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Volume 61, No. 25

262/2018

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 18, 2018

B.C. Reg. 262/2018 , deposited December 10, 2018, under the FOREST PRACTICES CODE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ACT [sections 198 and 205], the FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT [sections 141 and 151 to 160] and the ASSESSMENT ACT [section 74]. Order in Council 731/2018, approved and ordered December 10, 2018.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Provincial Forest Use Regulation, B.C. Reg. 176/95, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1,

(

b) the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C. Reg. 14/2004, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2, and

(

c) the Exempt Interests Regulation, B.C. Reg. 302/90, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 3.

— D. DONALDSON, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development ; D. EBY, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 1 of the Provincial Forest Use Regulation, B.C. Reg. 176/95, is amended

(

a) by renumbering the

section as

section 1 (1), and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(2) Unless the context indicates otherwise, words and expressions not defined in this regulation have the meaning given to them in the Forest and Range Practices Act .

Section 7 (1) is amended

(

a) by adding the following paragraph:

(e.1) disposal of organic debris from a remote log dump or dry land sort; ,

(

b) by repealing paragraph (l), and

(

c) by adding the following paragraphs:

(

m) silviculture treatments and associated facilities, including camps and waste disposal sites;

(

n) wildlife habitat enhancement and associated facilities, including camps and waste disposal sites.

Schedule 2

Section 1 (1) of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C. Reg. 14/2004, is amended

(

a) by repealing the definition of “authorized person” and substituting the following:

“authorized person” means a person who is any of the following:

(

a) an agreement holder;

(

b) a person described in paragraph (a), (a.1) or (

c) of the definition of “authorized in respect of a road”;

(

c) a person who holds a special use permit that authorizes the person to manage or use Crown land for silviculture treatments or wildlife habitat enhancement; , and

(

b) in the definition of “primary forest activity” by adding the following paragraph:

(b.1) wildlife habitat enhancement; .

Section 1.2 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(

c) a holder of a special use permit that authorizes the holder to manage or use Crown land for silviculture treatments or wildlife habitat enhancement.

Schedule 3

Section 2 of the Exempt Interests Regulation, B.C. Reg. 302/90, is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(c.1) an interest in Crown land that is the subject of a special use permit issued under the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act , if

(

i) the special use permit authorizes the Crown land to be managed or used for silviculture treatments or wildlife habitat enhancement, and

(ii) the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia is paying for all costs associated with the silviculture treatments or wildlife habitat enhancement; .

Section 3 (

a) is amended by striking out “

section 2 (c) ” and substituting “

section 2 (

c) or (c.1) ” .

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