In order to provide security for contractors, certain licences stipulate that the holder harvest a minimum percentage of their AAC using contractors. The relationship between licensees and contractors is governed by the Timber Harvesting Contracts and Sub-contracts Regulation. These provisions specify that major licensees, such as holders of forest licences and tree farm licences, must harvest within plus or minus fifty percent of their AAC within any one year, and within ten percent of their AAC in each consecutive five-year cut control period. Other provisions intended to provide security to licensees, employees and contractors include limitations on the export of raw logs and constraints on the ability to sell or transfer licences. Right to carry out forest management on a specific area of Crown land.
Licence requires a management plan.
If harvesting occurs, responsibilities are similar to a Forest Licence. The provincial government collects revenue, in the form of stumpage, from the harvesting of Crown timber. Interior Appraisal Manual Tenure agreements grant licencees the right to harvest timber within a geographic area. Holders of tree farm licences have exclusive rights to the timber under their licence, therefore they are assigned the entire AAC for that area.