A-18.1 - Sustainable Forest Development Act

Section 340 Disposition versions

2013-04-09

340. The Minister sets the annual volumes of timber for each agreement holder by reducing, by a percentage determined by the Minister, the part of the revised volumes of timber that exceeds the following volumes:

(1)  100,000 cubic metres for species from the fir, spruce, jack pine, larch (FSPL) group allocated to the agreement holder; or

(2)  25,000 cubic metres for all other species and groups of species combined, allocated to the agreement holder.

The reduction may vary from one agreement holder to another depending on the species or group of species concerned or depending on whether all or part of the areas from which the timber comes is concerned.

The Minister makes public the reduction rates determined under this section.

2010, c. 3, s. 340; 2013, c. 2, s. 60.

2010-04-01

340. The Minister sets guaranteed annual volumes of timber for each agreement holder by reducing by a percentage the Minister determines the part of the volumes that exceeds

(1)  100,000 cubic metres for species from the fir, spruce, jack pine, larch (FSPL) group; and

(2)  25,000 cubic metres for all other species or groups of species.

The volumes of timber referred to in this section are those to which the agreement holder would have been entitled on 1 April 2013 had the agreement not been cancelled.

The percentage by which the volumes are reduced may vary from one agreement holder to another depending on the species or groups of species concerned, the volumes of timber to which the agreement holder would have been entitled on 1 April 2013 had the agreement not been cancelled and the regions from which the timber comes.

The Minister makes public the reduction rates used to set the guaranteed annual volumes of timber to which each agreement holder is entitled.

2010, c. 3, s. 340.