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Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations

made under

Section 40 of the

Forests Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 179

O.I.C. 2004-6 (effective January 16, 2004), N.S. Reg. 3/2004

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Exemption

Annual registration

Statistical returns

Quantifying forest products

Required export document

Availability of records

Offences

Schedule 1

Form A- Registered Buyer Registration Form

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Form B - Statistical Return

Part VII - Volume of Wood Chips Acquired/Generated and Transferred for Use in Other

Manufacturing Process

Schedule 2

Primary Wood Products Conversion Factors

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

(a) “Act” means the Forests Act ;

(b) “Crown lands” means all or any part of land under the administration and

control of the Minister;

(c) “export” means export from the Province;

(d) “exporter” means a registered buyer who possesses primary forest products

for export;

(e) “federal lands” means all or any part of land situate in the Province under the

administration and control of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada;

(f) “import” means import into the Province;

(g) “industrial landowner” means a landowner who owns a wood processing

facility;

(h) “Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources;

(i) “primary forest products” means any of the commercially valuable raw

materials obtained from a forest;

(j) “private landowner” means a landowner who does not own a wood

processing facility;

(k) “registered buyer” means a person who

(

i) owns or operates a wood processing facility in the Province,

(ii) exports, or possesses for export, primary forest products,

(iii) imports primary forest products,

(iv) sells or acquires for sale more than 1000 m 3 solid of primary forest

products as a fuel, or

(

v) acquires primary forest products for producing energy;

(l) “secondary forest products” means goods produced or generated from primary

forest products for purposes of sale and, without limiting the generality of the

foregoing, includes wood pulp, paper, fibre and chip board, lumber and other

sawn products and wood chips produced at a wood processing facility, but

does not include the energy produced from combustion of forest products;

(m) “species” means the individual taxonomic species or the species family

grouping;

(n) “species type” means either softwood or hardwood;

(o) “wood chips” means chips that are generated from a primary forest product by

a wood processing facility and that are transferred to a registered buyer for use

in secondary manufacturing or processing and reported pursuant to subclause

5(4)(a)(v).

Exemption

3 These regulations do not apply to the production, export or sale of

(

a) Christmas trees, wreaths, boughs, branches or non-wood fibre resources

obtained from a forest; or

(

b) remanufactured wood products.

Annual registration

(1) Every registered buyer must register annually by filing with the Minister, or the

Minister’s designate, a registration form that contains the following information:

(

a) name;

(

b) mailing address;

(

c) geographic location where the registered buyer carries on business;

(

d) if the registered buyer owns or operates a wood processing facility in the

Province, including a portable processing unit, the geographic location of the

wood processing facility;

(

e) telephone number and, if applicable, facsimile number and e-mail address;

(

f) if the registered buyer is a corporation or partnership, name and position

description of an individual designated by the registered buyer as the person

responsible for submitting the returns required by these regulations;

(

g) indication of the primary business carried on by the registered buyer; and

(

h) estimate by species type of the total volume of primary forest products

acquired.

(2) A registered buyer who owns or operates one or more wood processing facilities in

the Province must file a separate registration form for each wood processing

facility, in addition to any registration required by subsection (1).

(3) A registration form required by subsections (1) and (2) must be in Form A of

Schedule 1.

(4) A registered buyer must register in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) on or

before February 28 of each year.

(5) A person who becomes a registered buyer must register in accordance with

subsections (1) and (2) within 30 days of becoming a registered buyer.

(6) Within 30 days of a change in any of the information filed pursuant to subsection

(1) or (2), a registered buyer must notify the Minister or the Minister’s designate of

the change in writing.

Statistical returns

(1) A registered buyer must submit to the Minister, or a person designated by the

Minister, an annual statistical return containing the following information:

(

a) the total volume in cubic metres solid of primary forest products acquired for

processing, exporting, importing or sale, listed by product and species type;

(

b) for registered buyers acquiring more than 1000 m 3 solid of primary forest

products, the quantity of secondary forest products produced in the units used,

listed by product and species type;

(

c) for registered buyers acquiring less than or equal to 1000 m 3 solid of primary

forest products, the type of secondary forest product, listed by species type.

(2) A registered buyer who owns or operates one or more wood processing facilities

located in the Province must submit a separate annual statistical return for each

wood processing facility, in addition to any return required by subsection (1).

(3) An annual statistical return submitted by a registered buyer who processed,

exported, imported, sold or acquired more than 1000 m 3 solid, or equivalent, of

primary forest products during a calendar year must include the following

information:

(

a) if, during that year, the registered buyer owned or operated a wood processing

facility in the Province,

(

i) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired for

processing,

(ii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired in

(

A) each county in the Province,

(

B) each province of Canada and each state of the United States, and

(

C) each country outside Canada and the United States,

(iii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired from

private landowners, from industrial landowners, from Crown lands and

from federal lands,

(iv) the quantity in units used of secondary forest products produced, listed

by product and species type,

(

v) the volume in cubic metres solid, and in species type and by tenure

class, whether private or industrial, for each transaction of wood chips

that were generated, acquired or transferred to another named registered

buyer for use in other manufacturing processes,

(vi) the species of primary forest product acquired;

(

b) if, during that year, the registered buyer exported wood grown in the Province,

(

i) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired for

export,

(ii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired in each

county in the Province,

(iii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired from

private landowners, from industrial landowners, from Crown lands or

from federal lands,

(iv) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type exported to

(

A) each province of Canada,

(

B) each state of the United States, and

(

C) each country outside Canada and the United States;

(

v) the species of primary forest product acquired;

(

c) if, during that year, the registered buyer sold the primary forest products as a

heating fuel,

(

i) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired for sale,

(ii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired in

(

A) each county in the Province,

(

B) each province of Canada and each state of the United States, and

(

C) each country outside Canada and the United States,

(iii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired from

private landowners, from industrial landowners, from Crown lands and

from federal lands,

(iv) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type of secondary

forest products produced, listed by product and species,

(

v) the species of primary forest product acquired;

(

d) if, during that year, the registered buyer acquired primary forest products for

producing energy,

(

i) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired,

(ii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired in

(

A) each county in the Province,

(

B) each province of Canada and each state of the United States, and

(

C) each country outside Canada and the United States,

(iii) the volume in cubic metres solid of each species type acquired from

private landowners, from industrial landowners, from Crown lands and

from federal lands;

(iv) the species of primary forest product acquired;

(

e) if, during that year, the registered buyer acquired primary forest products not

grown in the Province but for use in the Province, the volume in cubic metres

solid by species type and by source in accordance with Form B.

(4) An annual statistical return required by subsections (1), (2) and (3) must be in

Form B of

Schedule 1.

(5) An annual statistical return required by this

Section must be submitted for each

calendar year on or before February 28 of the immediately following year.

Quantifying forest products

(1) In completing a registration form or an annual statistical return, a registered buyer

must report in the following manner:

(

a) for primary forest products, in cubic metres solid by species type at the time

the primary forest product is acquired, sold or exported;

(

b) for secondary forest products other than wood chips, in units used by the

registered buyer;

(

c) for wood chips, in cubic metres solid.

(2) A registered buyer must use the conversion factors in

Schedule 2 to convert units

of primary forest products to the standard measure of cubic metres solid required

by subsection (1).

Required export document

(1) For each lading or carriage of primary forest products for export, an exporter must

prepare a document that includes the following information:

(

a) the registered buyer’s Registry Identification number;

(

b) the registered buyer’s name;

(

c) the volume and the species type of the primary forest products for export; and

(

d) the destination of the primary forest products,

and must ensure that the document accompanies the lading or carriage.

(2) A document required by subsection (1) must be produced for inspection upon the

request of the Minister, a conservation officer, or a person designated by the

Minister.

Availability of records

8 A registered buyer must make available to the Minister, a conservation officer, or a

person designated by the Minister, upon reasonable notice, any records or documents that

the Minister, officer or person requires for inspection, audit or examination for the

purpose of ensuring compliance with these regulations.

Offences

9 In accordance with

Section 36 of the Act, every person is guilty of an offence who

(

a) fails to file an annual registration form as required by

Section 4, or files a false

annual registration form;

(

b) fails to submit an annual statistical return as required by

Section 5, or submits

a false annual statistical return; or

(

c) fails to produce an export document as required by subsection 7(2), or

produces a false document.

Schedule 1

Form A- Registered Buyer Registration Form

(Pursuant to

Section 4 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Registered Buyer

Registry ID:

Buyer Name:

Buyer Location:

Street/PO Box:

City\Town, Prov:

Postal Code:

If the information on the left

is incorrect, or incomplete,

please add to the form

below.

Registered Buyer Information Calendar Year :

Registry ID

Name

Business Location

Type of Business

(circle only one)

1. Sawmill

4. Energy Generation

7. Other (specify):

2. Pulp/Paper Mill

5. Wood Export

3. Fuel Chips Sales

6. Firewood Sales

Mailing Address and Contact Information

Street/P.O. Box/RR#

City/Town

Province

Postal Code

Contact Name

Contact Title

Telephone

Fax

E-Mail Address

Primary Forest Product Demand If "none" enter "0"

Estimate For Calendar Year :

Softwood

Hardwood

Unit

Total Quantity Required

(cubic metres solid)

Please sign and date form to verify that the information submitted is complete and accurate to

the best of your knowledge.

Signature

Total Number of Pages Submitted in Return:

Date

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part I - Primary Forest Products Acquired by Volume and Species

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Primary Forest Product Acquired - Total Volume

Primary Forest Product Acquired - Species Acquired

(please mark with an “x” all species acquired)

Product Acquired

Softwood Volume

(cubic metres solid)

Hardwood Volume

(cubic metres solid)

Softwood

Species

Hardwood

Species

Round wood (lumber

production)

Spruce

Sugar Maple

Round wood (pulp production)

Fir

Red Maple

Fuel wood

Hemlock

Yellow Birch

Firewood

Larch

White Birch

Chipped Wood

White Pine

Oak

Other (specify)

Red Pine

Poplar

Other (specify)

Ash

Other (specify)

Totals

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part II - Primary Forest Products Acquired for Use Within Nova Scotia , Volume in Cubic Metres Solid

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Source

Private Lands

Industrial Lands

Provincial Crown

Lands

Federal Lands

Totals

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Annapolis

Antigonish

Cape Breton

Colchester

Cumberland

Digby

Guysborough

Halifax

Hants

Inverness

Kings

Lunenburg

Pictou

Queens

Richmond

Shelburne

Victoria

Yarmouth

Totals

* Wood imported into Nova Scotia for use in Nova Scotia is to be reported in Form B,

Part III.

Note: To convert volumes to solid cubic metres, use conversion factors in

Schedule 2. Do not include primary forest products acquired for export in this Part.

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part III - Primary Forest Products Imported into the Province and Acquired for Use Within Nova Scotia ,

Volume in Cubic Metres Solid

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Source

(province, state or country of origin)

Volume of Primary Forest Product Acquired (In Cubic Metres Solid)

Softwood

Hardwood

Totals

Totals

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part IV - Primary Forest Products Acquired for Export from Nova Scotia, Volume in Cubic Metres Solid

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Source

Private Lands

Industrial Lands

Provincial Crown Lands

Federal Lands

Totals

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Annapolis

Antigonish

Cape Breton

Colchester

Cumberland

Digby

Guysborough

Halifax

Hants

Inverness

Kings

Lunenburg

Pictou

Queens

Richmond

Shelburne

Victoria

Yarmouth

Totals

Note: Report only primary forest products acquired from within Nova Scotia for export in this Part.

To convert volumes to solid cubic metres use conversion factors in

Schedule 2.

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part V - Destination of Primary Forest Products Exported , Volume in Cubic Metres Solid

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Company and Location

Exported To

New Brunswick

Prince Edward

Island

Maine

Quebec

Other

Total

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Note: To convert volumes to solid cubic metres, use conversion factors in

Schedule 2.

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part VI - Quantity of Secondary Forest Products Generated, Listed by Product Type

(If the total volume of wood acquired during the year was less than 1000 cubic metres solid, only indicate the type of product generated, volume is not required )

Registry ID # Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Product

Units

Softwood

Hardwood

Mixed

Product

Units

Softwood

Hardwood

Mixed

Lumber

Fence posts

Wood chips

Baskets

Hogged wood

Fuel chips

Slabwood

Bark mulch

Sawdust

Fuel pellets

Shavings

Components

Wood pulp

Moulding

Paper

Fence rails

Hardboard

Export pulpwood

Firewood

Export oriented strand board

Laths

Export studwood

Mine packs

Export veneer

Poles and pilings

Export pulp chips

Shingles

Barrel staves

Railway ties

Flooring

House logs

Export sawlog

Other ( )

Other ( )

Form B - Statistical Return

(Pursuant to

Section 5 of the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations )

Part VII - Volume of Wood Chips Acquired/Generated and Transferred for Use in Other Manufacturing Process

(Use Additional Forms as Required)

Registry ID# Registered Buyer Name: Calendar Year:

Volume of Wood Chips Generated and Transferred

Volume of Wood Chips Acquired

Destination of Wood Chips

Generated and Transferred

Volume of Wood Chips In Cubic

Metres Solid

Source of Wood Chips

Acquired

Volume of Wood Chips In Cubic

Metres Solid

Industrial

Private

Industrial

Private

RB #

Registered Buyer Name

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

RB #

Registered Buyer Name

Softwood

Hardwood

Softwood

Hardwood

Totals

Totals

Note: “Industrial” and “Private” refer to the source of the primary forest products from which the wood chips were generated.

Schedule 2

Primary Wood Products Conversion Factors

Softwood

Product

Original Unit

of Measure

Multiply

(

x) Conversion

Factor

Volume

Basis of Factors

Cut to length

sawlogs

SPF

1 mfbm

fbm

2 tonnes

5.663

0.005 663

1.0

1.167

Based on 200 cu.ft./mfbm

(87 mill studies from 1988-1999 average

203 cu.ft./mfbm) approx. 8700 pcs.

Based on data obtained at Scott Paper

1989-94. Sample of over 900 loads 13700

pcs. RS, WS, BS, BF 0.857 t/m³

Tree length

sawlogs

2 tonnes

1.167

Tree length

pulpwood or

fuelwood

2 tonnes

1.167

Studwood

2.44 m + trim

(8' + trim)

cords

2 tonnes

stacked cubic

metres

2.322

1.167

0.641

Based on 82 cu.ft./cord

Based on 82 cu.ft./cord or 64.1% solid

wood

Studwood

3.1 m + trim

(10' + trim)

cords

2 tonnes

stacked cubic

metres

2.265

1.167

0.625

Based on 80 cu.ft./cord

Based on 80 cu.ft./cord or 62.5% solid

wood

Pulpwood

Fuelwood

2.44 (8')

cords

2 tonnes

stacked cubic

metres

2.209

1.167

0.609

Based on 78 cu.ft./cord

Stora Enso Data

60.9% solid wood

1.22 m (4')

Pulpwood

Lath wood

Fuelwood

cords

2 tonnes

m³ (stacked)

2.407

1.167

0.664

Based on 85 cu.ft./cord

Based on 66.4% solid wood content

Random length

Pulpwood

Fuelwood

2 tonnes

1.167

Veneer

1 mfbm

fbm

5.663

0.005 663

1.0

Based on 200 cu.ft./mfbm

Pulp chips

Road-side

chipping

3 tonnes

1.2690

Based on 0.788 t/m³

(-8% for bark)

Whole tree

chips

(fuel)

tonnes

0.817

Based on 0.857 t/m³

and 70% stem wood

= 1.224 t/m³

Poles & pilings

(Red pine)

cubic feet

1 mfbm

2 tonnes

0.028 3

5.663

1.0

0.968

35.3147 cu.ft./m³

200 cu.ft./Mfbm

Based on 1.033 t/m³

Studies completed at Stella Jones

Fence rails

number of

pieces

0.022 7

Based on 3.5” mid length diameter 12' long

Fence posts

2.0 m (6.5')

2.44 m (8')

number of

pieces

0.022 2

0.032 1

12 cm (4.7") average diam.

13 cm (5.1") average diam.

Landscape ties

2.44 m (8')

number of

pieces

0.032 1

13 cm (5.1") average diam.

Hemlock

Larch

White pine

All products

2 tonnes

2 tonnes

2 tonnes

1.026

1.033

1.110

0.975 t/m³

Studies at Scott Paper

0.968 t/m³

Studies at Scott Paper

0.901 t/m³

Studies at Scott Paper

Hardwood

Product

Original Unit of

Measure

Multiply

(

x) Conversion

Factor

Volume

Basis of Factors

Cut to length

sawlogs

1 mfbm

fbm

2 tonnes

5.663

0.005 663

1.0

0.963

Based on 200 cu.ft./mfbm

Based on approx. 200 loads

15 pcs./load = 1.038 t/m³

Tree length

pulpwood

fuelwood

2 tonnes

0.9630

Pallet wood

2.44 m (8')

1 mfbm

fbm

cords

m³ (stacked)

2 tonnes

5.663

0.005 663

2.209

0.609

0.963

Based on 200 cu.ft./mfbm

Based on 78 cu.ft./cord

Based on 60.9% solid wood

Pulpwood

Fuelwood

2.44 m (8')

cords

m³ (stacked)

2 tonnes

1.926

0.531

0.963

Based on 68 cu.ft./cord

Based on 53.1% solid wood

Pulpwood

Fuelwood

Random length

2 tonnes

0.9630

Boltwood

Spoolwood

1.22 m (4')

cords

m³ (stacked)

2 tonnes

2.407

0.664

0.963

Based on 85 cu.ft./cord

Based on 66.4% solid wood

Pulp chips

Road-side chipping

3 tonnes

1.0700

Based on 0.934 t/m³

(-10% for bark)

Whole tree chips

(fuel)

tonnes

0.6740

Based on 1.038 t/m³ and 70%

stem wood =

1.484 t/m³

Veneer

1 mfbm

fbm

2 tonnes

5.663

0.005 663

1.0

0.963

Based on 200 cu.ft./mfbm

Aspen

All products

2 tonnes

1.0950

Based on 0.913 t/m³

Studies at Scott Paper

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Registration and Statistical Returns

Regulations

N.S.

Reg.

3/2004

Forests Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations

and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference

only.

Source Law

The current

consolidation of the Registration

and Statistical Returns Regulations made

under the Forests Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

3/2004

Jan 16, 2004

date specified

Feb 6, 2004

The following regulations are not yet in

force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations

Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by

Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

..........................................................

Note that changes to

headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections:

Note

Effective

date

The reference to the Minister of

Natural Resources in clause 2(

h) should be read as a reference to the

Minister of Lands and Forestry in accordance with Order in Council 2018-188

under the Public Service Act ,

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 376.

Jul 5, 2018

Repealed and Superseded:

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

5/1998

Registration and Statistical Returns

Regulations

Jan 15, 1998

Jan 16, 2004

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in

this table. It may not reflect the

entire history of regulations on this subject matter.