2(1)No person shall operate in the Province, bring into the Province or take out of the Province, on a public highway, a vehicle that is carrying a full or partial load of primary forest products unless the person

2(2)Subsection (1) does not apply if the entire load carried by the vehicle consists of fuel wood of less than 1.22 m (4 feet) in length.

2(3)The form and content of transportation certificates and other documentation or information required under this Act or the regulations, requirements relating to their distribution, completion, possession, production, collection and remittance and any other matters relating to them may be

3(1)The operator of a vehicle to whom subsection 2(1) applies shall, on the demand of a peace officer, without delay and in accordance with the requirements set out in the regulations, produce and deliver to the peace officer, for examination in detail by the peace officer,

3(2)The operator of a vehicle to whom subsection 2(1) applies shall, in accordance with the requirements set out in the regulations, deliver the accurately completed transportation certificate for the primary forest products carried by the vehicle to the owner or person in charge of any mill, other place of business or other location where the products are offloaded.

4(1)If an operator of a vehicle to whom subsection 2(1) applies is in possession of a transportation certificate that contains false or misleading statements, the operator commits an offence and the following persons are parties to the offence:

4(2)The owner of the land or the wood contractor may be charged with, convicted of and sentenced for the offence under subsection (1), whether or not the operator of the vehicle is charged with or convicted of the offence.

4(3)No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (1) if he or she exercised due diligence to prevent its commission.

5(1)No owner or person in charge of any mill, other place of business or other location where primary forest products are offloaded shall accept delivery of primary forest products from the operator of a vehicle to whom subsection 2(1) applies unless the operator of the vehicle delivers to the owner or person in charge an accurately completed transportation certificate for the primary forest products carried by the vehicle.

5(2)An owner or person in charge of any mill, other place of business or other location where primary forest products are offloaded who receives transportation certificates shall, in accordance with the requirements set out in the regulations, complete, collect, keep and remit the transportation certificates and any other prescribed documentation or information.

6(1)Peace officers under this Act

6(2)Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), if a peace officer reasonably believes that the operator of a vehicle is required to produce and deliver or to deliver a transportation certificate in circumstances described in section 3, the peace officer, when on duty, has the power to require the operator of the vehicle to stop and to produce and deliver or to deliver, as the case may be, an accurately completed transportation certificate, the operator’s driver’s licence and the vehicle’s registration certificate, as required under section 3.

6(3)For the purposes of this Act and the regulations, section 13 of the Fish and Wildlife Act applies to a conservation officer appointed under the Crown Lands and Forests Act.

8(1)Inspectors shall have the duties, functions and powers

8(2)At any reasonable time and on presentation of proof of identification on a form provided by the Minister, an inspector may, for the purpose of administering this Act,

8(3)An inspector may detain items, for the purposes of evidence, that the inspector discovers while acting under this section and reasonably believes may afford evidence of a violation of, or a failure to comply with, a provision of this Act or the regulations.

8(4)For the purposes of subsection (3), an inspector may detain

11(1)No person shall make a false or misleading statement on a transportation certificate or make any other false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, to peace officers, inspectors or other persons engaged in carrying out their duties and functions or in exercising their powers under this Act or the regulations.

11(2)No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (1) if he or she exercised due diligence to prevent its commission.

13(1)Subject to subsection (2), a person who violates or fails to comply with a provision of the regulations commits an offence.

13(2)For the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, a person who violates or fails to comply with a provision of the regulations in respect of which a category has been prescribed by regulation commits an offence of the category prescribed by regulation.

13(3)A person who violates or fails to comply with a provision of this Act that is listed in Column I of Schedule A commits an offence.

13(4)For the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, each offence listed in Column I of Schedule A is punishable as an offence of the category listed beside it in Column II of Schedule A.