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Volume 51, No. 24

B.C. Reg. 387/2008

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 16, 2008

B.C. Reg. 387/2008 , deposited December 9, 2008, pursuant to the FOREST ACT [Sections 84, 86 and 151 (1), (1.1) and 2 (d)]. Order in Council 924/2008, approved and ordered December 8, 2008.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Timber Marking and Transportation Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/97, is amended as set out in the attached schedule.

— P. BELL, Minister of Forests and Range ; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Sections 4 (1) (

b) and 7 (

b) of the Timber Marking and Transportation Regulation, B.C. Reg. 253/97, is amended by striking out "using paint." and substituting "using paint or using another method as directed by a forest officer."

Section 5 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (2) (

a) and substituting the following:

(

a) the correct timber mark must be legibly and conspicuously applied to at least 2 log ends at the front and at least 2 log ends at the back of the load of timber using a hammer indentation, and ,

(

b) in subsection (2) (

b) by striking out "at both the front and back of each bundle." and substituting "at the front and at least 2 log ends at the back of each bundle.", and

(

c) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following:

(5) For the purpose of

section 84 of the Act, before a person transports unscaled timber by barge, truck or rail car on a barge or ferry, or in bundles on a barge from which the timber will not be dumped into the water, the correct timber mark must be legibly and conspicuously applied to each load or bundle using a hammer indentation on at least 2 log ends at the front and at least 2 log ends at the back.

Section 6 is amended by striking out "using crayon or paint".

Section 7.1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out "at both the front and back of each bundle." and substituting "at the front and at least 4 log ends at the back of each bundle.", and

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:

(3) For the purpose of

section 86 of the Act, before a person transports scaled timber by barge, truck or rail car on a barge or ferry, or in bundles on a barge from which the timber will not be dumped into the water, the correct scaled timber brand must be legibly and conspicuously applied to each load or bundle using a hammer indentation on at least 2 log ends at the front and at least 2 log ends at the back.

Section 9 (2) is amended by striking out "at both the front and back of each bundle." and substituting "at the front and at least 4 log ends at the back of each bundle."

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