50. A forest management unit cannot be altered during the term of an agreement except on the expiry of five years as provided in section 77 or in circumstances described in the second paragraph, in section 79 or in section 81.
Where an area used in calculating the allowable annual cut is deleted from the forest management unit as a result of the application of another Act for reasons of public interest or to take account of an amendment to the land use plan prepared under Division III of Chapter II of the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State (chapter T-8.1), the Minister shall, if forest production is sufficient, substitute an equivalent area for the deleted area.
Where forest management activities have been carried out under a plan approved by the Minister under subdivision 4, the Government shall grant equitable compensation to the agreement holder.
1986, c. 108, s. 50; 1990, c. 17, s. 5; 1999, c. 40, s. 140.