3. The holder of an operating permit for a wood processing plant may renew the permit on 1 April of the year it expires on the following conditions:(1) the plant covered by the permit renewal application has installations capable of processing wood;
(2) the conditions appearing on the permit for which the renewal application is made have been complied with;
(3) a certified copy of the part of the register referred to in section 5 for the period referred to in the second paragraph of that section has been sent to the Minister, together with the information referred to in section 169 of the Forest Act (chapter F-4.1), where applicable, not later than 1 February preceding the permit expiry date; and
(4) the fees determined in section 4 have been sent to the Minister not later than 1 February preceding the permit expiry date.