F-4.1 - Forest Act

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79. Where substantial damage has been caused to timber stands in a forest area intended for forest production by natural disasters such as forest fires, windfalls, infestations of insects or cryptogamic diseases, the Minister shall prepare and administer a special forest management plan, notwithstanding sections 25, 27 and 171, for such period and on such conditions as the Minister determines, to ensure the salvage of the timber. The plan shall apply in the place and stead of the other plans approved or finalized by the Minister in accordance with this division.
The holders of agreements concerning the management unit covered by the special plan who are designated by the Minister to salvage the timber and, where the Minister considers that the amount of timber to be salvaged or the urgency of the situation so requires, any other agreement holder designated by the Minister to take part in the salvage, or any holder of a wood processing plant operating permit authorized by the Minister to take part in the salvage, must comply with the special plan.
The Minister shall indicate, in the special plan, the volume of timber that each participant must salvage and the silvicultural treatments that each must carry out, beginning with the holders of agreements concerning the management unit covered by the special plan.
1986, c. 108, s. 79; 1988, c. 73, s. 35; 2001, c. 6, s. 64.
79. Where substantial destruction has been caused to timber stands in a forest area by natural disasters such as forest fires, windfalls, infestations of insects or cryptogamic diseases, the Minister shall prepare and administer a special forest management plan, notwithstanding sections 25, 27 and 171, for such period and on such conditions as he may determine, to ensure wood salvage.
Every agreement holder who carries out an agreement in the forest area shall comply with the special plan. Upon his failure to comply, the volume of timber allocated in the agreement shall be reduced by the volume he is required to salvage under the special plan.
The Minister may, for the implementation of a special plan, grant to any agreement holder who applies therefor in writing, financial assistance which may be in the form of a credit on the dues payable by the agreement holder under this Act.
This section also applies to ensure wood salvage in a forest area required for a hydroelectric development and designated for that purpose by order of the Government.
1986, c. 108, s. 79; 1988, c. 73, s. 35.
79. Where substantial destruction has been caused to timber stands in a forest area by natural disasters such as forest fires, windfalls, infestations of insects or cryptogamic diseases, the Minister shall prepare and administer a special forest management plan for such period as he may determine, to ensure wood salvage.
Every agreement holder who carries out an agreement in the forest area shall comply with the special plan. Upon his failure to comply, the volume of timber allocated in the agreement shall be reduced by the volume he is required to salvage under the special plan.
The Minister may grant financial assistance to any agreement holder for the implementation of a special plan.
1986, c. 108, s. 79.