65. The Minister supervises forest operations, particularly those carried out by forest development enterprises, holders of timber supply guarantees and holders of permits to harvest timber to supply a wood processing plant, checks the quality of the forest development work and determines whether the objectives set within the framework of the forest planning process have been achieved.
The Minister ensures compliance with the harmonization measures, forest development standards and other provisions of this Act and the regulations, and, if the persons or bodies carrying out forest development activities fail to comply, requires them to take the corrective measures the Minister considers necessary, or takes them at their expense if they refuse to do so.
2010, c. 3, s. 65; 2013, c. 2, s. 9.