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C-38.1 - Crown Lands and Forests Act

Section 56
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Crown timber sale
56(1)The Minister may sell timber or the right to cut timber on Crown Lands to a person who
(a) has been designated under paragraph 32(d) or 36(2)(b),
(b) has successfully bid for such timber or the right to cut such timber at public auction or by tender, or
(c) applies to cut small amounts of firewood or other classes of timber.
56(2)Upon payment of the sale price and upon complying with such terms and conditions as the Minister prescribes, a purchaser under a Crown timber sale is entitled to such timber from such Crown Lands as is authorized thereby, if harvested or taken possession of prior to such date as is prescribed by the Minister as a term of the sale.
56(3)Where, in the opinion of the Minister, a holder of a right granted under subsection (1) is in violation of a provision of this Act, of the regulations or the terms and conditions prescribed by the Minister, the Minister may
(a) impose a penalty against the holder of the right in accordance with the regulation,
(b) suspend the right for any period, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose, or
(c) with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, cancel the right.
1982, c.3, s.13; 1984, c.21, s.8; 1992, c.26, s.4; 2001, c.40, s.4
Crown timber sale
56(1)The Minister may sell timber or the right to cut timber on Crown Lands to a person who
(a) has been designated under paragraph 32(d) or 36(2)(b),
(b) has successfully bid for such timber or the right to cut such timber at public auction or by tender, or
(c) applies to cut small amounts of firewood or other classes of timber.
56(2)Upon payment of the sale price and upon complying with such terms and conditions as the Minister prescribes, a purchaser under a Crown timber sale is entitled to such timber from such Crown Lands as is authorized thereby, if harvested or taken possession of prior to such date as is prescribed by the Minister as a term of the sale.
56(3)Where, in the opinion of the Minister, a holder of a right granted under subsection (1) is in violation of a provision of this Act, of the regulations or the terms and conditions prescribed by the Minister, the Minister may
(a) impose a penalty against the holder of the right in accordance with the regulation,
(b) suspend the right for any period, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose, or
(c) with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, cancel the right.
1982, c.3, s.13; 1984, c.21, s.8; 1992, c.26, s.4; 2001, c.40, s.4