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(Consolidated up to 47/2026) ALBERTA REGULATION 60/73 Forests Act TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 1 This Regulation may be cited as the “Timber Management Regulation”.

AR 60/73 s1;163/85;98/2025 2 In this Regulation, 1 “Act” means the Forests Act; 1.01 “Assistant Deputy Minister” means the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Forestry Division in the Department; 1.02 “audited” means audited by a professional accounting firm registered under the Chartered Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform an audit engagement; 1.03 “base rate” me ans $0.53 per cubic metre of roundwood; 1.1 “board foot” means the nominal volume of wood that would be contained in a solid piece of wood one inch thick measuring 12 inches long and 12 inches wide before surfacing and drying the wood; 2 “certificate” means a docume nt issued by the director by means of which the director establishes the amount of a person’s quota; 3 “commercial timber permit” means a timber disposition issued pursuant to

section 22 of the Act, and sections 37 to 41 of this Regulation authorizing a person to cut Crown timber; 3.1 “community logger” means a logger who is registered under

section 74.2; 3.2 “community timber manufact urer” means the owner of a mill that is registered under

section 74.2; 3.21 “community timber permit” means a coniferous community timber permit or deciduous community timber permit;

Section 2 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 2 3.3 “coniferous community timber licence” means a timber disposition issued pursuant to the Act and Division 5 of

Part 3 of this Regulation authorizing the holder of a coniferous timber quota to harvest predominately coniferous timber and minor amounts of deciduous timber; 3.4 “coniferous community timber permit” means a timber disposition issued pursuant to the Act and Division 5 of

Part 3 of this Regulation authorizing a person to harvest predominately coniferous timber and minor amounts of deciduous timber; 4 “coniferous timber licence” means a timber disposition authorizing the holder of a coniferous timber quota to harvest predominantly coniferous timber and minor deciduous timber volumes; 4.1 “cubic metre” means the st andard measure of the volume of wood contained in a tree, log, forest product or log volume used to produce a forest product, to be determined by the means established by the Minister; 4.2 “deciduous community timber permit” means a timber disposition issued under the Act and Division 5 of

Part 3 of this Regulation authorizing a person to harvest predominately deciduous timber and minor amounts of coniferous timber; 5 “deciduous timber allocati on” means a quota of deciduous timber; 6 “deciduous timber licence” means a timber disposition authorizing the holder of a deciduous timber allocation to harvest predominantly deciduous timber and minor coniferous timber areas and volumes; 6.1 “Department” means the Depa rtment administered by the Minister; 7 repealed AR 18/94 s2; 8 “forest growth” includes a ll timber and plant growth on forest land; 9 “forest management area” refers to public lands in respect of which a forest management agreement or forest management lease has been entered into; 10 “Green Area” mean s the area outlined and coloured green on a map annexed to the Order Classifying Public Lands

Section 2 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 3 dated April 16th, 1963, and published in The Alberta Gazette on April 30th, 1963, as amended from time to time, or any order made in substitution therefor; 11 “licence” or “timber licen ce” means a timber disposition issued pursuant to the Act and this Regulation authorizing a quota holder to cut Crown timber, and includes a timber quota referred to in

section 17(5) of the Act; 12 “licensee” means a person h olding a timber licence issued pursuant to the Act and this Regulation; 13 “local timber permit” means a short term timber disposition issued pursuant to the Act and sections 49 to 64 of this Regulation; 14 “non-permanent forest land” r efers to public land which in the opinion of the Assistant Deputy Minister may not be suitable or permanently available for the continued growth of forest stands; 14.1 repealed AR 265/2003 s2; 14.2 “overcut volume” means volume over 100% of the volume authorized by a local timber permit or of the authorized quadrant volume for a quota quadrant; 15 “permanent forest land” refer s to public land which in the opinion of the Assistant Deputy Minister will be indefinitely available and which is suitable for the continued growth of forest stands; 16 “permittee” means a person holding a timber permit or personal use forest products permit issued pursuant to the Act and this Regulation and may be further described as a commercial timber permittee, a community timber permittee or a local timber permittee depending on the type of permit held; 16.1 “reforestation” means any operation involving seed management, seedling production, site preparation, tree planting, seeding, regeneration or reforestation surveying, stand cleaning, stand tending, stand thinning, tree improvement, fertilization, drainage, pruning or site analysis that is carried out in the course of forest renewal; 16.2 “reforestation levy” means a reforestation levy determined under

section 5.1 of the Forest Resources Improvement Regulation (AR 152/97);

Section 2.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 4 17 “roundwood timber products” means building logs, fence posts, pilings, poles, rails and similar products; 17.1 repealed AR 18/94 s2; 1 8 “timber operation” means any kind of activity involved in (

a) cutting, removing, harvesting, manufacturing, transporting or marketing timber or primary timber products, or (

b) reforestation; 18.1 “utilization standard” means a utilization standard as defined in the Forests (Ministerial) Regulation; 18.2 “veneer products” means veneer, laminated veneer lumber and plywood; 19 repealed AR 18/94 s2; 20 “year” means the period f rom May 1st to April 30th; 20.1 “year of cut” means the year in which cutting is completed. 21 repealed AR 338/79 s2. AR 60/73 s2;220/77;378/78;338/79;163/85;18/94;182/95; 28/99;206/2001;265/2003;234/2004;27/2010;170/2012; 75/2021;98/2025 2.1 In addition to the products specified in

section 1(

j) of the Act, the following are designated as primary timber products for the purposes of the Act and the regulations made under the Act: (

a) biochar; (

b) fertilizer and fertilizer inputs; (

c) firewood; (

d) hoopwood, split poles, pickets, stakes and staves; (

e) laminated strand lumber a nd oriented strand lumber; (

f) lath and lath bolts; (

g) oriented strand board, particle board and fibreboard; (

h) pulp and newsprint;

Section 3 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 5 (

i) railway ties, cross ties, l andscaping timber and ties and roughly squared timber; (

j) roundwood timber products; (

k) sawdust, wood wool, wood flour and wood shavings; (

l) seedlings, saplings and Christmas trees; (

m) shakes, shingles and shingle bolts; (

n) veneer products; (

o) wood pellets. AR 28/99 s3;98/2025;47/2026

Part 1 Quotas Division 1 Quotas Generally 3 The director may on behalf of the Crown sell timber quotas by tender, by auction or by direct sale. AR 60/73 s3;18/94;27/2010 4 Where

section 17(5) of the Act does not apply, the holder of a timber quota shall obtain a timber licence under

section 21 of the Act authorizing the harvest of the timber under that timber quota. AR 60/73 s4;163/85;75/2021 5 In order to qualify for making a tender or bid to purchase a timber quota a person shall deposit with the Department $1,000 for each 4000 cubic metres or fraction thereof of allowable cut in a coniferous quota and for each 80 hectares or fraction thereof of allowable cut in a deciduous timber allocation up to a maximum deposit of $10,000.00 for each tender or bid. AR 60/73 s5;338/79;27/2010 6 Every bid or tender shall be expressed in increments of not less than $100 and the opening bid may not be less than $500. AR 60/73 s6

Section 7 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 6 7 A holder of a timber quota may match the highest tender received on any quota being offered for sale by tender in the same forest management unit if the holder has paid the qualifying deposit no less than one hour before the time set for opening of the tenders. AR 60/73 s7;75/2021 8 Whenever the highest tender is matched or there are two equal tenders, the sale shall be immediately continued by auction.

AR 60/73 s8 9 At least 10% of the price bid or tendered for a timber quota (herein called the “bonus price”) shall be paid on the day of sale and the balance shall be paid within 10 days of the day of sale. AR 60/73 s9 10 The purchaser may request to have a part or all of the qualifying deposit applied as a payment toward the bonus price. AR 60/73 s10;75/2021 11 In the event that the purchaser of the timber quota defaults by failing to pay the bonus price within the 10 days, the purchaser forfeits to the Department a sum equal to 10% of the bonus price.

AR 60/73 s11;27/2010;75/2021 12 The qualifying deposit of the successful purchaser of the timber quota or allocation may be refunded to the purchaser by the director only after the bonus price has been paid in full. AR 60/73 s12;27/2010;75/2021 13 When a person’s bid or tender is not accepted, the Department shall retain 5% of the qualifying deposit and shall refund the balance.

AR 60/73 s13;27/2010 14(1) Whenever the director determines that the annual allowable cut for a forest management unit may be increased, the director may offer for sale the increase in the annual allowable cut as a new quota or quotas or prorate the additional annual allowable cut amongst the existing quota holders in the forest management unit; (

a) without charge, or (

b) upon payment of fair value a s determined by the director.

Section 15 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 7

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the director shall prorate the additional allowable cut without charge amongst those quota holders in the forest management unit whose forest management practices contributed significantly to the increased annual allowable cut. AR 60/73 s14;153/97;27/2010;75/2021 15 Quotas shall not be transferred or assigned from one forest management unit to another. AR 60/73 s15;75/2021 16 When amending the boundaries of a forest management unit, the director may also change the designation of any quota so that it is related to the amended forest management unit in which it is located.

AR 60/73 s16;27/2010;75/2021 17 In addition to the annual allowable cut authorized by the quota, the director may by licence allow the quota holder to harvest any size or species of trees that were not taken into account in determining the quota without charging the product derived therefrom against that quota. AR 60/73 s17;27/2010;75/2021 18 Where a quota holder owns two or more quotas in the same forest management unit the director, with the prior consent of the quota holder, may issue a new quota merging the entire combined interest of the original quotas.

AR 60/73 s18;27/2010;75/2021 19 When the term and quadrant dates of quotas in the same forest management unit do not coincide, the director may adjust the term and quadrant dates of any quota to establish common term and quadrant dates for all the quotas in the unit. AR 60/73 s19;27/2010;75/2021 Division 2 Quota Production Control 20 Repealed AR 67/96 s2. 20.1 A quota holder shall not exceed the authorized quadrant volume in respect of production for a quota quadrant. AR 75/2021 s20.1

Section 21 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 8 21 If production exceeds that authorized for a quota quadrant, the director shall reduce the authorized volume for the following quadrant by an amount equal to the overcut volume. AR 60/73 s21;27/2010 22 When production in any quota quadrant exceeds 110% of the authorized quadrant volume, the quota holder shall pay to the Department, in addition to the timber dues payable on the entire overcut volume in respect of the quota quadrant, the administrative penalty determined in accordance with

section 172 on any overcut volume. AR 60/73 s22;338/79;18/94;67/96;27/2010;75/2021 23 to 27 Repealed AR 67/96 s3. Division 3 Licence Under Quota and Performance Guarantee 28 To obtain a timber licence, the quota holder shall comply with the provisions of

section 21 of the Act, and in accordance therewith deposit with the Department as a performance guarantee the greater of (a) $500, or (

b) for the estimated volume of coniferous or deciduous timber to be cut, the sum of 25¢ per cubic metre for the first 4000 cubic metres, 10¢ per cubic metre for the next 30 000 cubic metres, and 2¢ per cubic metre for any volume in excess of that amount, (c), (

d) repealed AR 18/94 s7. AR 60/73 s28;338/79;163/85;18/94;27/2010 29 The maximum total market value of performance guarantee deposits that any person may be required to maintain with the Department at any time shall not exceed $75,000. AR 60/73 s29;27/2010 30(1) The performance guarantee deposit may consist in whole or in part of (

a) cash, (

b) money order,

Section 31 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 9 (

c) certified cheque in favour of the Government, (

d) irrevocable lette r of credit submitted in accordance with all of the requirements of the Department, or (

e) repealed AR 75/2021 s14, (

f) term savings certificates i ssued by a financial institution acceptable to the Government of Alberta.

(2) Repealed AR 75/2021 s14. AR 60/73 s30;301/81;27/2002;68/2008;27/2010;31/2012; 62/2013;75/2021 31 The director may allow a holder of a timber disposition in good standing, issued pursuant to this Regulation, to convert the holder’s performance guarantee deposit to conform with the requirements of this Regulation.

AR 60/73 s31;27/2010;98/2025 32 Repealed AR 75/2021 s16. 33 In the event that a licensee neglects to perform any requirement or obligation arising from any timber disposition, the regulations made under the Act, the regulations the Act or the Public Lands Act, the director may fulfill the neglected obligations and apply any part of any available guarantee deposits as a payment toward the costs incurred.

AR 60/73 s33;163/85;27/2010;98/2025 34 When the director is satisfied that the licensee has met all of the licensee’s obligations under the Act, the Public Lands Act, and any regulations and dispositions issued under these Acts, the director may refund the balance of the licensee’s deposit to the licensee after applying any part of the licensee’s deposit in payment of any indebtedness to the Crown.

AR 60/73 s34;163/85;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021 35 When the volume of timber remaining on a licence is reduced to a volume less than the annual allowable cut of the quota under which the licence was issued, the licensee may request the director to transfer up to 70% of the performance guarantee deposit to make up part of the deposit required for an additional licence, provided the amount remaining on deposit is not thereby reduced to less than $500. AR 60/73 s35;18/94;27/2010

Section 36 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 10 36 Upon receiving a request in accordance with

section 35, the director may determine the sum eligible for transfer and deal with that sum as provided in

section 34, to the extent that the timber operations have been completed. AR 60/73 s36;27/2010

Part 2 Sales Commercial Timber Permits 37 Any person eligible under the Act may acquire authority to harvest timber by obtaining a commercial timber permit pursuant to

section 22 of the Act and this Regulation. AR 60/73 s37;163/85;98/2025 38 The director may sell commercial timber permits by tender, by auction or by direct sale, and may establish processes and criteria in respect of those sales. AR 60/73 s38;378/78;338/79;119/94;27/2010;75/2021 39(1) This

section governs the bidding for commercial timber permits sold by tender or by auction.

(1.1) The director may require that a deposit in the amount specified by the director be paid prior to the making of a bid under this section.

(2) The director may establish that the bidding with respect to the sale of a commercial timber permit sold by tender or auction is restricted (

a) to lump sum bids for all tim ber to be harvested under the permit regardless of the actual amount or species of timber harvested, or (

b) to bids based on a per cubic metre of roundwood harvested for a primary species group of either coniferous or deciduous timber as determined by the director.

(3) When bidding is restricted to lump sum bids referred to in subsection (2)(a), the minimum bid is established by the director and may not be less than the total of the amounts in clauses (

a) and (b): (a) $1.90 times the director’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of coniferous roundwood to be harvested;

Section 40 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 11 (

b) the base rate times the dir ector’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of deciduous roundwood to be harvested.

(4) When bidding is restricted to volume bids referred to in subsection (2)(b), the director may establish the minimum bid. AR 60/73 s39;338/79;18/94;182/95;28/99;168/2005;238/2007;27/2010 40(1) The security for a commercial timber permit or community timber permit must be deposited with the Department before the permit is issued and, if applicable, within the time period specified in the public sales notice.

(2) Repealed AR 238/2007 s3.

(3) The amount of the security is the total of the amounts calculated under clauses (

a) and (b): (

a) the greater of (i) $1000, and (ii) based on the volume of coniferous and deciduous timber to be harvested under the permit as estimated by the director, the total of $0.50 per cubic metre for the first 4000 cubic metres, $0.20 per cubic metre for the next 15 000 cubic metres and $0.04 per cubic metre for any additional cubic metres; (

b) an amount specified by the Minister that is not less than $1000 and not greater than the total of the amounts calculated under subclauses (

i) to (iv): (

i) an amount calculated by multiplying the Minister’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of coniferous timber to be harvested times the rate of the reforestation levy that is in effect when the permit is issued; (ii) an amount calculated by multiplying the Minister’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of deciduous timber to be harvested times the rate of the reforestation levy that is in effect when the permit is issued; (iii) an amount calculated by multiplying the Minister’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of coniferous timber to be harvested times the average of the rates of timber dues for coniferous lumber as determined under

section 1(4) of

Schedule 1 for

Section 40.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 12 (

A) the month that the notice of sale is given and the preceding 11 months in respect of a permit sold by tender or auction, and (

B) the month that the permit is sold and the preceding 11 months in respect of a permit sold by direct sale; (iv) an amount calculated by multiplying the Minister’s estimate of the number of cubic metres of deciduous timber to be harvested times the greater of the average rates of timber dues for (

A) deciduous pulp (

I) for the month that the notice of sale is given and the preceding 11 months in respect of a permit sold by tender or auction, or (II) for the month that the permit is sold and the preceding 11 months in respect of a permit sold by direct sale, a n d (

B) oriented strand board for the last 12 months for which a rate of dues can be determined starting from (

I) the month that the notice of sale is given in respect of a permit sold by tender or auction, or (II) the month that the permit is sold in respect of a permit sold by direct sale. AR 60/73 s40;338/79;28/99;238/2007;27/2010; 75/2021;98/2025 40.1(1) This

section sets out the requirements respecting the security to be deposited for a commercial timber permit sold by tender or auction in which the bidding was restricted to lump sum bids under

section 39(2)(a).

(2) The security must be deposited with the director when the bid for the permit is submitted to the director.

(3) The amount of the security is the greater of (a) $1000, and

Section 41 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 13 (

b) based on the volume of coniferous and deciduous timber to be harvested under the permit as estimated by the director, the total of $0.50 per cubic metre for the first 4000 cubic metres, $0.20 per cubic metre for the next 15 000 cubic metres and $0.04 per cubic metre for any additional cubic metres. AR 28/99 s5;27/2010 41(1) Sections 30, 31, 33 and 34 apply with all the necessary modifications to a security referred to in

section 40.

(2) Sections 29, 30, 31, 33 and 34 apply with all the necessary modifications to a security referred to in

section 40.1. AR 60/73 s41;301/81;28/99;75/2021 Quotas and Commercial Timber Permits 42 Every competitive sale shall be advertised by public notice describing (

a) the timber rights being offered including, in the case of a permit, the basic operating conditions, (

b) place and time of the sale, and (

c) the conditions and procedures of the sale. AR 60/73 s42 43 A tender or deposit may be submitted by ordinary prepaid mail or registered mail but the sender assumes all risks of the mail being delayed, lost or misplaced. AR 60/73 s43 44 A tender or deposit must be received by the director before the sale commences, and the director shall reject any tender or deposit submitted after the sale has commenced. AR 60/73 s44;27/2010 45 The director may make a final decision in respect to any conflict or dispute arising out of any sale by tender or auction. AR 60/73 s45;27/2010;75/2021

Section 46 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 14 46 Any person intending to bid at a sale as an appointed agent or power of attorney for a prospective purchaser shall present to the officer conducting the sale at least 30 minutes before the sale commences an acceptable signed and witnessed or sealed copy of the appointment.

AR 60/73 s46 47, 48 Repealed AR 119/94 s4. 48.1 In addition to any other amounts payable in respect of a bid or tender in relation to any timber harvesting rights, the person whose bid or tender is accepted shall, within the time specified by the director, pay to the Crown an amount equal to 110% of the actual costs incurred by the Department in advertising for the sale of the timber harvesting rights. AR 297/87 s2;27/2010

Part 3 Other Permits and Licences Division 1 Local Timber Permits 49 The director may issue a local timber permit to any person who is eligible under the Act and who qualifies under this Regulation (

a) to cut up to 50 cubic metres of timber for personal non-commercial use by that person and not for resale, (

b) to cut up to the volume designated by the director of timber that is endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not authorized by or under the Act, (

c) to cut the number of trees not exceeding 10 metres in height that is specified in the permit, or (

d) to remove the volume of decked salvage roundwood timber that is specified in the permit. AR 60/73 s49;220/77;338/79;301/81;200/96;28/99;27/2010 50 All local timber permits shall expire annually on the 30th day of April, unless otherwise specified on the permit. AR 60/73 s50

Section 51 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 15 51 The director may establish eligibility criteria for applicants for local timber permits under

section 49. AR 60/73 s51;200/96;27/2010 52, 52.1 Repealed AR 200/96 s4. 53 Repealed AR 182/95 s4. 54 Repealed AR 75/2021 s22. 55 The director shall not issue a local timber permit unless all of the timber dues and reforestation levies in connection with the permit have been paid. AR 60/73 s55;102/73;301/81;18/94;27/2010 56 Repealed AR 182/95 s4. 57(1) A person operating under the authority of a local timber permit (

a) repealed AR 47/2026 s3, (

b) shall have the permit in the person’s possession while harvesting or removing any of the primary timber products for which the permit was issued or transporting them on a public highway within the meaning of

section 111.1(1)(d), (

c) shall comply with the terms and conditions of the permit where the permit was issued for the removal of decked salvage roundwood timber, and (

d) is required to pay to the Department at the completion of operations or on the date of expiry of the permit, whichever is sooner, any unpaid timber dues on the total volume cut and any administrative penalty determined in accordance with

section 172 on any overcut volume.

(1.1) A person operating under the authority of a local timber permit shall not exceed the authorized volume in respect of production for that permit.

(2) The Department may charge interest at the rate of one per cent per month on any timber dues owing in respect of a local timber permit after serving notice in writing 30 days in advance of the commencement of interest charges. AR 60/73 s57;220/77;163/85;18/94;200/96;27/2010;75/2021

Section 59 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 16 58 Repealed AR 18/94 s14. 59 The director may refund any prepaid timber dues and reforestation charges for uncut timber and any surplus performance deposit to a permittee who has completed the permittee’s operations and has fully complied with the Act and this Regulation, if an application for a refund is made within one year of the expiry date of the permit. AR 60/73 s59;220/77;27/2010;75/2021;98/2025 60 Notwithstanding

section 59, the director may refuse any refunds where the permit was issued for dead, diseased, damaged or endangered timber, or where operations have not been conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Act, this Regulation and the terms and conditions of the permit. AR 60/73 s60;27/2010;98/2025 61 Repealed AR 200/96 s7. 62 When in the director’s opinion it is desirable that an applicant for a local timber permit deposit with the director a performance guarantee deposit, the applicant shall submit a performance deposit in the amount calculated under

section 40 and the provisions of sections 30, 31, 33 and 34 apply with all necessary modifications to the deposit. AR 60/73 s62;200/96;27/2010;75/2021 63 Repealed AR 200/96 s9. 64 Any logging operations undertaken by authority of local timber permit shall be conducted only by the permittee, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the director. AR 60/73 s64;27/2010 65, 66 Repealed AR 200/96 s10. Division 2 Personal Use Forest Products Permit 67(1) In this section, “personal use” means use of primary timber products for other than financial gain by a person.

(2) The director may issue a personal use forest products permit free of charge to any person for the cutting and removal of primary timber products in a quantity determined by the director that is less than 5 cubic metres for personal use exclusively on land owned or

Section 68 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 17 controlled by that person or the spouse or adult interdependent partner or children of that person or jointly by 2 or more of any such persons.

(3) A personal use forest products permit is effective for a period of 30 days from the date of issue and the permittee is exempt from the payment of timber dues. AR 60/73 s67;298/73;220/77;338/79;297/87;18/94;182/95;200/96; 109/2003;27/2010;236/2020;75/2021 68 A person who takes primary forest products from public land pursuant to

section 67 shall carry the personal use forest products permit while transporting the primary forest products and shall comply with the conditions of the permit. AR 60/73 s68;220/77;236/2020;75/2021 69 No reforestation need be done or reforestation levy paid in respect of operations conducted pursuant to

section 67. AR 60/73 s69;220/77 Division 3 Repealed AR 200/96 s12. Division 4 Repealed AR 75/2021 s28. Division 5 Community Timber Program 74.1 The director may establish a community timber program. AR 234/2004 s5;27/2010;75/2021 74.2(1) A person may apply for registration in the community timber program as a community timber manufacturer or community logger.

(2) The director may approve a person’s application for registration as a community timber manufacturer or community logger if (

a) the number of community timber manufacturers or community loggers, as the case may be, is below the maximum limit determined under subsection (4), (

b) the director is of the opinion that an additional communit y timber manufacturer or community logger, as the case may be, is desirable for the maintenance of a viable community timber program in Alberta, and

Section 74.3 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 18 (

c) the person meets the applicable eligibility criteria, including any additional eligibility criteria established by the director.

(3) If the director approves an application under subsection (2), the director shall register the mill owner or logger as a community timber manufacturer or community logger, respectively.

(4) The director shall determine the maximum number of community timber manufacturers and community loggers that may be registered.

(5) The director must maintain a list of active community timber manufacturers and community loggers. AR 234/2004 s5;238/2007;27/2010;170/2012;75/2021 74.3(1) The director may, in relation to the community timber program, sell a community timber permit or coniferous community timber licence to a community timber manufacturer or community logger.

(2) The director may specify, in respect of a community timber permit or coniferous community timber licence, the type and amount of coniferous or deciduous timber that may be harvested under the permit or licence.

(3) An applicant for a community timber permit shall deposit with the Department a security in the amount calculated under

section 40.

(4) A community timber permit may be issued for a period not exceeding 5 years. AR 234/2004 s5;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 74.4 If a community timber manufacturer or community logger ceases to meet any of the eligibility criteria required to be met under

section 74.2(2)(c), the director may (

a) suspend or cancel the com munity timber manufacturer’s or community logger’s registration in the community timber program, or (

b) cancel the community timber permit or the coniferous community timber licence held by the community timber manufacturer or community logger, as the case may be. AR 234/2004 s5;27/2010;75/2021 74.5 Repealed AR 238/2007 s7.

Section 74.6 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 19 74.6(1) A community timber manufacturer shall not produce more than 21 000 cubic metres of coniferous and deciduous timber in a year from the community timber manufacturer’s own timber dispositions.

(2) If, according to the records of the Department, a community timber manufacturer fails to comply with subsection (1), the community timber manufacturer shall pay, in addition to any administrative penalty determined under

section 172, the timber dues payable on the timber volume exceeding 21 000 cubic metres. AR 234/2004 s5;27/2010;170/2012;75/2021 74.7(1) The director shall calculate the total production for a 5-year period commencing May 1, 2004 and for each subsequent 5-year period from that date from all coniferous community timber permits, coniferous timber licences and deciduous community timber permits.

(2) If the total production calculated under subsection (1) for a 5-year period exceeds 2 500 000 cubic metres, the director shall reduce the authorized volume in respect of coniferous community timber permits, coniferous timber licences or deciduous community timber permits for the subsequent 5-year period by an amount equal to the amount by which the production calculated under subsection (1) exceeds 2 500 000 cubic metres. AR 234/2004 s5;27/2010;75/2021 74.8(1) The director may establish operational requirements for community timber manufacturers and community loggers.

(2) If a community timber manufacturer or community logger fails to comply with the operational requirements, the director may (

a) suspend or cancel the com munity timber manufacturer’s or community logger’s registration under

section 74.2, (

b) cancel the community timber permit or the coniferous community timber licence held by the community timber manufacturer, or (

c) if the community timber ma nufacturer complies with the requirements in

section 21 or 22 of the Act for a coniferous timber licence or a commercial timber permit, issue a coniferous timber licence or a commercial timber permit. AR 234/2004 s5;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021

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Part 4 Crown Charges 75 In this Part, (a) “dues determination activity ” means the activity specified by the director under

section 78.1 used to determine when timber dues are calculated. (b), (

c) repealed AR 75/2021 s21. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;206/2001;27/2010;170/2012;75/2021 75.1 The Minister shall by order (

a) determine which information is to be used to determine the amounts of timber dues by the methods set out in this Regulation, and (

b) publish the amounts of timber dues determined by the methods set out in this Regulation. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;27/2010;75/2021 Division 1 General 76 For the purposes of the calculation of timber dues, the director’s or the Minister’s, as the case may be, determination of the following matters is final: (

a) whether timber is used or w ill be used to make a particular primary timber product; (

b) whether timber is used or will be used for a particular purpose; (

c) when timber or a primary timber product is sold; (

d) when timber is scaled, manufactured or delivered to a mill. 76.1 For the purposes of the calculation of timber dues, the director may deem that timber harvested under a disposition has been scaled or sold or a primary timber product has been manufactured or sold if the timber or primary timber product, in the director’s opinion, (

a) has been wasted or allowed to deteriorate beyond a useful state,

Section 77 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 21 (

b) has been destroyed by acts of nature or by man, (

c) has been given away, (

d) is lost or ha s been stolen, (

e) has not been disposed of within a reasonable period of time, or (

f) has been used for any purp ose by the disposition holder. AR 28/99 s9;27/2010 77 The director may reduce the timber dues payable or not require the payment of timber dues in respect of timber that is located in a research area. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;234/2004;27/2010 Division 2 General Rates of Timber Dues 78(1) This Division establishes the general rates of timber dues for timber harvested under the authority of (

a) a forest management agreement, (

b) a timber licence, (

c) a commercial timber permit sold by direct sale, or (

d) a community timber permit.

(2) This Division is subject to any provision respecting timber dues contained in a forest management agreement or a deciduous timber licence. AR 182/95 s6;153/97;28/99;234/2004;75/2021 78.1(1) The director is responsible for determining whether timber dues under a disposition to which this Division applies are calculated when timber harvested under the disposition is scaled or sold or when a primary timber product derived from that timber is manufactured or sold by the disposition holder.

(2) The director may from time to time change when timber dues to which this Division applies are to be calculated if (

a) the change is agreed to by the disposition holder who is liable to pay the timber dues, or

Section 79 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 22 (

b) the director gives the dispo sition holder liable to pay the timber dues written notice of the change at least 30 days before the change is to become effective. AR 28/99 s12;27/2010 79 If more than one exception to the general rates of timber dues applies to timber, only the lowest rate of timber dues is payable. AR 182/95 s6 80(1) Subject to

section 5 of the Forest Resources Improvement Regulation (AR 152/97), the general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used or will be used to make lumber, pulp or roundwood timber products must be determined in accordance with

Schedule 1 and updated each year.

(2) The Minister shall publish the general rate of timber dues referred to in subsection (1) each year. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;75/2021 81(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used or will be used to make lumber, pulp or roundwood timber products.

(2) The timber dues are $0.95 per cubic metre of roundwood for (

a) balsam fir, alpine fir and larch, and (

b) jack pine, hybrids of jack pine and hybrids of lodgepole pine in forest management units A06 to A16, L01 to L11, LO1/L51 and S23 to S25.

(3) The timber dues for a small stem log that has an average gross volume per metre of length that is less than or equal to 0.024 cubic metres after being scaled are $0.76 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(4) The timber dues for (

a) a tree that does not meet the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition, or (

b) the portion of a log that is smaller in diameter than the top diameter of the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(5) The exceptions to the general rates of timber dues set out in subsections (2) to (4) apply only if the timber is scaled or measured

Section 81.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 23 to the satisfaction of the director and is recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director.

(6) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of the timber in an area has suffered significant damage due to fire, wind, insects or disease, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are $0.95 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(7) If the director is satisfied that in an area of 4 hectares or more, 15% or more of the coniferous timber is dead or is damaged by interior rot or other defects, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are $0.95 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(8) If the director is satisfied that pine or spruce has been cut from overstocked pine or spruce stands for the purpose of improving the stand’s yield at final harvest, the timber dues for the pine or spruce that has been cut are $0.95 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(9) If the director is satisfied that timber has been cut to perpetuate an unevenly aged stand of coniferous timber and reforestation is required to return the stand to a fully stocked state at rotation age, the timber dues for the timber cut are $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(10) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of coniferous timber in an area is endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not authorized under the Act, the timber dues for that percentage of coniferous timber harvested from the area are $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;242/2000;266/2003;168/2005; 27/2010;75/2021 81.1(1) Repealed AR 75/2021 s38.

(2) In addition to the exceptions in

section 81, this

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used or will be used to make pulp.

(3) The timber dues for timber harvested from a marginal stand as described in subsection (4) are $0.76 per cubic metre of roundwood if (

a) the stand has been designate d as a marginal stand in the annual operating plan of the disposition holder, and (

b) the timber is scaled or meas ured to the satisfaction of the director and recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director.

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(4) A marginal stand is a contiguous area of timber of not less than 4 hectares in size composed of timber that has similar characteristics and meets one or more of the following conditions: (

a) the average volume of roundwood per hectare of the stand’s trees meeting the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition is less than 50 cubic metres; (

b) the average number of the stand’s trees meeting the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition that are required to make one cubic metre of roundwood is 6 or more; (

c) the stand meets the char acteristics determined by the director. AR 28/99 s15;168/2005;27/2010;75/2021 81.2(1) In addition to the exceptions in

section 81, this

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used or will be used to make roundwood timber products.

(2) If a roundwood timber product (

a) exceeds 2.4 metr es but does not exceed 3 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 7 centimetres, or (

b) does not exceed 2.4 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 9 centimetres, the timber dues for the timber from which the roundwood timber product is made are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(3) If a roundwood timber product has a length or diameter greater than those described in subsection (2) and (

a) exceeds 6.8 metres in le ngth but does not exceed 7.4 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 7 centimetres, (

b) exceeds 5.6 metres in le ngth but does not exceed 6.8 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 11 centimetres, (

c) exceeds 4.4 metres in le ngth but does not exceed 5.6 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 13 centimetres,

Section 81.3 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 25 (

d) exceeds 2.2 metres in le ngth but does not exceed 4.4 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 15 centimetres, or (

e) does not exceed 2.2 metres in length and has a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 17 centimetres, the timber dues for the timber from which the roundwood timber product is made are the base rate. AR 28/99 s15 81.3(1) In this section, (a) “large coniferous logs” means coniferous logs that are used or will be used to make pulp and that do not fall within any of the exceptions in

section 81 or 81.1; (b) “pulp mill production levels ” for a year in respect of a mill operated by a disposition holder means the amount of coniferous pulp that the holder plans to manufacture at the mill in the year; (c) “special fibre shortage” mea ns the situation described in subsection (2); (d) “special timber dues” mean s the special timber dues set out in subsection (4).

(2) For the purposes of this section, a special fibre shortage exists if a disposition holder is unable to purchase a supply of fibre that is suitable for the making of pulp due to (

a) the availability of the fibr e from traditional suppliers of the disposition holder being reduced due to the occurrence of a natural disaster or any fire, or (

b) temporary disruptions in the production of fibre from traditional suppliers of the disposition holder.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, if, in accordance with good business practices, a disposition holder would purchase fibre suitable for the making of pulp to maintain pulp mill production levels in a year instead of using large coniferous logs harvested under the holder’s disposition and the holder, after making best efforts, is unable to purchase the supply of fibre because of a special fibre shortage, the timber dues for any large coniferous logs used by the holder to make pulp are, for the period specified by the director under subsection (7), the special timber dues.

(4) The special timber dues payable by the disposition holder are the greater of

Section 81.4 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 26 (a) $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood, and (

b) the general rate for deciduo us timber that is used to make pulp, as determined under

section 86.

(5) If a disposition holder uses large coniferous logs to make pulp in the situation described in subsection (3), the special timber dues apply to those logs only if (

a) the holder applies to the director to have the special timber dues apply to the large coniferous logs, (

b) the holder provides any information that the director requires respecting the situation described in subsection (3), and (

c) the director appro ves the application.

(6) When the director receives an application from a disposition holder under subsection (5), the director shall provide the holder with a decision within 14 days of receiving the information that the director requires under subsection (5).

(7) If there are reasonable grounds to believe that the situation in subsection (3) applies to the disposition holder who has made an application under subsection (5), the director shall approve the application of the special timber dues to the large coniferous logs used by the holder to make pulp for the period specified by the director. AR 28/99 s15;168/2005;27/2010;75/2021 81.4(1) In this section, (a) “affiliate” means an affiliate as defined in the Business Corporations Act; (b) “associate” means an ass ociate as defined in the Business Corporations Act; (c) “small operator ” means a timber disposition holder that the director is satisfied (

i) has the capacity to make lumber or roundwood timber products but does not have the capacity to make more than 150 million board feet of lumber or roundwood timber products in a year across all operations of the timber disposition holder and, if applicable, its affiliates, associates and subsidiaries, or

Section 82 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 27 (ii) has no capacity to make lumber or roundwood timber products but is authorized, by its timber dispositions and the timber dispositions of each of its affiliates, associates and subsidiaries, if applicable, to harvest timber that, when processed, does not result in more than 150 million board feet of lumber or roundwood timber products in a year; (d) “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Business Corporations Act.

(2) The general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is used or will be used by a small operator to make lumber or roundwood timber products is 80% of the general rate of timber dues referred to in

section 80(1) but must not be less than the rate referred to in

section 1(5)(

a) of

Schedule 1.

(3) For greater certainty, the general rate of timber dues referred to in

section 80(1) does not apply to coniferous timber that is used or will be used by a small operator to make lumber or roundwood timber products.

(4) The exceptions set out in sections 81 and 81.2 apply to the general rate of timber dues determined under subsection (2). AR 98/25 s11 82(1) The general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber used to make lumber is the base rate.

(2) The timber dues for lumber made from (

a) a deciduous tree that does not meet the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition, or (

b) the portion of a deciduous log that is smaller in diameter than the top diameter of the utilization standard for the log are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(3) The exception to the general rates of timber dues set out in subsection (2) applies only if the timber is scaled or measured to the satisfaction of the director and is recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;168/2005;27/2010;75/2021 83 Repealed AR 28/99 s17.

Section 84 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 28 84(1) The general rate of timber dues for timber that is or will be used to make oriented strand board must be determined in accordance with

Schedule 2 and updated each year.

(2) The Minister shall publish the general rate of timber dues referred to in subsection (1) each year. AR 182/95 s6;75/2021;47/2026 85(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for timber that is or will be used to make oriented strand board.

(2) The timber dues for balsam poplar are the base rate.

(2.1) Repealed AR 28/99 s18.

(3) The timber dues for timber harvested north of township 96 or south of township 38 are the base rate.

(4) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an area is dead, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(4.1) If the director is satisfied that deciduous timber harvested under the authority of a coniferous timber permit is incidental to the harvesting operations, the timber dues for the deciduous timber harvested from the area are the base rate.

(4.2) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an area is endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not authorized by or under the Act, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are the base rate.

(4.3) If the director is satisfied that the distance by road using a reasonable route from the location where the timber is harvested to the mill in which the timber is made into oriented strand board is 150 kilometres or greater, the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber that is or will be used to make oriented strand board, as determined under

section 84.

(5) The timber dues for a small stem log that has an average gross volume per metre of length that is less than or equal to 0.024 cubic metres after being scaled are the base rate.

(6) The exceptions to the general rate of timber dues set out in subsections (2) to (5) apply only if the timber is recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director. AR 182/95 s6;200/96;28/99;265/2003;27/2010;75/2021

Section 86 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 29 86(1) Subject to

section 5 of the Forest Resources Improvement Regulation (AR 152/97), the general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber that is used or will be used to make chemi-thermomechanical pulp or kraft pulp must be determined in accordance with

Schedule 3 and updated each year.

(2) The Minister shall publish the general rate of timber dues referred to in subsection (1) each year. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;75/2021;47/2026 87(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber that is used or will be used to make chemi-thermomechanical pulp or kraft pulp.

(2) Repealed AR 28/99 s20.

(3) The timber dues for (

a) a tree that does not meet the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition, or (

b) the portion of a log that is smaller in diameter than the top diameter of the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition are $0.27 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(3.1) Repealed AR 28/99 s20.

(4) The exceptions to the general rate of timber dues set out in subsection (3) apply only if the timber is scaled or measured to the satisfaction of the director and is recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director.

(5) If the director is satisfied that timber was harvested in the remote zones described in

Schedule 5, the timber dues for that timber are the greater of (a) $0.20 per cubic metre of roundwood, and (b) 50% of the general rate o f timber dues for deciduous timber used to make chemi-thermomechanical pulp or kraft pulp, as determined in accordance with

section 86.

(6) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an area is dead, endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not authorized under the Act, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are the lesser of (

a) the base rate, and

Section 88 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 30 (

b) the general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber used to make chemi-thermomechanical pulp or kraft pulp, as determined in accordance with

section 86.

(7) If the director is satisfied that deciduous timber harvested under the authority of a coniferous timber permit is incidental to the harvesting operations, the timber dues for the deciduous timber harvested from the area are the base rate. AR 182/95 s6;200/96;28/99;266/2003;168/2005;27/2010; 75/2021;98/2025;47/2026 88(1) The general rate of timber dues for timber that is used or will be used to make veneer products must be calculated in accordance with

Schedule 4 and updated each year.

(2) The Minister shall publish the general rate of timber dues referred to in subsection (1) each year. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;75/2021;98/2025 89(1) This

section sets out exceptions to the general rate of timber dues for timber that is used or will be used to make veneer products.

(2) The timber dues are the base rate for (

a) balsam poplar, as pen, balsam fir, alpine fir and larch, and (

b) jack pine and hybrids of jack pine and hybrids of lodgepole pine in forest management units A06 to A16, L01 to L11, LO1/L51 and S23 to S25.

(2.1) If the director is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an area is dead, the timber dues for that percentage of timber harvested from the area are the base rate.

(2.2) If the director is satisfied that the distance by road using the most direct route from the location where the timber is harvested to the mill in which the timber is made into veneer is 150 kilometres or greater, the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is or will be used to make veneer products, as determined under

section 88.

(3) The exceptions to the general rates of timber dues set out in subsections (2), (2.1) and (2.2) apply only if the timber is recorded and identified separately to the satisfaction of the director.

(4) Repealed AR 98/2025 s14. AR 182/95 s6;200/96;28/99;266/2003;27/2010;75/2021; 98/2025

Section 90 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 31 89.1, 89.2 Repealed AR 75/2021 s47. 90 The general rate of timber dues for firewood is the base rate. AR 182/95 s6 90.1(1) The general rate of timber dues for coniferous timber that is harvested under the authority of a community timber permit or a coniferous community timber licence and delivered to and manufactured in a mill owned and operated by a community timber manufacturer is $2.50 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(1.1) The general rate of timber dues for deciduous timber that is harvested under the authority of a community timber permit and delivered to and manufactured in a mill owned and operated by a community timber manufacturer is the base rate.

(2) Sections 79 to 90 do not apply to timber harvested, delivered and manufactured in accordance with subsection (1) or (1.1). AR 234/2004 s8;75/2021 91(1) The holder of a forest management agreement is liable to pay timber dues in respect of timber for which the holder is, under the terms of the forest management agreement, entitled to compensation from persons other than the Crown.

(2) The timber dues under this

section are $1.90 per cubic metre of coniferous roundwood and the base rate for deciduous roundwood.

(3) The holder of the forest management agreement shall maintain accurate records of the timber referred to in this section. AR 182/95 s6;75/2021 91.1 When timber dues under this Division are based on the timber being used to make a specified primary timber product and the timber is, in the director’s opinion, used to make another primary timber product that is derived from the specified timber produced, the timber dues for the specified primary timber product apply to the derived primary timber product.

AR 28/99 s23;27/2010 92(1) In this section, “unspecified product” means a primary timber product that, in the director’s opinion, is not derived from a primary timber product for which timber dues are specified in this Division.

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(2) The rate of timber dues for timber that is used or will be used to make an unspecified product is 10% of the director’s determination of the net selling price of the unspecified product in the month that the dues determination activity for the unspecified product occurs. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;27/2010 Division 3 Other Timber Dues and Crown Charges 93(1) This

section sets out the timber dues payable for timber harvested under a commercial timber permit sold by tender or by auction.

(2) When the director under

section 39(2)(

a) restricts the bidding to lump sum bids, the timber dues are the amount of the bid on which the permit was sold.

(3) When the director under

section 39(2)(

b) restricts the bidding to bids based on a per cubic metre of roundwood harvested, the timber dues for the primary species group are the amount calculated in accordance with the bid on which the permit was sold, and the timber dues for timber other than the primary species group harvested under the permit are calculated using the base rate.

(4) The director may refund all or part of the timber dues paid by the commercial timber permit holder under a lump sum bid if the holder was unable to take full advantage of the right to harvest timber under the permit as a result of unforeseeable events that were beyond the control of the permittee, such as natural fire, inaccessibility to the permit area or major illness of the permittee or the permittee’s immediate family. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;27/2010 94(1) This

section sets out the timber dues payable for timber harvested under a local timber permit.

(1.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the timber dues payable by the holder of a local timber permit that is a non-profit organization are nil.

(2) The timber dues for each seedling, transplant or Christmas tree are $2.50.

(3) The timber dues for coniferous timber suitable for lumber manufacture are $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood.

(4) The calculation of timber dues under subsection (3) is based on the director’s determination of

Section 95 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 33 (

a) the amount of roundwood in a permit area, and (

b) the amount of coniferous tim ber in the permit area that is suitable for lumber manufacture.

(5) The timber dues for all other timber are the base rate. AR 182/95 s6;200/96;28/99;27/2010;75/2021 95(1) The timber dues for timber cut, damaged or destroyed under authority granted by the Crown in right of Alberta, other than a timber disposition, are (a) $1.90 per cubic metre of coniferous roundwood, and (

b) the base rate for deciduous roundwood.

(2) In addition to the timber dues, the person who is granted authority referred to in subsection (1) shall pay an amount assessed by the director based on the costs of reforestation and replacement.

(2.1) No amount shall be assessed under subsection (2) with respect to timber that is cut, damaged or destroyed by a person who is required to pay compensation in respect of that timber to the holder of a licence or a commercial timber permit.

(3) The Minister may waive payment of the amount under subsection (2) if the timber cut, damaged or destroyed was done by a non-profit organization.

(4) On payment of the timber dues and the amount assessed, if any, under subsection (2), the timber becomes the property of the person who was authorized to cut, damage or destroy the timber.

(5) This

section does not apply to timber cut, damaged or destroyed by a person required to pay compensation in respect of that timber to the holder of a forest management agreement.

(5) Repealed AR 75/2021 s51. AR 182/95 s6;153/97;27/2010;75/2021;98/2025 Division 4 Payment of Crown Charges 95.1(1) This Division is subject to any provision respecting timber dues contained in a forest management agreement.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), nothing in a forest management agreement affects the application of sections 97.4, 97.41 and 97.42 to forest management agreements. AR 28/99 s26

Section 96 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 34 96(1) The timber dues under a forest management agreement, timber licence, community timber permit or commercial timber permit, other than a commercial timber permit sold by lump sum bid, are due and owing to the Department on the last day of the quarter of the year in which the dues determination activity for that disposition occurs, unless the director agrees otherwise in writing.

(2) Repealed AR 98/2025 s16. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;265/2003;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021; 98/2025 97 Repealed AR 28/99 s26. 97.1 Timber dues referred to in

section 95 are due and owing (

a) when the authority to cut, d amage or destroy the timber is granted, or (

b) in the case of exploration under the Exploration Regulation (Alta. Reg. 32/90) or the Metallic and Industrial Minerals Exploration Regulation (Alta. Reg. 95/91), when the final plan in respect of the exploration is filed with the director. AR 182/95 s6;27/2010 97.2 Repealed AR 28/99 s27. 97.3 Any reforestation charges that are payable in respect of timber are due and owing when the timber dues in respect of that timber are due and owing. AR 182/95 s6 97.4(1) The director may, on the application of a person who holds a forest management agreement, timber licence or commercial timber permit, other than a commercial timber permit sold by lump sum bid, establish a

schedule that sets out dates for the calculation of timber dues in respect of timber harvested under the disposition.

(2) A dues calculation date established under subsection (1) in respect of timber must not exceed 12 months from the date that the dues determination activity for that timber actually occurred.

(3) A dues calculation date established under subsection (1) in respect of timber harvested under a disposition is, for the purposes of this Regulation, deemed to be the date that the dues determination activity occurred in respect of that timber.

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(4) Notwithstanding

section 96, when the director establishes a dues calculation date under subsection (1) in respect of timber, the timber dues in respect of that timber are due and owing on that dues calculation date. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;27/2010 97.41(1) The director may in writing allow a person to pay timber dues that are due and owing under a forest management agreement, timber licence, community timber permit or commercial timber permit, other than a commercial timber permit sold by lump sum bid, by deferred monthly or quarterly payments.

(2) A deferred monthly or quarterly payment in respect of timber dues must not exceed 12 months from the month that the timber dues originally became due and owing. AR 28/99 s28;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021 97.42(1) If any amount assessed under the Act and this Regulation remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the amount becomes due and owing, the director may in writing allow for payment of the amount by monthly instalments over a period specified by the director.

(2) The period for making monthly instalments referred to in subsection (1) must not exceed 5 years from the date that the director allows the amount to be paid by instalments and, in the case of an amount owing in respect of a disposition, automatically ends on the date that the disposition is no longer in force. AR 28/99 s28;27/2010;98/2025 97.5(1) If any amount in excess of $100 assessed under the authority of the Act and this Regulation remains unpaid for a period of more than 30 days after the date on which the amount becomes due and owing, interest at the rate of 1% per month compounded monthly on the total amount owing shall be charged (

a) from the date on whic h the amount became due and owing, or (

b) from another date determined by the director if the director determines that extenuating circumstances existed at any time after the date on which the amount became due and owing that prohibited payment of the total amount owing for any period.

(1.1) When the director establishes a dues calculation date under

section 97.4(1) in respect of timber and the timber dues are not paid on the dues calculation date, interest at the rate of 1% per

Section 98 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 36 month compounded monthly on the amount of those timber dues shall be charged (

a) from the dues calculation date, or (

b) from another date determined by the director if the director determines that extenuating circumstances existed at any time after the dues calculation date that prohibited payment of those timber dues for any period.

(2) Repealed AR 98/2025 s18.

(3) When payment of an amount that is due and owing is deferred under

section 97.41 or is payable by monthly instalments under

section 97.42, interest under subsection (1) stops accruing from the date that the director agrees to the deferred or instalment payment, but interest under subsection (1) accrues from the date that a deferred or instalment payment becomes overdue.

(4) When interest accrues under subsection (3) in respect of an overdue deferred payment under

section 97.41, the interest is calculated on the overdue deferred payment.

(5) When interest accrues under subsection (3) in respect of an overdue instalment payment under

section 97.42, the interest is calculated on the original unpaid amount referred to in

section 97.42 less the total of any monthly instalments paid under

section 97.42. AR 182/95 s6;28/99;27/2010;98/2025 97.6 Repealed AR 47/2026 s7.

Part 5 Timber Harvesting Division 1 Operations 98(1) A quota holder and, at the request of the director, a commercial timber permittee or a community timber permittee shall submit to the director for approval an annual operating plan in accordance with the operating practices referred to in subsection (2) (

a) before the 1st day of March if operations are to commence between the 1st day of May and the 31st day of October, (

b) before the 1st day of September if operations are to commence between the 1st day of November and the following 30th day of April, or

Section 98.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 37 (

c) notwithstanding clauses (

a) and (b), before a time specified by the director.

(2) The director may establish rules respecting operating practices for quota holders and permittees referred to in this section.

(3) An annual operating plan shall be prepared in the form and manner determined by the director.

(4) The director may cancel an approved annual operating plan if the director determines that the annual operating plan does not comply with the rules established under

section 100(2).

(5) The director must provide notice in writing of a cancellation under subsection (4) to the quota holder, commercial timber permittee or community timber permittee that submitted the annual operating plan. AR 60/73 s98;60/91;234/2004;238/2007;27/2010; 75/2021;47/2026 98.1(1) The director may cancel an annual operating plan authorized under a forest management agreement if the director determines that the annual operating plan does not comply with the rules established under

section 100(2).

(2) The director must provide notice in writing of a cancellation under subsection (1) to the holder of the forest management agreement. AR 47/2026 s9 99 A person who conducts timber operations shall measure and scale timber volumes in accordance with the Forests (Ministerial) Regulation. AR 60/73 s99;75/2021 100(1) Every person who conducts timber operations on public land shall (

a) conduct timber operatio ns in accordance with the approved annual operating plan, (a.1) conduct timber operations in accordance with the rules established under subsection (2), (a.2) submit plans for the purposes of conducting timber operations that comply with the rules established under subsection (2),

Section 101 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 38 (a.3) provide records to the director that are, in the directo r’s opinion, complete and accurate, (a.4) provide documents, other than records, that are required to be provided under the Act or this Regulation that are, in the director’s opinion, complete and accurate, (

b) comply with the terms and conditions of the timber disposition, (

c) repealed AR 75/2021 s55, (

d) remove timber as it is cut, (

e) utilize the timber in acco rdance with the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition, (

f) repealed AR 75/2021 s55, (

g) repealed AR 47/2026 s10, (

h) maintain all campsites in a tidy and sanitary condition, (

i) ensure that (

i) the disposal of any refuse or debris, or (ii) the location of any structure or excavation is in a place and is done in a manner that does not impede the natural flow of water in any watercourse or contaminate or pollute any river, stream, lake, well or other body or source of water, and (

j) avoid excessive damage to r egeneration, advanced growth and residual trees, as those expressions are defined by or by the application of

section 122.1.

(2) The Minister may establish rules respecting harvesting and reforestation operations. AR 60/73 s100;338/79;301/81;60/91;266/2003;238/2007; 60/2017;75/2021 101(1) The director may, in writing, direct a person engaged in a timber operation to vary any procedure and alter any method used in the timber operation within a time specified in the order for the purpose of ensuring that the operation complies with the requirements of (

a) the Act and all other Acts o f the legislature of Alberta and the regulations under those Acts, and

Section 102 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 39 (

b) the terms and conditions of the timber disposition authorizing the timber operation.

(2) Where a person fails to comply with a direction of the director within the time specified in the order, the director may order that the timber operation be discontinued until such time as it can be resumed in compliance with the direction under subsection (1).

(3) Every person who receives an order under subsection (2) shall immediately discontinue the timber operation referred to in the order. AR 60/73 s101;220/77;266/2003;27/2010;98/2025 102 When a person engaged in a timber operation neglects or refuses to comply with the director’s order, the director may perform the work that the director considers necessary to mitigate or rectify the unsatisfactory conditions resulting thereby and the person engaged in the timber operation shall reimburse the director for the cost thereof on demand.

AR 60/73 s102;27/2010;75/2021 103 The director may issue a temporary order on stopping the cutting and clearing of forest growth or any disturbance on forest lands wherever the director has reason to believe that such cutting, clearing or disturbance is being conducted in contravention of the Act or this Regulation, the Public Lands Act or regulations thereto or any other Act or regulation. AR 60/73 s103;163/85;27/2010;75/2021;98/2025 104 The holder of a forest management agreement or a timber quota shall employ qualified professional foresters or forest technicians at the request of the director.

AR 60/73 s104;27/2010 105 The holder of a timber disposition with reforestation obligations shall submit to the director, within 2 years after the end of the year of cut of each area of public land cut, final spatial cut block boundaries based on information collected using remote sensing technology. AR 60/73 s105;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 106 Information collected using remote sensing technology for the purposes of

section 105 must be collected in accordance with the standards established by the director. AR 60/73 s106;27/2010;75/2021

Section 107 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 40 107 Every map and plan made by a licensee and permittee or by a holder of a forest management agreement or forest management lease for submission to the director shall comply with the forest map standards and legends established by the director. AR 60/73 s107;27/2010 108 Repealed AR 60/91 s17. 109 The Minister may require the use of certain marks or paints for designating trees or logs to be cut or reserved from cutting and may restrict the use of such marks or paints to designated persons.

AR 60/73 s109 110 If felled trees and any primary timber products derived therefrom are not removed from the area included within the timber disposition within twelve months from the date on which the trees were felled, they become the property of the Crown. AR 60/73 s110;220/77 111 Where trees or primary timber products become the property of the Crown under

section 110, the director may collect dues for the trees and timber products from the person holding the timber disposition which authorized the trees to be cut. AR 60/73 s111;72/73;220/77;27/2010 Division 2 Records 111.1(1) In this Division, (a) “coniferous logs” means (

i) coniferous trees, and (ii) logs from coniferous trees where the logs are greater than 2.2 metres in length, but does not include coniferous trees that are transplants or are to be used as Christmas trees; (b) “private land owner” means (

i) in the case of privately owned land other than an Indian Reserve or a Metis settlement area, the owner of the privately owned land,

Section 112 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 41 (ii) in the case of an India n Reserve, a band council member, and (iii) in the case of a Metis se ttlement area, a councillor for the Metis settlement area; (c) “privately owned land” means (

i) land held under a certifi cate of title by a person other than the Crown in right of Alberta, (ii) land comprising an Indian Reserve, and (iii) land comprising a Metis settlement area; (d) “public highway” includes a road in respect of which a licence of occupation has been granted under regulations authorized by the Public Lands Act.

(2) Where words and expressions that are defined in

section 1 of the Metis Settlements Act are used in this Division, those words and expressions have the same meanings as in the Metis Settlements Act.

AR 296/95 s2 112 Every licensee and permittee, producer, vendor and purchaser of timber and timber products, except in the case of a purchaser who purchases from a retail outlet that in the opinion of the director is a bona fide retail outlet, shall maintain at the site of the timber operations complete and accurate records in the form approved by the director of all timber processed including a complete accounting by the receiver of all the timber and timber products shipped, and such records shall be made available to the director and to any forest officer on request.

AR 60/73 s112;163/85;18/94;27/2010;75/2021 113 Immediately before shipment or as it is being prepared for shipment timber shall be measured and the volume thereof accurately recorded. AR 60/73 s113 114 Where the director prescribes a specific form for the keeping of records and requires the holder of a timber disposition to use the form the holder of the timber disposition shall complete the form in an accurate manner. AR 60/73 s114;220/77;75/2021

Section 115 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 42 115 Unless the director requests otherwise, a licensee, community timber permittee or commercial timber permittee, other than a commercial timber permittee who obtains the permit by making a lump sum bid, shall submit to the director a complete and accurate report in a form approved by the director within 30 days following the end of each month within which the dues determination activity for timber harvested under the licence or permit occurs.

AR 60/73 s115;163/85;18/94;28/99;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021 115.1(1) A person who is or was required or permitted by this Regulation to submit to the director any report, survey, statement or information shall (

a) keep all records that come into that person’s possession or the possession of any of that person’s agents and that are, were or could be used for preparing the report, survey, statement or information for a period of 5 years, and (

b) make any of the records referred to in clause (

a) availabl e on request for the purpose of an audit or examination by (

i) a forest officer, (ii) the director, (iii) the Minister, or (iv) any other person authorized by the Minister.

(2) If information submitted to the Department by one or more persons for the purposes of this Regulation is inconsistent with information submitted to the Department by any other person or persons for the purposes of this Regulation, the director may disclose the information to any or all of those persons to the extent the director considers necessary to resolve the inconsistency.

AR 242/2000 s4;27/2010 116 Repealed AR 266/2003 s8. 116.1(1) The director may by notice in writing to a disposition holder require the disposition holder to provide to the director within the time specified in the notice an audited statement disclosing the information related to the disposition holder’s forestry operation that the notice specifies including, without limitation, information respecting production and sales of primary timber products and reporting of timber dues and levies.

(2) A disposition holder who receives a notice under this

section shall comply with it in accordance with its terms. AR 18/94 s31;27/2010

Section 116.2 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 43 116.2(1) On or before July 31 of each year, a community timber manufacturer shall provide to the director a statement in a format specified by the director indicating the total volume of timber delivered to the community timber manufacturer’s mill from the community timber manufacturer’s timber dispositions and the total volume of timber purchased and sold during the preceding year.

(2) The statement referred to in subsection (1) must be certified by a regulated member as defined in the Regulated Forestry Profession Act. AR 234/2004 s14;27/2010 Transportation Records 117(1) Where timber or primary timber products are to be transported, the shipper or vendor shall, before the timber or primary timber products are transported on a public highway, accurately complete a form approved by the director for each load that is to be transported, and give to the carrier 2 copies of the completed form.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the form referred to in subsection (1) is not required with respect to the transporting of (

a) roundwood that is not more than 2.2 metres in length and that was harvested from privately owned land for personal use and not for resale, (

b) trees that are transplants or are to be used as Christmas trees and were harvested from privately owned land for personal use and not for resale, or (

c) primary timber products that are the subject of a personal use forest products permit issued under

section 67.

(3) Where a person buys timber or primary timber products from a bona fide retailer of timber or primary timber products, a bill of sale or invoice may be accepted in substitution for the form referred to in subsection (1). AR 60/73 s117;220/77;18/94;296/95;266/2003;236/2020; 75/2021 117.1 Unless authorized by a forest officer, a person shall not haul on a public highway a load of trees or logs where the load consists of a combination of (

a) trees or logs that were harvested from public land, and

Section 118 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 44 (

b) trees or logs that were harvested from privately owned land. AR 296/95 s4;206/2001;266/2003 117.2, 117.3 Repealed AR 266/2003 s11. 118(1) A person transporting on a public highway product that is made up of timber or primary timber products shall on the demand of a forest or peace officer produce to the officer an accurate and completed written record in the form referred to in subsection (2) for the load showing (

a) the vehicle’s licence number; (

b) the kind of product being transported; (

c) the number of trees or logs and the species, in the case o f unprocessed timber that is being delivered to a mill that does not have a weigh scale; (

d) the number of p ieces, dimensions and volume of the product, in the case of processed timber products; (

e) the shipper’s or vendor’s name and address and the receiver’s name and address; (

f) the harvest authority, in t he case of timber or primary timber products harvested from land held by the Crown in right of Alberta; (

g) the legal description, the Indian Reserve or the Metis settlement area, as the case may be, for timber or primary timber products harvested from privately owned land, an Indian Reserve or a Metis settlement area.

(2) The record referred to in subsection (1) shall be (

a) in the applicable form referred to in

section 117 for primary timber products originating within Alberta, and (

b) in the form of a bill of s ale or invoice in the case of product that is made up of primary timber products originating from outside Alberta.

(3) Where (

a) a person does not produce a record in compliance with subsections (1) and (2), or (

b) a form is not required of a person under

section 117,

Section 119 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 45 that person shall give to the forest officer or peace officer on demand a statement in writing accurately providing the information required to be given pursuant to subsection (1).

(4) Compliance with subsection (3) is not a bar to a penalty being levied for a contravention of subsection (1). AR 60/73 s118;298/73;220/77;18/94;296/95;266/2003 119 On delivery of a load of product made up of timber or primary timber products, the carrier referred to in

section 118 who transported the load shall leave with the consignee of the product a copy of every form that the carrier received under

section 117 with respect to the load. AR 60/73 s119;72/73;296/95;75/2021 120 Every shipper, vendor, carrier and consignee or receiver of a primary forest product shall retain in that person’s possession for a period of five years all documents and records connected with each sale, shipment, delivery and receipt of forest products, and shall produce same upon request for inspection by a forest officer, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a special constable, a peace officer or any other person authorized for the purpose by the director. AR 60/73 s120;220/77;27/2010;75/2021 121, 122 Repealed AR 18/94 s34.

Part 5.1 Transport of Lumber 122.01 In this Part, “lumber” means rough and dressed lumber. AR 67/96 s4 122.02(1) A person transporting a load of lumber on a highway in Alberta shall, in a manner satisfactory to the director, mark each lift of lumber comprising that load with the name and location of the mill that produced that lumber.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a lift must be marked on the exterior of all of the sides of the lift, except the top and bottom of the lift, so that the mark is visible to a person walking around the exterior of the vehicle transporting the lift.

(3) This

section applies to all lumber being transported on a highway other than lumber that has been purchased from a bona fide retail outlet. AR 67/96 s4;27/2010

Section 122.03 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 46 122.03(1) Once lumber comprises a lift that is marked under

section 122.02, that lumber shall not be mixed with any other lumber (

a) while that lumber is in Alberta, or (

b) until that lumber is sold through a bona fide retail outlet.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1)(

b) shall be construed so as to permit lumber purchased through a bona fide retail outlet to be mixed with lumber that still comprises a lift marked under

section 122.02. AR 67/96 s4

Part 6 Reforestation 122.1(1) In this Part, (a) “establishment survey” m eans a survey conducted on an area to be reforested to determine if regeneration is established according to reforestation standards; (a.1) “performance survey” mean s a survey conducted after an establishment survey on an area to be reforested to determine if established regeneration is growing at a rate acceptable to the director according to the reforestation standards; (a.2) repealed AR 75/2021 s65; (b) “reforestation requirements” means the requirements referred to in

section 141.2; (b.1) “reforestation standards” means the regeneration requirements for coniferous, deciduous or mixed wood reforestation, as the case may be, of the reforestation requirements; (c) “residual tree” means a live and healthy tree that, prior to logging of an area, has grown on that area and was not authorized to be cut; (

d) repealed AR 238/2007 s12; (e) “timber disposition holder” includes the former holder of a disposition that is no longer valid who has reforestation obligations under this Part; (

f) repealed AR 75/2021 s65.

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(2) References in this Part to the cutting of an area shall be taken as references to the time when cut clearance is given in writing by a forest officer in respect of that area.

(3) Repealed AR 238/2007 s12. AR 60/91 s19;18/94;206/2001;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 122.2 Repealed AR 205/2008 s2. 122.3 All orders made pursuant to this Part must be in writing. AR 60/91 s19 122.4 The Minister or director, as the case may be, may determine the extent or the boundaries of any area for the purpose of applying any provision of this Part. AR 60/91 s19;27/2010 Division 1 Repealed AR 238/2007 s13. Division 2 Repealed AR 75/2021 s66. 141 Repealed AR 75/2021 s66.

AR 60/73 s141;60/91;75/2021 141.1(1) Unless otherwise authorized by the Minister, the holder of a timber disposition shall, within 2 years after the end of the year of cut of each area of public land cut, carry out such reforestation as, in the opinion of the Minister, will be needed to ensure that the reforestation standards will be met in respect of the area cut.

(2) The director may order the holder of a timber disposition who is to reforest an area of public land to reforest it to coniferous, deciduous or mixed wood standards. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 141.2(1) Subject to

section 141.1, the director may establish reforestation requirements, including procedures and methods to be used to determine whether or not an area of public land that is required to be reforested is satisfactorily reforested, the requirements for establishment surveys and performance surveys and the methods and timing of conducting surveys under this Part.

(2) The director must publish the reforestation requirements in a manner considered appropriate by the director. AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010

Section 141.3 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 48 141.3(1) The director may establish qualifications for certification for persons undertaking specified reforestation operations on public land.

(2) A timber disposition holder shall ensure that all persons who on the timber disposition holder’s behalf undertake reforestation operations that are the subject of qualifications established under subsection (1) have the applicable certification resulting from the meeting of those qualifications.

(3) The director may refuse to accept the validity of reforestation operations referred to in subsection (2) if they are undertaken by a person who does not have the applicable certification. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 141.4 Where the director finds the quality or accuracy of a reforestation operation to be unsatisfactory, the director may suspend any certification referred to in

section 141.3 of the person responsible by so advising the person in writing. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 141.5 A person shall not on public land top, fell, cut or break off branches of forest growth for the purpose of collecting seed cones or vegetative propagules to be used in reforestation on public land unless authorized to do so in writing by the director. AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 141.6(1) Subject to

section 141.61, the timber disposition holder shall submit to the director an establishment survey for an area to be reforested.

(2) If the reforestation standards have not been completely met by the end of the year in which the establishment survey is required to be submitted, the timber disposition holder shall, before the end of the following year, re-treat the area by methods and operations that were approved in writing by the director under

section 143.1 prior to the commencement of the re-treatment. AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;205/2008;27/2010 141.61(1) A timber disposition holder who at any time after the reforestation referred to in

section 141.1 knows that the area to be reforested is not likely to meet the applicable reforestation standards without additional treatment, may, instead of submitting an establishment survey referred to in

section 141.6(1), submit a declaration to that effect along with a written commitment to carry out the reforestation operations as necessary to meet the applicable reforestation standards.

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(2) A written commitment under subsection (1) must be submitted for the approval of the director on or before the date on which an establishment survey for that area would have been required to be submitted. AR 205/2008 s3;27/2010 141.7(1) The timber disposition holder shall submit to the director a performance survey for the area to be reforested.

(2) If, in the opinion of the director, the results of the performance survey are acceptable, reforestation is completed and no further reforestation treatments or surveys are required.

(3) Repealed AR 75/2021 s71. AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 141.8, 141.9 Repealed AR 238/2007 s16. 142(1) Where a timber disposition holder fails to completely meet the reforestation standards by the end of the year in which the survey under

section 141.6(1) or 141.7, as the case may be, is required to be submitted, the director may, notwithstanding

section 141.6(2), order (

a) the suspension of some or all, (

i) of the operations that may be carried out under any timber disposition held by the timber disposition holder, and (ii) of the reforestation ope rations referred to in the order, o r (

b) if any of the operations have not yet commenced, that any or all of the operations not commence.

(2) A person who is subject to an order under subsection (1) shall discontinue the operations that are the subject of the order forthwith after being notified of it or not commence them, as the case may be, until the director cancels the order or otherwise notifies the person in writing that the person may carry on or commence those operations. AR 60/73 s142;60/91;238/2007;205/2008;27/2010 142.1 Repealed AR 238/2007 s18. 142.2 Repealed AR 205/2008 s5.

Section 142.3 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 50 142.3(1) to

(2.3) Repealed AR 75/2021 s72.

(2.4) For areas cut under the authority of a coniferous timber licence, a coniferous community timber licence or a deciduous timber licence, a holder of one or more quotas (

a) shall carry out reforestation under this

Part if the holde r’s total combined annual allowable cut under the quota is 10 000 cubic metres or more, or (

b) may elect, instead of carrying out the holder’s reforestation obligations under this Part, to pay to the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta, with respect to each timber licence if the holder’s total combined annual allowable cut under the certificates or allocations, as the case may be, is less than 10 000 cubic metres, the reforestation levies for coniferous and deciduous volumes cut. (3) to

(8) Repealed AR 75/2021 s72. AR 60/73 s142.3;75/2021 142.4(1) to

(4) Repealed AR 75/2021 s73.

(4.1) A person who holds a commercial timber permit or a community timber permit shall, with respect to the area covered by the permit, (

a) if the person is not a quot a holder or a forest management agreement holder, pay to the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta the reforestation levies for coniferous and deciduous volumes cut, (

b) if the person is a quota hol der, complete such reforestation or pay such a levy as the person would be required by

section 142.3 to carry out or pay if that permit were a timber licence, and (

c) if the person is a forest management agreement holder, carry out reforestation under this Part.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a person who holds a commercial timber permit sold by a lump sum bid under

section 39(2)(

a) shall, with respect to the area covered by the permit, carry out reforestation under this Part under terms acceptable to the director. AR 60/91 s26;18/94;67/96;200/96;28/99;102/2000;234/2004; 27/2010;75/2021 142.5(1) to

(3.2) Repealed AR 75/2021 s74.

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(3.3) No reforestation levy is payable by the holder of a local timber permit that is a non-profit organization.

(3.4) The holder of a local timber permit shall pay to the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta the reforestation levies for coniferous and deciduous volumes cut.

(4) No reforestation levy is payable on a local timber permit for (

a) a tree that does not meet the utilization standard that applies in respect of that permit, (

b) the portion of a log that is smaller in diameter than the top diameter of the utilization standard that applies in respect of the timber disposition, (

c) roundwood timber products that (

i) exceed 2.4 metres but d o not exceed 3 metres in length and have a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 7 centimetres, or (ii) do not exceed 2.4 metres in length and have a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 9 centimetres, (

d) tamarack, (

e) Christmas trees, (

f) transplant trees, or (

g) timber classified by the director as dead, diseased, damaged or endangered or timber cleared for industrial use or on land scheduled for agricultural development. AR 60/91 s26;18/94;67/96;200/96;102/2000;266/2003;168/2005; 27/2010;75/2021 142.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that before the transition date was contained in this Regulation or in a licence or commercial timber permit or in any agreement or other instrument and notwithstanding any election made before that date or any rights acquired under any such thing, where

section 142.3 or 142.4 requires the reforestation of an area cut under a licence or permit issued before the transition date, that provision nevertheless applies with full force. AR 60/91 s26

Section 142.7 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 52 Division 3 Provisions of General Application 142.7 This Division applies to areas of public land regardless of the date when an area was cut. AR 60/91 s26 142.8 A person who conducts reforestation on public land shall (

a) conduct the reforestation in accordance with the proposed reforestation program submitted under

section 143.1, as approved, (

b) comply with the terms and conditions of the timber disposition, (

c) repealed AR 47/2026 s11, (

d) maintain all of the perso n’s campsites in a tidy and sanitary condition, (

e) ensure that (

i) the disposal of any refuse or debris, or (ii) the location of any structure or excavation is in a place and is done in a manner that does not impede the natural flow of water in any watercourse or contaminate or pollute any river, stream, lake, well or other body or source of water, and (

f) avoid excessive damage to r egeneration, advanced growth and residual trees. AR 60/91 s26;60/2017;75/2021 142.9 The director may order a person engaged in reforestation to vary any procedure or method used in the reforestation within the period specified in the order to ensure that the reforestation complies with the Act, this Regulation, the reforestation requirements and the terms and conditions of the timber disposition to which the reforestation relates. AR 60/91 s26;205/2008;27/2010;98/2025 143(1) Where a person does not comply with an order of the director made pursuant to this Part within the period specified in the order, the director may

Section 143.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 53 (

a) order the suspension of some or all of the operations that may be carried out under any timber disposition held by the timber disposition holder or of the reforestation operations referred to in the suspension order, or of both, or, if any such operations have not yet commenced, order that they not commence, (

b) perform whatever work the director considers necessary to mitigate or rectify the unsatisfactory conditions resulting from the non-compliance, or (

c) do both.

(2) A person who is subject to an order under subsection (1)(

a) shall discontinue the operations that are the subject of the order forthwith after being notified of it or not commence them, as the case may be, until the director lifts the order or otherwise notifies the person in writing that the person may carry on or commence those operations.

(3) Where the director performs work pursuant to subsection (1)(b), the person referred to in subsection (1) shall, on demand, reimburse the director for the cost of the work.

(4) Repealed AR 75/2021 s76. AR 60/73 s143;60/91;27/2010;75/2021 143.1(1) The holder of a timber disposition responsible for carrying out reforestation shall submit to the director for the director’s approval the holder’s proposed reforestation program for the following year.

(2) The proposed reforestation program must contain any information concerning reforestation that the director in writing requests about any year subsequent to the following year.

(3) Where an annual operating plan is required by the disposition or by

section 98, the proposed reforestation program forms part of that plan.

(4) Notwithstanding any disposition or

section 98, the proposed reforestation program must be submitted (

a) before March 1, if the reforestation is to commence between the following May 1 and October 31, or (

b) before September 1, if the reforestation is to commence between the following November 1 and April

Section 143.2 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 54

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the director may, by notice in writing to the disposition holder, vary the date before which that person is required to submit the proposed reforestation program.

(6) If the director does not approve the proposed reforestation program, the director may make any order described in

section 143(1)(a), for which purpose

section 143(2) applies.

(7) The director may cancel an approved reforestation program if the director determines that the reforestation program does not comply with the rules established under

section 100(2).

(8) The director must provide notice in writing of a cancellation under subsection (7) to the disposition holder that submitted the reforestation program. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021;47/2026 143.2(1) Within 30 days after the completion of a reforestation project, the director may order the timber disposition holder responsible for it to provide a report detailing the project.

(2) A timber disposition holder responsible for carrying out reforestation shall, by May 15 of each year, submit to the director, in a form satisfactory to the director, a complete and accurate report summarizing the preceding year’s reforestation program. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a permittee who does not hold a coniferous timber quota, a deciduous timber allocation or a forest management agreement.

AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010 143.3 The director may in writing exempt a person who carried out selective cutting or commercial thinning to improve a timber stand or for fire hazard reduction in accordance with the annual operating plan approved by the director from the obligation to reforest the area. AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010 143.4 The director may in writing exempt a person cutting timber classified by the director as dead, damaged, diseased, a fire hazard, endangered or part of a research trial from the obligation to reforest the area.

AR 60/91 s26;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 143.41 The director may in writing exempt a person cutting or intending to cut timber in an area from the reforestation obligations under this

Part if, in the opinion of the Assistant Deputy Minister,

Section 143.5 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 55 the area will no longer be permanent forest land after the person completes cutting. AR 75/2021 s79 143.5 Where a person is exempt under

section 143.3 or 143.4 from any obligation to reforest an area, the person is similarly exempt from any obligation to pay any reforestation levy with respect to that reforestation. AR 60/91 s26;75/2021 143.6 The director may authorize a holder who cut an area under the authority of a timber disposition to afforest an equivalent area of other public land within the same forest management unit instead of the area the person cut.

AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 143.7 If public land that is required to be reforested by a timber disposition holder has, at any time after its reforestation, been destroyed by natural disturbance events, including burning, flooding or insects, or if, in the opinion of the Assistant Deputy Minister, the area is no longer permanent forest land, the director may exempt the timber disposition holder from the reforestation obligations under this

Part if the director is satisfied that circumstances warrant the exemption. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 143.8 The expiration or termination of a timber disposition or the lapse of time does not relieve the disposition holder of the disposition holder’s reforestation obligations under this Part. AR 60/91 s26;75/2021 143.9(1) Reforestation levies are payable on all timber cut on any area of public land except where reforestation is required to be carried out by or under this Regulation or where this Part exempts the payment of the levies.

(2) Repealed AR 75/2021 s83.

(2.1) Except where specifically stated in another

section of this Regulation, reforestation levies are to be calculated without regard to when the timber was cut. (2.2) to

(4) Repealed AR 75/2021 s83. AR 60/91 s143.9;75/2021 143.91 Repealed AR 75/2021 s84. 144 Repealed AR 75/2021 s85.

Section 144.1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 56 144.1 Notwithstanding anything in this Regulation and any election under this Part, the director may order a quota holder to carry out reforestation under this

Part in respect of areas under all of the quota holder’s licences or permits or those of them that are specified in the order, rather than allowing the quota holder to pay a reforestation levy pursuant to such an election. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 144.2(1) The Minister may establish rules governing the source and type of forest growth seed and vegetative propagules used to reforest public land.

(2) A person required to reforest public land must comply with the rules set out in subsection (1).

(3) The director may require removal or disposal of all forest growth introduced to public land in contravention of rules established under subsection (1). AR 60/91 s26;153/97;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 144.3 A person shall not transport forest growth seed, cones or seedlings to be used in reforestation on public land unless the person possesses a completed document issued by, or in a form approved in writing by, the director authorizing that transportation.

AR 60/91 s26;27/2010;75/2021 144.4 The director may sell, exchange or otherwise provide to the holder of a timber disposition coniferous seed or coniferous seedling trees for reforestation. AR 60/91 s26;27/2010 145 If, in the director’s opinion, seedling trees supplied in exchange for seed producing cones are negligently wasted, the person receiving the seedling trees shall, on request, pay to the Department the cost of the seedlings. AR 60/73 s145;60/91;27/2010

Part 7 Miscellaneous Clearing Land for Industrial Use 146 A person clearing land for industrial use shall take all necessary precautions to minimize soil erosion and to avoid pollution of waters and waterways and shall keep records of all timber produced, sold or transported. AR 60/73 s146;60/91

Section 147 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 57 147 The director may relieve an industrial operator from salvaging timber. AR 60/73 s147;27/2010;75/2021 148(1) Subject to subsection (2), where land is cleared for industrial use in any part of the Green Area, any trees that meet the utilization standards that apply in respect of the timber disposition overlapping the land being cleared must be cut, lopped of roots, branches and tops and decked separately from all other trees and debris on clear land.

(2) If no utilization standard applies in respect of the overlapping timber disposition, the utilization standard that must be met under subsection (1) is 15 cm butt diameter, 10 cm top diameter and 30 cm stump height. AR 60/73 s148;338/79;60/2017;75/2021 149 Repealed AR 75/2021 s91. 150 An industrial operator shall, within 6 months of clearing land, remove therefrom the decked timber and put it to some beneficial use or dispose of it by sale or gift. AR 60/73 s150;75/2021 151 Subject to

section 151.1, decked timber left on the site of an industrial clearing for a period exceeding 6 months after the date on which the site is cleared is forfeited to the Crown if (

a) the director provides notice of the forfeiture in writing to the industrial disposition holder, and (

b) the industrial disposition holder fails to provide, within 30 days of receiving the notice under clause (a), a written plan that demonstrates to the director’s satisfaction that the decked timber will be removed from the land and put to some beneficial use or disposed of by sale or gift. AR 60/73 s151;27/2010;75/2021 151.1 Decked timber left on the site of an industrial clearing after the period referred to in

section 151 that is not forfeited to the Crown is considered debris and must be disposed of in accordance with

section 2 of the Forest and Prairie Protection (Ministerial) Regulation (AR 65/2017). AR 75/2021 s93 152 Repealed AR 75/2021 s94.

Section 153 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 58 153 The volume of timber resulting from an industrial clearing that is not utilized by the applicable timber disposition holder may be charged as production against that timber disposition holder’s timber quota or forest management agreement. AR 60/73 s153;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021 Assignments 154 No assignment of a forest management agreement, timber quota, licence, community timber permit or commercial timber permit is valid until it is approved by the Department.

AR 60/73 s154;301/81;18/94;206/2001;234/2004;27/2010; 170/2012;75/2021 154.1(1) An individual who holds a community timber permit may not assign that timber disposition except to (

a) the individual’s spouse or adult interdependent partner, son, daughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, whether including or excluding that individual as an assignee, or (

b) a corporation wholly owned by the individual and the individual’s spouse or adult interdependent partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, or any of them.

(2) An individual who holds a coniferous community timber licence or the coniferous timber quota with which that licence is associated may not assign that licence or quota except to a person described in subsection (1)(a).

(3) A corporation may not assign a community timber permit, a coniferous community timber licence or the coniferous timber quota with which that licence is associated. AR 234/2004 s18;75/2021 155 Repealed AR 205/2009 s2. 156 The assignor of a timber disposition or a timber quota shall submit to the director with the assignment the fee prescribed by the Minister. AR 60/73 s156;338/79;18/94;234/2004;205/2009;27/2010; 75/2021 157 Repealed AR 205/2009 s4. 158 Repealed AR 75/2021 s99. 159 Repealed AR 205/2009 s6.

Section 160 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 59 160 At the request of the director a corporation acquiring or holding a timber quota shall file with the director a statement setting out the name and address of each shareholder and the number of shares held by each certified as to its correctness by a director of the corporation. AR 60/73 s160;27/2010 161 Repealed AR 75/2021 s99. 162 Local timber permits may not be assigned. AR 60/73 s162 163 Every assignment made shall be an unconditional assignment of the entire interest therein of the assignor, but the assignor may also be one of the assignees.

AR 60/73 s163 General Provisions 164 The Department shall manage the forest resources in accordance with established forestry principles and in the economic interest of the public and to achieve that objective, without limiting the generality of the discretionary powers of the Department’s officials, the Minister or the director, as the case may be, may (

a) refuse to allow green timbe r to be harvested in an area where dead or damaged timber is available in sufficient quantities for the required use, or for any other reason; (

b) refuse to issue a timber disposition to any person who has within 3 years of the person’s application contravened the provisions of the Act or the regulations made under the Act, or who is known to owe money to the Crown in right of Alberta or to the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta. AR 60/73 s164;234/2004;27/2010;75/2021;98/2025 164.1(1) No person shall bring into Alberta logs or other forest products cut from trees that have bark attached without obtaining the approval in writing of the director prior to importation.

(2) The director may withhold his approval if in his opinion the bringing into Alberta of the product referred to in subsection (1) could cause or increase the damage to forest growth by insects or disease.

(3) The director may restrict or prohibit the transportation within Alberta of logs or other forest products cut from trees that have

Section 165 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 60 bark attached if in the opinion of the director the movement of the products could cause or increase the damage to forest growth by insects or disease.

(4) No person shall transport within Alberta logs or other forest products cut from trees that have bark attached contrary to a restriction or prohibition imposed by the director under subsection (3). AR 301/81 s16;238/2007;27/2010;75/2021 165(1) When a timber licence or permit or timber quota referred to in

section 17(5) of the Act is issued, the holder of the licence, permit or quota may, within 30 days after the licence, permit or quota is issued, notify the director in writing of any objection to any condition of the licence, permit or quota.

(2) On receiving a notification under subsection (1), the director shall (

a) vary the condition to the holder’s satisfaction or, (

b) if the director determine s that it is not possible or desirable to vary the condition, cancel the licence, permit or quota with immediate effect. AR 60/73 s165;18/94;27/2010;75/2021 166 The execution of a quota certificate, assignment, tender or any other document by a person other than a corporation is valid if the quota certificate, assignment, tender or other document is executed by that person with the person’s signature.

AR 60/73 s166;75/2021;98/2025 167 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the charter, memorandum or articles of association of the corporation, or any enactment, for the purposes of the Act and this Regulation any document executed by a corporation shall be deemed sufficiently executed when the corporate name has been affixed and countersigned by at least one (

a) officer or director of the corporation, or (

b) employee of the corporation authorized by an officer or director of the corporation to execute on behalf of the corporation. AR 60/73 s167;98/2025 168 Every person who purchases timber and primary timber products other than from a retail outlet is responsible to determine

Section 170 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 61 whether or not Crown charges have been paid for that timber and primary timber products. AR 60/73 s168;75/2021 169 Repealed AR 75/2021 s105. 170 Every person harvesting Crown timber shall notify the director of the new location of the person’s office, mill or plant within 30 days of any change in such location. AR 60/73 s170;27/2010;75/2021 170.1 A person to whom an order made pursuant to this Regulation is directed shall comply with the order. AR 60/91 s27 Penalties 171 Where the director is of the opinion that a person has contravened a provision of the Act or this Regulation prescribed in

Schedule 6, the director may require the person to pay an administrative penalty under

section 59 of the Act. AR 60/73 s171;182/95;75/2021 172(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the amount of an administrative penalty for each contravention is either or both of the following: (

a) a daily amount for each day or part of a day on which the contravention occurs and continues, as set out in the Base Penalty Table in

Schedule 6; (

b) a one-time amount to addr ess economic benefit where the director is of the opinion that the person has directly or indirectly derived an economic benefit as a result of the contravention.

(2) In a particular case, the director may increase or decrease, in accordance with subsection (3), the daily amount of the administrative penalty under subsection (1)(

a) from the amount set out in the Base Penalty Table on considering the following factors: (

a) the degree of wilful ness or negligence in the contravention; (

b) whether or not there was any mitigation relating to the contravention;

Section 173 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 62 (

c) whether or not steps have been taken to prevent reoccurrence of the contravention; (

d) whether or not the perso n who receives the notice of administrative penalty has a history of non-compliance.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the director may increase or decrease the daily amount of an administrative penalty under subsection (2) by up to two steps per applicable factor, where each step is an amount equal to 20% of the daily amount set out in the Base Penalty Table.

(4) The maximum administrative penalty that may be imposed for the purposes of subsection (1)(

a) in respect of a contravention is $10 000 for each day or part of a day on which the contravention occurs and continues. AR 60/73 s172;182/95;75/2021;98/2025 173 When the administrative penalty is prescribed in terms of assessed timber dues the administrative penalty is assessed in addition to payment of dues for any forest products produced and the rate of timber dues in effect at the time the violation occurred shall apply, but when the date of the violation is unknown the rate of timber dues in effect at the date of the discovery of the violation shall be applied. AR 60/73 s173;75/2021 173.1 An administrative penalty set out in

Schedule 6 is payable in addition to the reforestation levies, where applicable, payable under

Part 6. AR 182/95 s10;75/2021 Rescission 174 Alberta Regulation 161/66 being the Forest Management Regulations, is rescinded. AR 60/73 s174 175 For the purposes of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on April 30, 2028. AR 266/2003 s14;238/2007;39/2013;153/2019;75/2021 176 Repealed AR 75/2021 s111.

Schedule 1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 63

Schedule 1 General Rate of Timber Dues Coniferous Timber — Lumber, Pulp or Roundwood Timber Products 1(1) The general rate of timber dues under this

Schedule in respect of a price range determined under subsection (4) is the amount determined under subsection (5) that corresponds to that price range.

(2) Repealed AR 98/2025 s26.

(3) Repealed AR 98/2025 s26.

(4) The price ranges referred to in subsection (1) are determined as follows: (

a) for the first price range, (

i) the start value of the price range is $0.01, and (ii) the end value of the pri ce range is the cost base for coniferous timber that is used or will be used to make lumber, pulp or roundwood timber products, as determined by the Minister in accordance with

section 4 of this Schedule; (

b) for the 2nd price range and each subsequent price range, (

i) the start value of the price range is the end value of the immediately preceding price range, plus $0.01, and (ii) the end value of the pri ce range is the end value of the immediately preceding price range, plus one- quarter of an amount representing the return on capital employed, as determined by the Minister in accordance with

section 4 of this Schedule.

(5) The general rate of timber dues in respect of the cost base referred to in subsection (4)(a)(ii) and a price range determined under subsection (4) is determined as follows: (

a) in respect of the first pri ce range, $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood; (

b) in respect of the 2nd pr ice range, the total of (i) $1.90 per cubic metre of roundwood, and

Schedule 1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 64 (ii) 7.5% of the incremental price increase from the cost base referred to in subsection (4)(a)(ii) to the value of the mid-point of the 2nd price range, converted in accordance with subsection (7); (

c) in respect of each subsequ ent price range, the total of (

i) the timber dues in respect of the immediately preceding price range, and (ii) a percentage of incremen tal price increase between the end value of the current price range, less the end value of the immediately preceding price range, where the percentage is as follows: (

A) in respect of the 3r d price range, 12.5%; (

B) in respect of the 4th pr ice range to the 5th price range, 15%; (

C) in respect of the 6th pr ice range to the 9th price range, 20%; (

D) in respect of the 10 th price range to the 13th price range, 25%; (

E) in respect of the 14 th price range to the 17th price range, 30%; (

F) in respect of the 18th price range to the 21st price range, 35%; (

G) in respect of the 22nd price range and each subsequent price range, 40% converted in accordance with subsection (7).

(6) Repealed AR 98/2025 s26.

(7) The amounts referred to in subsection (5)(b)(ii) and (c)(ii) must be converted from dollars per 1000 board feet of lumber produced to dollars per cubic metre, rounded to the nearest cent, using the product recovery factor. 2(1) In this section, “weekly price” means the weekly price for 1000 board feet of lumber as set out in the publication prescribed by the Minister.

(2) The general rate of timber dues payable under this

Schedule with respect to a month in which dues determination activity occurs is determined by

Schedule 1 AR 60/73 TIMBER MANAGEMENT REGULATION 65 (

a) determining the average monthly price by (

i) taking (

A) the weekly price from t he last week ending in a Friday in the month immediately preceding the month in which the dues determination activity occurs, and (

B) the weekly prices fro m the 3 weeks immediately preceding the week referred to in paragraph (A), (ii) converting the 4 prices ref erred to in subclause (

i) to Canadian dollars using the applicable exchange rate for each week as set out in the publication prescribed by the Minister, and (iii) averaging the 4 prices converted under subclause (ii), and (

b) determining the general rate of timber dues that corresponds to the price range within which the average monthly price determined under clause (

a) falls under

section 1 of this Schedule. 3(1) The portion of the general rate of timber dues that must be remitted to the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta as FRIAA dues within the meaning of the Forest Resources Improvement Regulation (AR 152/97) is the lesser of (

a) the amount of FRIAA due s determined by the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta under

section 5 of the Forest Resources Improvement Regulatio