British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Wildfire Regulation (O.C. 356/2020)

O.C. 356/2020

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Wildfire Regulation, B.C. Reg. 38/2005, is amended as set out in the attached schedule. Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Wildfire Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 31, ss. 69 and Other: OIC 94/2005 R10390524 June 26, 2020

SCHEDULE

Section 1 (1) of the Wildfire Regula tion, B.C. Reg. 38/2005, is amended (

a) in the definition of “direct fire control cost” by striking out “direct”, (

b) by repealing the definition of “drought code value”, and (

c) in paragraph (

a) of the definition of “qualified holder” by striking out “ a cost sharing agreement or service agreement ” and substituting “ a wildfire response agreement”. 2

Section 1 (5) is amended by adding “ or” at the end of paragraph (a), by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (

b) and by repealing paragraph (c). 3

Section is amended (

a) in subsection (1) by adding “ or” at the end of paragraph (c), by striking out “ or” at the end of paragraph (

d) and by repealing paragraph (e), and (

b) by adding the following subsection:

(3) For the purposes of

section 9 (4) and (5) of the Act, private land includes personal property on the land. 4 Sections 19 (3), 20 (3), 21 (3), 22 (4) and 23 (4) are amended by striking out “ fueled” wherever it appears and substituting “fuelled”. 5

Section is repealed an d the following substituted: Definition In

section 29, “wildfire response agreement” means an agreement between the government and a person in which (

a) the person agrees to pay the gove rnment an amount of money, and (

b) the government agrees to either re duce or eliminate the costs it incurs in carrying out fire control in respect of a fire that is the responsibility of the person. 6

Section 29 (a) (

i) is am ended by striking out “a cost sharing agreement or a service agree- ment” and substituting “a wildfire response agreement”. 7

Section 30 (b) (v) (

A) is amended by striking out “the timber” and substituting “timber”. 8

Section 31 (1) (

a) is amended by repe aling subparagraph (vii) and substituting the following: (vii) aircraft basing charges for contracted aircraft; . 9

Schedule is repealed and the following substituted:

SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS ON HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES Item Column FIRE DANGER CLASS (DGR) Column RESTRICTION Column DURATION III (moderate) After consecutive days of DGR III or greater, maintain a fire watcher after work for a minimum of one hour Until after the fire danger class falls below DGR III IV (high) Maintain a fire watcher after work for a minimum of 2 hours Until after the fire danger class falls to DGR III for consecutive days or falls below DGR III3 After consecutive days of DGR IV, cease activity between p.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time and sunset each day V (extreme) Cease activity between p.m.

Pacific Daylight Saving Time and sunset each day and maintain a fire watcher after work for a minimum of 2 hours Until after the fire danger class falls below DGR IV for or more consecutive days After consecutive days of DGR V, cease activity all day Until after the fire danger class falls to DGR IV for or more consecutive days or falls below DGR IV

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 356/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0356 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	47d5a556cea4d443abc2db774d6168dd6f2f6683

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