Asian Long-horned Beetle Compensation Regulations

2 (1) Subject to subsections (4) to (5), the Minister may order that compensation be paid under subsection 39(1) of the Plant Protection Act to a person who has received a notice, issued by an inspector under the Plant Protection Regulations during the period beginning on April 1, 2013 and ending on March 31, 2019, to dispose of one or more host trees, if the person

• (a) has lost one or more host trees from a property as a result of the disposal and has planted on the same property one or more trees to replace the host tree or trees lost; and

• (b) submits an application for compensation to the Minister on or before December 31, 2020.

(2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/2016-71, s. 3]

(4) Compensation must not be paid in respect of a host tree that was disposed of if a host tree is planted to replace it in a place where host trees have been destroyed because they were or could have been infested or they constituted or could have constituted a biological obstacle to the control of the Asian Long-horned Beetle.

(5) Compensation must not be paid in respect of any host tree disposed of on any of the following:

• (a) natural or wild areas, other than land used for woodlots, parks, sportsfields, recreation trails or similar recreational areas, golf courses, educational institutions or hospitals;

• (b) drainage ditches; and

• (c) utility or railway right-of-ways.