120. A certified forest producer is a person or an organization that satisfies the following requirements:(1) ownership of a parcel of land or group of parcels of land that may constitute a unit of assessment within the meaning of section 34 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1) and whose total forest area is not less than four hectares, for which a forest management plan has been certified by a forest engineer as being consistent with the by-laws of the competent regional agency for private forest development;
(2) registration with the Minister, or with any person or organization designated for such purpose by the Minister, of a forest area that meets the requirements set out in subparagraph 1 and of any change thereto which modifies the total forested area of the unit of assessment within the meaning of section 34 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1) or causes any change thereto.
The Minister or the person or organization having effected the registration shall issue to a certified forest producer, upon payment of the dues prescribed by regulation, a certificate attesting his status as regards the forest area in question. The period covered by the certificate must correspond to that covered by the forest management plan, which cannot exceed 10 years.
1986, c. 108, s. 120; 1996, c. 14, s. 10; 2001, c. 6, s. 99; 2006, c. 45, s. 15.