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Volume 66, No. 10

143/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 20, 2023

B.C. Reg. 143/2023 , deposited June 12, 2023, under the FOREST AMENDMENT ACT, 2021 [section 16] and FOREST ACT [sections 142.94 and 151]. Order in Council 345/2023, approved and ordered June 12, 2023.

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

(

a) section 142.1 (2) (

c) and (d) (

i) and (ii) of the Forest Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 157, is amended by striking out "the date on which this paragraph comes into force" and substituting "November 25, 2021",

(

b) the Forest Accounts Receivable Interest Regulation, B.C. Reg. 406/98, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

c) the Forest Revenue Audit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 319/2006, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— B. RALSTON, Minister of Forests ; K. CONROY, Minister of Finance ; S. MALCOLMSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 1 of the Forest Accounts Receivable Interest Regulation, B.C. Reg. 406/98, is amended

(

a) by adding the following definition:

"Act" means the Forest Act ; , and

(

b) in the

definitions of "money owed" and "monthly payment plan" by striking out " the Forest Act " and substituting " the Act ".

Section 3 (2) is amended by striking out " the Forest Act " and substituting " the Act ".

Section 4 (

a) is amended by striking out " every 28 days " and substituting " monthly ".

Section 4 (b) (ii) is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) if no compounding has yet occurred,

(

A) from the date described in

section 130 (1) (b) (

i) of the Act, if interest on the money owed is subject to that provision,

(

B) from the date described in

section 130 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act, if interest on the money owed is subject to that provision,

(

C) from the date described in

section 130 (1) (b) (iii) of the Act, if interest on the money owed is subject to that provision, or

(

D) since the date of the statement of account, if interest on the money owed is not subject to

section 130 (1) (b) (i), (ii) or (iii) of the Act.

Schedule 2

Section 2 of the Forest Revenue Audit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 319/2006, is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(

h) records that relate to the removal from British Columbia of timber or wood residue.

Section 3 is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

(

h) persons who hold permits referred to in

section 129 (

b) of the Act or who, within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under

section 142.31 (1) of the Act, held permits referred to in

section 129 (

b) of the Act;

(

i) persons who have done any of the following within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that

section of the Act:

(

i) removed from British Columbia timber or wood residue;

(ii) arranged or facilitated, for compensation or reward, the removal from British Columbia of timber or wood residue.

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