F-4.1 - Forest Act

Section 25.2 Disposition versions

2001-06-27

25.2. When approving or finalizing a general forest management plan, a management plan or an amendment to a plan, the Minister may, for all or part of the management unit or territorial unit concerned, impose on the holders of forest management permits subject to the plan the application of standards of forest management that differ from those prescribed by government regulation, where the latter do not provide adequate protection for all the resources in that unit due to the characteristics of the forest in that unit and the nature of the project to be carried out.

The Minister may, similarly, impose the application of different standards of forest management, at the request of a Native community or on the Minister’s own initiative following consultation with a Native community, to facilitate the conciliation of forest management activities with the activities pursued by the community for food, ritual or social purposes.

The Minister shall define, in the plan, the standards of forest management to be imposed and specify the places where they are applicable and any regulatory standards they replace.

Before imposing the application of standards, the Minister shall consult the other ministers concerned.

1993, c. 55, s. 8; 2001, c. 6, s. 23.

1993-12-13

25.2. The Minister may, exceptionally and after consulting the departments concerned, prescribe, for a particular territorial unit, standards of forest management that differ from those fixed by regulation where the latter do not provide adequate protection of all the resources in that unit due to the characteristics of the forest in that unit and the nature of the project to be carried out.

1993, c. 55, s. 8.