68. The Minister may, at any time, authorize the holder of a wood processing plant operating permit to harvest in place of an agreement holder in his forest management unit such volume of timber required to produce chips, sawdust and shavings as the agreement holder fails to provide to the permit holder notwithstanding an agreement between them to that effect.
The Minister shall not grant authorization unless the holder of the wood processing plant operating permit is unable to find a source of timber supply comparable to the source which has failed to supply.