A-18.1 - Sustainable Forest Development Act

Section 246 Disposition versions

2013-04-01

246. A person subject to a development plan who fails to comply with a standard whose application is imposed or authorized by the Minister under section 40 or a holder of a forestry permit issued for the operation of a sugar bush who fails to comply with a standard whose application is imposed by the Minister under section 82 is guilty of an offence and is liable, depending on the plan or the permit, to a fine of

(1)  $20 to $900 for each tree in respect of which an offence is committed;

(2)  $80 to $400 for each cubic metre of timber the offender fails to salvage, in violation of the applicable standard;

(3)  $2,000 to $10,000 for each hectare or part of a hectare in respect of which an offence is committed; or

(4)  $2,000 to $80,000 if the fine cannot be calculated per tree, cubic metre of timber or hectare, given the forest development standard involved.

2010, c. 3, s. 246.