Forest (Sawmill) Regulations.

Any person intending to install or operate for commercial purposes a sawmill shall apply to a licence in the form as set out in the First Schedule and attach to an application a layout and the location of the proposed sawmill. The Conservator of Forests may refuse to grant or to renew a licence if the applicant fails to satisfy him that: (a) an adequate supply of logs is assured for the whole period of the licence; (b) location, layout, machinery, etc. are satisfactory for producing timber products of high quality with minimum waste of timber; (c) satisfactory arrangements with respect to storage, preservative treatment and handling are made; (d) financial resources of the applicant are adequate. Licences shall be for five years in the case that a sawmill is, in the opinion of the Conservator, equipped so as to produce annually not less than half a million super feet of sawn timber of standards required by the Conservator or for one year in all other cases (reg. 6). The Conservator may make granting of a licence subject to conditions including those specified in regulation 5. (9 regulations completed by 21 schedules containing forms of application, and licence)