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Volume 63, No. 12

142/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 30, 2020

B.C. Reg. 142/2020 , deposited June 22, 2020, under the FOREST ACT [section 151]. Order in Council 342/2020, approved and ordered June 22, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the BC Timber Sales Regulation,

B.C. Reg. 381/2008, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

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

Schedule

Section 14 of the BC Timber Sales Regulation, B.C. Reg. 381/2008, is repealed

and the following substituted:

Advertising timber sale licences

(1) If the timber sales manager invites applications for a timber sale licence under

section 20 of the Act, an advertisement inviting applications must be posted on a

publicly accessible website maintained by or on behalf of the ministry.

(2) An advertisement inviting applications for a timber sale licence must specify

the closing date by which all applications for the timber sale licence must be received

by the timber sales manager.

(3) An advertisement inviting applications for a timber sale licence must be posted

(

a) a minimum of 5 days before the closing date if the total volume of timber

to be authorized for harvesting under the licence is less than 2 000 m 3 ,

(

b) a minimum of 5 days before the closing date if the timber must be removed

expeditiously because it is in imminent danger of being damaged, destroyed or otherwise

lost,

(

c) subject to paragraph (b), a minimum of 3 weeks before the closing date if

the total volume of timber to be authorized for harvesting under the licence is 2 000 m 3 or more and less than 15 000 m 3 ,

(

d) subject to paragraph (b), a minimum of 4 weeks before the closing date if

the total volume of timber to be authorized for harvesting under the licence is 15 000 m 3 or more and less than 100 000 m 3 , and

(

e) subject to paragraph (b), a minimum of 8 weeks before the closing date if

the total volume of timber to be authorized for harvesting under the licence is 100 000 m 3 or more.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), if an advertisement inviting applications for a

timber sale licence is posted under this

section and no eligible application for the

licence is received by the closing date specified in the advertisement, the timber

sales manager may post subsequent advertisements inviting applications for the licence.

(5) A subsequent advertisement inviting applications for a timber sale licence

may only be posted under subsection (4) if

(

a) no eligible application was received in response to the advertisement that

was most recently posted in respect of that licence by the closing date specified

in that advertisement,

(

b) the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2) are complied with, and

(

c) the requirements set out in subsection (6) or (7), as applicable, are complied

with.

(6) If the timber sales manager posts a subsequent advertisement inviting applications

for a timber sale licence under subsection (4) before 30 days have elapsed since the

closing date specified in the advertisement that was most recently posted in respect

of that licence, that subsequent advertisement must be posted a minimum of 5 days

before the closing date specified in that subsequent advertisement.

(7) If the timber sales manager posts a subsequent advertisement inviting applications

for a timber sale licence under subsection (4) after 30 days have elapsed since the

closing date specified in the advertisement that was most recently posted in respect

of that licence, that subsequent advertisement must be posted in accordance with the

requirements set out in subsection (3).

(8) If an advertisement inviting applications for a timber sale licence is posted

under this

section and approval of an eligible application for the licence is declined

under

section 20 (4) (

b) or (5) (

b) of the Act, the timber sales manager may post

subsequent advertisements inviting applications for the licence if the requirements

set out in subsections (1) to (3) are complied with.

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