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Volume 62, No. 6

55/2019

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 26, 2019

B.C. Reg. 55/2019 , deposited March 20, 2019, under the PRIVATE MANAGED FOREST LAND ACT [section 43]. Regulation of the Private Managed Forest Land Council, dated March 19, 2019.

The Private Managed Forest Land Council orders that, effective July 1, 2019, the

Private Managed Forest Land Council Regulation, B.C. Reg. 182/2007, is amended as

set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. DAVIS, Chair, Private Managed Forest Land Council .

Schedule

Section 1 (1) of the Private Managed Forest Land Council Regulation, B.C. Reg. 182/2007,

is amended by adding the following

definitions:

"domestic purpose" has the same meaning as in the Water Sustainability Act ;

"drinking water intake" means an intake of water from a stream in accordance with a license issued under

the Water Sustainability Act , that is

(

a) used for a domestic purpose or for an industrial purpose, and

(

b) is consumed by humans;

"industrial purpose" has the same meaning as in the Water Sustainability Act ; .

Section 2 (1) is amended by striking out " the Water Act " and substituting " the Water Sustainability Act ".

Section 8 is repealed and the following substituted:

Notification of local government required

8 If the council receives a notice from an owner under

section 18 of the Act, the council

must notify the affected local government of the withdrawal within 60 days of receipt

of the notice.

Section 9 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) If a portion of private managed forest land is conveyed, transferred or otherwise

disposed of, the owner must submit to the council within 60 days of the conveyance,

transfer or disposition an amended management commitment in relation to the remaining

portion of the private managed forest land.

Section 12 is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

a) by striking out "

section 31 (2) (

a) or (3) (a); " and substituting "

section 31(3) (a); ", and

(

b) in paragraph (

b) by striking out "

section 31 (2) (

b) or (3) (b); " and substituting "

section 31 (3) (b); ".

6 The following

section is added to Division 3 of

Part 3:

Protecting drinking water quality

14.1

(1) An owner or a contractor, employee or agent of the owner who carries out a primary

forest activity must not cause a material adverse effect on the quality of drinking

water that may affect human health at the point of diversion of a drinking water intake.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an owner or a contractor, employee or agent

of the owner if the drinking water intake

(

a) is owned by another person, and

(

b) has been constructed on the private managed forest land of the owner without

the owner’s written consent.

Section 31 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) by striking out " becomes a disturbed area after the area becomes an owner’s land, the owner " and substituting " becomes a disturbed area, an owner ", and

(

b) by repealing subsections (4) and (5).

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