Authority to enter into a forest management agreement
 6. (1) Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into an agreement with any person for the management of Crown timber on a sustained yield basis and for carrying out all operations necessary for such management and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, every such agreement shall set out, (a) the silvicultural specifications that are to be observed and performed in respect of the harvesting, regeneration and tending of the forest areas that are subject to the agreement; and (b) the standards of regeneration to be achieved on the forest areas that are subject to the agreement, and may provide for, (c) the cutting of Crown timber and the prices therefor; (d) the cutting of killed or damaged Crown timber and any other Crown timber that in the Minister’s opinion should in the interest of economic forest utilization be cut with such killed or damaged Crown timber subject to such prices, if any, and to such terms and conditions as the Minister and such person may agree upon; (e) the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of any road necessary for such management and operations; (f) a reduction of the stumpage charges to be paid by such person for any increase in the volume of Crown timber that is cut and is the direct result of any silvicultural treatment applied at the expense of such person; (g) the preparation of plans, rules, reports and any other documents necessary for such management and operations; and (h) such other terms and conditions as the Minister and such person may agree upon that are not inconsistent with the regulations, and, except in the case of a provision made under clause (d) or (f), any such agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in the regulations. Meaning of “sustained yield” (2) In subsection (1), the expression “sustained yield” means the growth of timber that a forest can produce and that can be cut to achieve a continuous approximate balance between growth of timber and timber cut. (“rendement soutenu”) Certain sections do not apply to agreement (3) Subsections 5 (2) and (3), section 17, clause 20 (b), sections 26, 27, 28 and 33 and clause 48 (1) (k) do not apply in respect of an agreement entered into under subsection (1). Tabling (4) If the Assembly is then in session, the Minister shall, (a) within five days after entering into an agreement under subsection (1) or an amending agreement, lay before the Assembly a copy of the agreement or amending agreement, as the case may be; (b) after the end of each year of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), lay before the Assembly a report in respect of the areas harvested, regenerated and tended under such agreement in the year that has ended; and (c) after the end of each term of five years of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), lay before the Assembly a report in respect of the relationship between the harvest and growth, including regeneration, of timber during the said term on the area subject to the agreement, or, if the Assembly is not then in session, at the beginning of the next session. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.51, s. 6.