173. The Government may, by regulation,(1) set the dues payable for the issue, modification or renewal of a forest producer’s certificate;
(2) set the administrative fees payable for the examination of applications and the issue of copies of a certificate;
(3) limit the total dues and fees a person must pay in the course of a given year;
(4) provide that the dues payable or the fees paid to a person or body designated by the Minister to register forest areas may be kept by the person or body;
(5) define the content of the report described in paragraph 3 of section 131 and specify, for the purposes of that paragraph, the eligible protection or development expenses, prescribing exclusions, ceilings and deductions;
(6) establish rules for the calculation and substantiation of eligible development expenses, including authorizing carry-forwards of those expenses and prescribing the use of values assessed by the timber marketing board;
(7) according to criteria it determines, set the rate per cubic metre of timber on the basis of which the contribution provided for in section 162 is established, and prescribe how and when the contribution is to be paid; and
(8) determine how and when the declaration required under section 163 is to be filed with the agency.