3. The application for authorization of the scaling method must be made on the form provided for that purpose by the Minister.
Where the beginning of harvest and transportation take place during the same month, the person or body referred to in the first paragraph of section 1 must be in possession of the scaling authorization before the beginning of harvested timber transportation.
Where the beginning of harvest and transportation do not take place during the same month, the person or body referred to in the first paragraph of section 1 must be in possession of the scaling authorization before the end of the month of the beginning of harvest or within the following 5 days, but always before the beginning of harvested timber transportation.
The authorization issued by the Minister indicates, in particular, the method that must be applied and the sampling parameters.