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Volume 53, No. 1

B.C. Reg. 12/2010

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

January 26, 2010

B.C. Reg. 12/2010 , deposited January 15, 2010, pursuant to the FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT [Sections 171 – 175, 210 and 211]. Order in Council 037/2010, approved and ordered

January 15, 2010.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Fort St. John Pilot Project Regulation, B.C. Reg. 278/2001, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— P. BELL, Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau ; C. HANSEN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 (1) of the Fort St. John Pilot Project Regulation, B.C. Reg. 278/2001, is amended by

(

a) adding the following definition:

"holder of a minor timber sale licence" means a person described in

section 3 (1) (f); , and

(

b) striking out the definition of "minor timber sale licence" and substituting the following:

"minor timber sale licence" means a timber sale licence that

(

a) authorizes harvesting of timber in the pilot area, and

(

b) is not a major licence; .

Section 3 is amended

(

a) by striking out subsection (1) (h),

(

b) in subsection (1) (

i) by striking out " timber sale licence issued under

section 23 (1) (a) " and substituting " forestry licence to cut entered into under

section 47.6 ", and

(

c) by striking out subsection (5) and substituting the following:

(5) For the purposes of the pilot project, a provision of the Forest Act , an agreement under the Forest Act , the Forest and Range Practices Act or the regulations under either the Forest Act or the Forest and Range Practices Act that requires the holder of an agreement under the Forest Act or a timber sales manager

(

a) to prepare a forest stewardship plan or a site plan or to perform a requirement in relation to a forest stewardship plan or site plan does not apply to a participant if the participant prepares a sustainable forest management plan, forest operations

schedule and site level plan under this regulation, and

(

b) for a road or cutblock, to obtain a road permit or cutting permit does not apply to a participant if the participant receives an authorization from the district manager under

section 23 for that road or cutblock.

3 The following

section is added:

Extension of term of sustainable forest management plan

39.1 The regional manager and regional director by written notice given to the participant May extend the term of a sustainable forest management plan, before or after it expires, for an additional period not exceeding 2 years.

Section 42 (1) is amended in paragraph (

b) of the definition of "component area" by striking out " minor timber sale licence holder " and substituting " holder of a minor timber sale licence ".

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