35.15. The Minister may, without modifying the boundaries of a management unit, modify the areas intended for forest production on the grounds of public interest, and in particular in response to :(1) the classification of an exceptional forest ecosystem or a change to the boundaries of a previously classified ecosystem ;
(2) the application of another Act ;
(3) a modification to a land use plan referred to in Division III of Chapter II of the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State (chapter T-8.1).
The Minister may, as an exceptional measure, so modify the areas intended for forest production by reason of the issue of a permit for the cultivation and operation of a sugar bush or by reason of the carrying on of an agricultural activity.