Acts and Regulations

C-38.1 - Crown Lands and Forests Act

Section 68
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Use of timber from Crown Lands
68(1)It is a condition of every license, sub-license, permit and Crown timber sale issued under this Act that timber harvested from Crown Lands shall not be manufactured into forest products outside New Brunswick or exported from New Brunswick for any other use.
68(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may for a specified lot of timber exempt any licensee, sub-licensee, permittee or purchaser under a Crown timber sale from the condition imposed under subsection (1).
68(3)Where any timber is used in breach of the condition imposed under subsection (1) and the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a licensee, sub-licensee, permittee or purchaser under a Crown timber sale under whose entitlement the timber was harvested has contributed to that use and knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that such use would be made of the timber, the Minister may
(a) with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, revoke the license, sub-license or permit of such person;
(b) suspend the license, sub-license or permit of such person for any period, subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose;
(c) in the case of a Crown timber sale, revoke the Crown timber sale or limit the extent of its authority in any way;
(d) in the case of a license, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, decrease or otherwise alter the boundaries of Crown Lands described in the license; or
(e) in the case of a sub-license or permit, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, reduce the prescribed allocation of the annual allowable cut of timber under the sub-license or permit.
Use of timber from Crown Lands
68(1)It is a condition of every license, sub-license, permit and Crown timber sale issued under this Act that timber harvested from Crown Lands shall not be manufactured into forest products outside New Brunswick or exported from New Brunswick for any other use.
68(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may for a specified lot of timber exempt any licensee, sub-licensee, permittee or purchaser under a Crown timber sale from the condition imposed under subsection (1).
68(3)Where any timber is used in breach of the condition imposed under subsection (1) and the Minister is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a licensee, sub-licensee, permittee or purchaser under a Crown timber sale under whose entitlement the timber was harvested has contributed to that use and knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that such use would be made of the timber, the Minister may
(a) with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, revoke the license, sub-license or permit of such person;
(b) suspend the license, sub-license or permit of such person for any period, subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose;
(c) in the case of a Crown timber sale, revoke the Crown timber sale or limit the extent of its authority in any way;
(d) in the case of a license, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, decrease or otherwise alter the boundaries of Crown Lands described in the license; or
(e) in the case of a sub-license or permit, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, reduce the prescribed allocation of the annual allowable cut of timber under the sub-license or permit.