117.0.1. The Minister may, to foster the development and enhancement of a forest station, entrust a legal person with the mandate to carry out all or part of the operations to develop the forest station, on the terms and conditions determined by the Minister.
Before carrying out the forest management activities authorized by the Minister within the framework of a mandate, the mandatary must submit a management plan to the Minister for approval.
The mandatary must comply with the standards of forest management applicable to the mandatary’s forest management activities as if the mandatary were the holder of a management permit, whether their application is prescribed by government regulation or imposed by the Minister pursuant to section 25.2.