37. No one except a person authorized under Title IV to construct or operate a wood processing plant is qualified to enter into an agreement.
Moreover, any person so authorized who acquires a plant, or the right to operate a plant, which is or has been operated under a timber supply and forest management agreement is so qualified only if the dues, contributions to the forestry fund referred to in section 73.4, 92.0.2 or 92.0.11 and assessments to forest protection organizations payable by the holder of such agreement have been paid in full.
The second paragraph does not apply if the holder has made an assignment of property or if a receiving order has been made against him under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter B-3).
1986, c. 108, s. 37; 1991, c. 47, s. 2; 2001, c. 6, s. 31; 2004, c. 6, s. 2.