Levies or charges in relation to development, conservation and management
4(1)A board is authorized, in relation to the development, conservation and management of forestry resources on private woodlots in the Province
(a)
to fix levies or charges and to impose them on and collect them from persons engaged in the marketing or the production and marketing of the regulated product;
(b)
for the purposes of paragraph (a), to classify the persons referred to in paragraph (a) into groups and fix the levies or charges payable by the members of the different groups in different amounts; and
(c)
to use the levies or charges under paragraph (a) for the purposes of implementing and administering forest management programs on private woodlots.
4(2)Any person who receives a regulated product shall deduct from the money payable for the regulated product any levies or charges payable to the board by the person engaged in the marketing or the production and marketing of the regulated product received and to forward such levies or charges to the board or its agent designated for that purpose by the fifteenth day of the month following receipt of the regulated product.