Conditions
 14. The following are the conditions that a person must satisfy for the purpose of the exemption under subsection 13 (1): 1.  Before commencing an activity referred to in subsection 13 (3), the person must give the Minister notice of the activity by submitting a notice of activity form available on the Registry to the Minister through the Registry, and must ensure that the notice includes the following: i.  A statement identifying which of the activities listed in subsection 13 (3) will be carried out and a description of the activity. ii.  The area of habitat, measured in hectares, that will be impacted by the activity. iii.  The proposed start and end dates of the activity and the area in which it will be carried out. iv.  An indication as to whether the activity will be carried out on land that is habitat for bobolinks, for eastern meadowlarks, or for both, as the case may be. 2.  Before, during and after carrying out the activity, the person must follow the steps set out in section 15 to minimize the adverse effects of the activity on the bobolink or eastern meadowlark and their habitat. 3.  Before carrying out the activity, the person must prepare a bobolink and eastern meadowlark management plan in accordance with section 16 and, once the activity has commenced, the person must update the bobolink and eastern meadowlark management plan in accordance with section 16. 4.  The person must, i.  retain a copy of the bobolink and eastern meadowlark management plan for at least five years after the activity is complete, and ii.  provide a copy of the bobolink and eastern meadowlark management plan to the Ministry within 14 days of receiving a request for it. 5.  Within 12 months after the day the activity is commenced, the person must, in accordance with section 17, i.  create new habitat for bobolinks or eastern meadowlarks, or ii.  enhance an existing habitat for bobolinks or eastern meadowlarks. 6.  The person must manage, in accordance with section 18, the created or enhanced habitat under paragraph 5 for a period of five years after the habitat is created or enhanced. 7.  Before commencing the activity, the person must give the Minister a written undertaking to continue, after the end of the five-year period referred to in paragraph 6, to manage any habitat created or enhanced under paragraph 5 in accordance with section 18 until the earlier of, i.  the end of the 20-year period that follows the creation or enhancement of the habitat under paragraph 5, or ii.  if the area of habitat that was destroyed by the activity is eventually returned to a suitable state to be used by bobolinks or eastern meadowlarks, the day on which the area reaches that state. 8.  After the person has created or enhanced habitat under paragraph 5, the person must prepare a record of created or enhanced habitat in accordance with subsection 19 (1) and must update the record in accordance with subsection 19 (2). 9.  For a period of five years after the habitat is created or enhanced under paragraph 5, the person must monitor the area in which the habitat was created or enhanced by conducting at least three surveys every year at a time when bobolinks or eastern meadowlarks are likely to be present, to determine if the species are in fact present and, if so, to assess fledgling success. 10.  The person must, i.  retain the record until December 31 of the final year of the five-year period during which the person must manage and monitor the new or enhanced habitat, and ii.  provide a copy of the record to the Ministry within 14 days of receiving a request for it.