1.   S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

        2.   S.3 Amdt.
Duty of minister

        3.   S.3.1 Amdt.
Labrador Inuit rights

        4.   S.7 Amdt.
Forest management district

        5.   S.12 Amdt.
Exchange of cutting rights

        6.   S.21 Amdt.
Timber excluded from agreement

        7.   S.27 Amdt.
Cutting permit

        8.   S.33 Amdt.
Garnishment

        9.   S.39 Amdt.
Definitions

      10.   S.40 Amdt.
Application for certificate

      11.   S.44 Amdt.
Consolidation order

      12.   S.48 Amdt.
Appeal to board

      13.   S.52 Amdt.
Annual assessment roll

      14.   S.54 Amdt.
Persons having mutual rights

      15.   S.55 Amdt.
Certificate of assessor

      16.   S.59 Amdt.
Appeal to board

      17.   S.63 Amdt.
Liability for tax

      18.   S.64 Amdt.
Assessment directed by minister

      19.   S.98 Amdt.
Permit to burn

      20.   S.99 Amdt.
Minister may prohibit fires

      21.   S.101 Amdt.
Disposal of matches, etc. prohibited

      22.   S.108.1 Amdt.
Seizure permitted

      23.   S.113 Amdt.
Construction or abandonment to be approved

      24.   S.119 Amdt.
Definitions

      25.   S.119.1 Added
Chief scaler

      26.   S.121 Amdt.
Right of entry

      27.   S.123 Rep.
Timber Scalers Board

      28.   S.124 R&S
Duties of chief scaler

      29.   S.125 R&S
Examinations

      30.   S.126 Amdt.
Training period

      31.   S.127 Amdt.
Certificate

      32.   S.128 Amdt.
Classes of certificates

      33.   S.129 Amdt.
Renewal of certificate

      34.   S.130 Amdt.
Ineligibility for certificate

      35.   S.131 R&S
Oath

      36.   S.134 Amdt.
Temporary permit

      37.   S.136 Amdt.
Referral of disputes

      38.   S.137 R&S
Appeal to chief scaler

      39.   S.138 Amdt.
Revocation of certificate

      40.   S.141 Amdt.
Regulations

      41.   S.142 Amdt.
Entry on to private land

      42.   S.147 Amdt.
Cutting trees near a highway

      43.   S.149.1 Amdt.
Search warrants

      44.   S.150 Amdt.
Obstructing official

      45.   S.151 Amdt.
Officer may request permit

      46.   S.152 Amdt.
Refusal to give name, etc.

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cF-23
as amended

        1. Paragraph 2(m.2) of the Forestry Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her behalf" and substituting the words "behalf of the Crown or the person".

 

        2. Subsection 3(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

 

        3. Subsection 3.1(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

 

        4. Subsection 7(3) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

 

        5. Subsection 12(5) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the holder's".

 

        6. Section 21 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the minister's".

 

        7. (1) Subsection 27(1.1) of the Act is amended by

             (a)  deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the person"; and

             (b)  deleting the words "him or her" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the person". 

             (2)  Subsection 27(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her". 

             (3)  Subsection 27(3) of the Act is amended by

             (a)  deleting the words "his or her"; and

             (b)  deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the person".

             (4)  Subsection 27(3.1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her".

             (5)  Subsection 27(5.2) of the Act is amended by

             (a)  deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the person"; and

             (b)  deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the person". 

 

        8. Subsection 33(3) of the Act is amended by

             (a)  deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the person's"; and

             (b)  deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the person".

 

        9. Paragraph 39(d) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the person's".

 

      10. Section 40 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the person's".

 

      11. Section 44 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the word "their".

 

      12. Subsection 48(7) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the minister".

 

      13. Subsection 52(3) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the assessor's".

 

      14. Section 54 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the person's".

 

      15. Subsection 55(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "to him or her" and substituting the words "under subsection (1)".

 

      16. Subsection 59(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the appellant".

 

      17. Subsection 63(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the person's".

 

      18. Subsection 64(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the person's".

 

      19. Subsection 98(5) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the forestry official".

 

      20. Subsection 99(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

 

      21. Subsection 101(7) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the person".

 

      22. Section 108.1 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the forestry official".

 

      23. Section 113 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" wherever they appear and substituting the words "the minister or forestry official".

 

      24. (1) Paragraph 119(a) of the Act is repealed.

             (2)  Paragraph 119(d) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

             (d)  "chief scaler" means the person designated under section 119.1; 

 

      25. The Act is amended by adding immediately after section 119 the following:

Chief scaler

119.1 The minister shall designate an official scaler employed by the department as chief scaler to be responsible for the administration of the provincial timber scaling program and to perform the duties established in this Act and the regulations.

 

      26. Section 121 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the timber scaler's".

 

      27. Section 123 of the Act is repealed.

 

      28. Section 124 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Duties of chief scaler

   124. The chief scaler shall perform the following duties:

             (a)  examine the ability and knowledge of persons who apply to be certified to scale timber;

             (b)  issue certificates to persons found after examination to be qualified to scale timber;

             (c)  issue renewals of certificates to persons who are qualified under this Part to scale timber;

             (d)  notwithstanding subsection 129(2), revoke or suspend or refuse to renew certificates issued under this Part where after a hearing the chief scaler is satisfied that a person no longer has the ability or knowledge to scale timber;

             (e)  hear appeals made under subsection 137(1);

             (f)  recommend to the minister new scaling methods before they are used; and

             (g)  those other duties that may be assigned to the chief scaler by the minister.

 

      29. Section 125 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Examinations

   125. (1) Examinations for a scaler's certificate shall be held at the places and on the dates fixed by the chief scaler.

             (2)  Before being accepted for examination by the chief scaler, a candidate for a scaler's certificate shall

             (a)  have at least 6 months' experience as an assistant to a timber scaler or be a forestry graduate of a university or technical school recognized for the purposes of this Part by the chief scaler;

             (b)  have attended a course in scaling timber that has been approved by the chief scaler; and

             (c)  provide the chief scaler with the information that may be prescribed by the regulations.

             (3)  Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(a), a candidate for a scaler's certificate who does not have 6 months' experience as an assistant to a timber scaler may be accepted for examination by the chief scaler where the chief scaler considers that the candidate has had equivalent experience.

 

      30. Section 126 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" wherever it appears and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      31. Section 127 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" wherever it appears and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      32. Section 128 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      33. Subsection 129(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      34. Section 130 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      35. Section 131 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Oath

   131. A timber scaler shall, upon appointment and before beginning the timber scaler's duties, take the oath of office, in the form prescribed by the minister, before a person empowered to administer oaths and the oath shall immediately be transmitted to the chief scaler.

 

      36. Section 134 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" wherever it appears and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      37. (1) Section 136 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following:

         (3.1)  The chief scaler shall not perform the services of the official scaler referenced in subsection (3). 

             (2)  Subsection 136(4) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the minister". 

 

      38. Section 137 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Appeal to chief scaler

   137. (1) A party to a dispute under section 136 may appeal the decision of an official scaler to the chief scaler.

             (2)  The chief scaler may compel the official scaler to appear before the chief scaler as a witness.

             (3)  The decision of the chief scaler in an appeal submitted to the chief scaler under subsection (1) is final.

 

      39. Section 138 of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      40. Paragraph 141(g) of the Act is amended by deleting the word "board" and substituting the words "chief scaler".  

 

      41. Subsection 142(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister or forestry official".

 

      42. Subsection 147(4) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister or forestry official".

 

      43. Section 149.1 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the forestry official".

 

      44. Section 150 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the forestry official's".

 

      45. Section 151 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the forestry official".

 

      46. Section 152 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the person's".

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