British Columbia Gazette Part II — B.C. Reg. 073/2018
B.C. Reg. 073/2018
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Volume 61, No. 8
73/2018
The British Columbia Gazette,
Part II
April 24, 2018
B.C. Reg. 73/2018 , deposited April 13, 2018, under the MINES ACT [section 38 (2) and (3)]. Order in Council 172/2018, approved and ordered April 13, 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 Mines Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 54/2015, is amended as set out in the attached
Schedule 1, and
(
b) effective May 1, 2018, the Mines Fee Regulation is amended as set out in the attached
Schedule 2.
— M. MUNGALL, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ; J. DARCY, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .
Schedule 1
1 The Mines Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 54/2015, is amended by adding the following Part:
Part 4 – Certification Fees
Definitions
10 In this Part:
“blasting certificate” has the same meaning as in the code;
“fireboss certificate” means a fireboss certificate and an underground coal mine fireboss certificate within the meaning of the code;
“shiftboss certificate” means a shiftboss certificate, an open pit shiftboss certificate and an underground shiftboss certificate within the meaning of the code;
“supervisor’s certificate” means a certificate of competency, a manager’s certificate of competency, a supervisor’s certificate of competency and a supervisor’s certificate within the meaning of the code.
Certification fees
(1) A person who applies for a supervisor’s certificate must include with the application a fee totaling $100 for each examination referred to in
Part 1 of the code that the applicant is required to complete.
(2) A person who applies, on or after April 1, 2019, for a blasting certificate must include with the application a fee totaling $100 for each examination referred to in
Part 8 of the code that the applicant is required to complete.
(3) A person who applies, on or after April 1, 2020, for a shiftboss certificate must include with the application a fee totaling $100 for each examination referred to in
Part 1 of the code that the applicant is required to complete.
(4) A person who applies, on or after April 1, 2021, for a fireboss certificate must include with the application a fee totaling $100 for each examination referred to in
Part 1 of the code that the applicant is required to complete.
Schedule 2
Section 3 (3) (
a) of the Mines Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 54/2015, is repealed.
Section 4 (3) is repealed and the following substituted:
(3) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the permit fee in respect of a placer mine is the fee, if any, set out in Column 3 of Table 1 opposite the tonnes of pay dirt stated under
section 3 (2) (a), as set out in
(
a) Column 1, in respect of a placer mine that is proposed to operate under the permit for 5 years or less, or
(
b) Column 2, in respect of a placer mine that is proposed to operate under the permit for more than 5 years.
Table 1: Permit Fees for Placer Mines
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Tonnes proposed to be moved in highest producing year
Permit fee
Placer mine proposed to
operate for 5 years or less
Placer mine proposed to
operate for more than 5 years
< 60 000
< 10 000
60 000 – < 125 000
10 000 – < 60 000
$4 000
125 000 – < 250 000
60 000 – < 125 000
$8 000
250 000 – < 500 000
125 000 – < 250 000
$16 000
≥ 500 000
≥ 250 000
$32 000
(4) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the permit fee in respect of a pit or quarry is the fee, if any, set out in Column 2 of Table 2 opposite the tonnes of materials stated under
section 3 (3) (b), as set out in Column 1.
Table 2: Permit Fees for Pits and Quarries
Column 1
Column 2
Tonnes proposed to be extracted
in highest producing year
Permit fee
< 5 000
5 000 – < 10 000
$1 500
10 000 – < 20 000
$3 000
20 000 – < 30 000
$6 000
30 000 – < 40 000
$9 000
40 000 – < 50 000
$12 000
50 000 – < 60 000
$15 000
60 000 – < 70 000
$18 000
70 000 – < 80 000
$21 000
80 000 – < 90 000
$24 000
90 000 – < 100 000
$27 000
100 000 – < 130 000
$30 000
130 000 – < 170 000
$40 000
≥ 170 000
$50 000
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