and the conversion factors are made public by the timber marketing board.

2010, c. 3, s. 120.