Allocation Method Order (2009) – Softwood Lumber Products — 1
Definitions 1 (1) The following definitions apply in this Order. Act means the Export and Import Permits Act . ( Loi ) current softwood lumber products means the products referred to in item 5104, Group 5, of the schedule to the Export Control List . ( produits de bois d’oeuvre courants ) exported has the meaning set out in section 6.4 of the Act. ( exporté ) former softwood lumber products means, in the case of Quebec, the products referred to in item 5105, Group 5, of the schedule to the Export Control List as it existed during the period beginning on November 1, 2005 and ending on October 11, 2006. ( anciens produits de bois d’oeuvre ) Manitoba quantity means the quantity of current softwood lumber products that may be exported from Manitoba to the United States during a month under subsection 6.3(2) of the Act. ( quantité pour le Manitoba ) Ontario quantity means the quantity of current softwood lumber products that may be exported from Ontario to the United States during a month under subsection 6.3(2) of the Act. ( quantité pour l’Ontario ) primary producer means a person who produces current softwood lumber products from softwood sawlogs and, in the case of Quebec, includes a person who produced former or Quebec softwood lumber products from softwood sawlogs. ( entreprise de première transformation ) primary producer’s products means the current softwood lumber products that the primary producer produced at any time, that were not remanufactured in Canada and, in the case of Quebec, includes former softwood lumber products. ( produits d’une entreprise de première transformation ) Quebec quantity means the quantity of current softwood lumber products that may be exported from Quebec to the United States during a month under subsection 6.3(2) of the Act. ( quantité pour le Québec ) Quebec softwood lumber products means the softwood lumber products produced in Quebec that were reported to the Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife under the Forest Act , R.S.Q., c. F-4.1. ( produits de bois d’oeuvre du Québec ) reference period means (a) in the case of Ontario, the period beginning on November 1, 2007 and ending on October 31, 2008, (b) in the case of Quebec, the period beginning on November 1, 2005 and ending on October 31, 2008, (c) in the case of Manitoba, the period beginning on November 1, 2007 and ending on October 31, 2008, and (d) in the case of Saskatchewan, the period beginning on November 1, 2007 and ending on October 31, 2008. ( période de référence ) remanufacturer means a person who remanufactures — within the meaning of subsection 13(1) of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006 — current softwood lumber products and, in the case of Quebec, includes a person who remanufactured former softwood lumber products. ( entreprise de seconde transformation ) remanufacturer’s products means the current softwood lumber products that the remanufacturer remanufactured at any time, that were not further remanufactured in Canada and, in the case of Quebec, includes former softwood lumber products. ( produits d’une entreprise de seconde transformation ) Saskatchewan quantity means the quantity of current softwood lumber products that may be exported from Saskatchewan to the United States during a month under subsection 6.3(2) of the Act. ( quantité pour la Saskatchewan ) Transfer of export allocation (2) If a primary producer or remanufacturer transfers, with the consent of the Minister under subsection 6.3(4) of the Act, a portion of its export allocation for a month, together with the corresponding volume of its products, that volume is deemed to be included in the volume of the primary producer’s or remanufacturer’s products that were exported in that month to the United States under export permits and not in the volume of the transferee.