Regulations
 53. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) prescribing the terms and conditions that shall apply to licences, other than those granted under subsection 2 (7) or section 5; (b) prescribing terms and conditions, in addition to those prescribed under clause (a), that shall apply to licences to cut Crown timber in a provincial park; (c) fixing the amount of area charge, forestry futures charge and other charges to be paid in respect of licensed areas; (d) fixing or determining the Crown dues, including forest renewal charges, to be paid by a licensee or class of licensee in respect of any kind or class of timber, other than killed or damaged timber, cut under licence and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for, (i) the fixing or determining of Crown dues by a formula employing any index number existing before or coming into existence after the regulations come into force, of any price index, or any average of any such index numbers, (ii) a method of categorizing any licensee or class of licensee in respect of the application of any such formula, (iii) any forfeiture or suspension considered necessary to administer effectively any such method, (iv) the filing of any certificate, affidavit and other material considered necessary for the purposes of any such method, (v) determining when a licensee shall be deemed to have failed or neglected to file any such certificate, affidavit or other material, and (vi) informing licensees of Crown dues determined by any formula; (e) fixing the times at which Crown charges are payable and the rate and kind of interest to be charged on overdue accounts and prescribing the method of calculating or compounding any such interest; (e.1) exempting a licensee or class of licensees from the requirement to pay forest renewal charges or forestry futures charges; (e.2) governing the Forestry Futures Trust; (f) fixing the fees to be paid on the transfer of a licence; (g) prescribing the manner in which a seizure of timber may be effected under section 22; (h) fixing the minimum size of any species of trees that may be cut under licence; (i) defining wasteful practices in forest operations and prescribing the penalties that may be imposed for contravention of any such regulation; (j) classifying mills and providing for the issue of licences therefor; (k) prescribing the form of mill licences and the fees to be paid therefor; (l) prescribing the term of mill licences and providing for the transfer, renewal, suspension and cancellation thereof; (m) imposing conditions as to the location of mills, the mechanical efficiency thereof and operating methods of mill licensees, including the disposal of waste or refuse; (n) providing for the periodical inspection of mills; (o) prescribing the returns that mill licensees shall make to the Minister as to their mills and operations, including the sources, species, quantities and disposition of materials processed; (p) prescribing the form of scalers’ licences, special permits and renewals and the fees payable in respect thereof; (q) prescribing penalties for the contravention of any provision of this Act or the regulations where no penalty has been fixed by this Act; (r) governing the cutting of timber before the issue of a patent by a purchaser or locatee of lands for agricultural purposes under the Public Lands Act and prescribing the extent to which and the conditions under which such cutting may be carried on; (s) respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.51, s. 53; 1994, c. 17, s. 54.