Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Description:
this Act concern regulations:
• governing the procedures and methods by which and the terms and conditions for permits, licences, timber quotas and agreements
• respecting collecting Crown charges
• respecting charges for damage to timber
• establishing fees for the giving of the Minister’s consent to an assignment of a timber disposition or a timber quota
• governing all aspects of reforestation and afforestation on public land;
• designating primary timber products;
• regulating all primary timber processing and primary timber processing plants;
• regulating the transport of timber and timber products and all matters incidental to that transport;
• governing the keeping of records relating to timber production and sales and purchases of timber and timber products;
• governing the management and use of forest land;
• prescribing contraventions of an ALSA (alberta land stewardship act) regional plan, this Act or the regulations in respect of which an administrative penalty may be imposed.
Goal/Aim:
Regulate protection and management of forests ; regulate timber and timber products
Responsible Authority:
Legislative Assembly of Alberta