BILL 19

An Act to Amend the Forest Products Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 1 of the Forest Products Act, chapter F-21 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by repealing the definition “private woodlot” and substituting the following:

“private woodlot” means all forest land except: (terrain boisé privé)

(a)  forest land owned by the Crown;

(b)  forest land owned by a person whose principal business is the operation of a wood processing facility, unless the main function of the wood processing facility is the production of wood chips and biomass at or on the harvest site; and

(c)  forest land consisting of an aggregate area of at least 100 000 ha which is owned by the same person or persons;