Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister for International Trade, pursuant to subsection 16(1), paragraph 100(1)(b) and section 107 of the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006a, hereby makes the annexed Conditions for Exempted Persons Regulations.S.C. 2006, c. 13InterpretationThe following definitions apply in these Regulations.Act means the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006. (Loi)reference price has the same meaning as in subsection 12(5) or (6) of the Act and is rounded in accordance with subsection 12(7) of the Act. (prix de référence)ApplicationThese Regulations apply in respect of persons whose names are set out in the schedule to the Act.Export limitA person’s export limit of softwood lumber products for a calendar year is the amount determined by the formulaBMP × MwhereBMPis the person’s base average monthly production; andMis number of months in that year that the reference price was not more than US$355 per thousand board feet.Base average monthly productionA person’s base average monthly production is the total production of softwood lumber products for the following years as certified by the province in which the person is located, divided by 24:in the case of 9157–9516 Québec inc. (Scierie Nord-Sud inc.), 2002 and 2003; andin all other cases, 2004 and 2005.Products from certain millsThe total production of softwood lumber products in respect of the following persons is based on the products produced from the following mills:in the case of J.D. Irving Ltd., its mill at Pohénégamook in Quebec; andin the case of Matériaux Blanchet inc., its mill at Saint-Pamphile in Quebec.Actual exportsA person’s actual exports of softwood lumber products are determined at the end of the calendar year by adding the person’s exports of those products during the months when the reference price was not more than US$355 per thousand board feet.Reduction of export limitIf, in a calendar year, a person’s actual exports of softwood lumber products exceed their export limit by more than 0.5%, the person’s export limit for the following calendar year is reduced bythe amount of the excess, the first time an excess occurs;twice the amount of the excess, the second time an excess occurs; andthree times the amount of the excess, the third time an excess occurs.End of exemptionFor the purposes of subsection 16(1) of the Act, a person is exempt from the charge referred to in section 10 of the Act on the condition that the person’s actual annual exports of softwood lumber products do not exceed the person’s annual export limit by more than 0.5% in any four calendar years. The exemption ends on December 31 of the year that the fourth excess occurs.Coming into forceThese Regulations are deemed to have come into force on October 12, 2006.