British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Mineral Tenure Section 20 (O.C. 80/2000)

O.C. 80/2000

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. ' 80 , Approved and Ordered ANA " 2 7 2000 Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

section 20.1 of the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 297/88, is amended by adding the following subsections:

(11) For the purposes of this section, the work value credit available for a claim that is within the first anniversary year following the date of record is deemed to be equivalent to the value referred to in

section 19 (1) or (2) as applicable.

(12) For the purposes of this section, a grouping of mineral titles under

section 20 may be granted a median common anniversary date which shall be determined by prorating existing work value credit on a per unit basis. Minister of Energy and Mines Pre 'iding Merneer of the Execptive Council (this

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: - Mineral Tenure Act. s. 65 Other (specify):- (ctober 12, 1999 7/99/99/sg • gL 1 1-013

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Schedule 1 1

Section 1.1 of B.C. Reg. 297/88, the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation, is repealed and the following substituted: Exploration and development activity 1.1 The following are prescribed activities for the purposes of the definition of "explo- ration and development" in

section 1 of the Act: (

a) a Global Positioning System survey; (

b) a one-time hulk sample. 2

Section 8.1 is amended: (

a) In subsection (1), by striking out "minister" and substituting "chief gold commis- sioner" and in paragraph (a), by striking out "Crown granted", (

b) by adding the following as subsection (1)(c): (

c) dispose of it as a 2 post claim on the terms and conditions the chief gold commissioner considers appropriate by advertising in the Gazette the date it becomes available. , and (

c) in subsections (2) (

a) and (3), by striking out "subsection (1) (a)" and substituting "subsection (1) (

a) or (c)". 3

Section 19 Lv amended by adding the following subsection:

(5) If the recorded holder of a mineral claim or placer claim has used the Global Positioning System to position the legal posts of the claim, the cost of this exploration and development work may he recorded, provided the conditions listed below arc met, as exploration and development work done on the claim under

section 29 of the Mineral Tenure Act: (

a) the Global Positioning System co-ordinates, corrected data and resulting map of the Global Positioning System surveyed claims must comply with the standards and guidelines for undertaking a Global Positioning System survey established by the Mineral Titles Branch; (

b) the data and map required in paragraph (

a) must be submitted as a report under

section 33 of the Mineral Tenure Act with the prescribed form and fees required under

section 29 of the Act; (

c) the report required under paragraph (

b) MAY be submitted after the recording of the prescribed form but no later than 30 days after the anniversary date which ends the anniversary year in which the Global Positioning System survey was carried out;

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d) the amount credited for the Global Positioning System survey of both legal posts of a 2 post claim or a placer claim must be equivalent to the value for one year's credit, as described by subsection (1) or (2) respectively, on the claim, (

e) the amount credited for the Global Positioning System survey of a legal corner post of a 4 post claim must be equivalent to the value for one year's credit, as described by subsection (1), on the claim; (

I) the maximum credit that can be recorded under paragraph (

e) is S4 000 for a Global Positioning System survey of a legal corner post common to 2 or more 4 pest claims; (

g) only one credit for work under this

section mny be made to a claim under this section. 4

Section 20 is amended: (

a) by repealing subsections (3), (4), (6), and (7), and (

b) by repealing subsection (9) and substituting the following:

(9) A group remains valid from the date of recording until a mineral title within the group (

a) is included in a new grouping recorded under this section, or (

h) ceases to exist and, consequently, 2 or more of the remaining mineral titles within the group no longer adjoin. 5 The following

section is added: Common anniversary date for claims 20.1

(1) A request for a common anniversary date for claims may be included in the request for a grouping of mineral titles under

section 20.

(2) A request under subsection (1) must include a completed grouping form referred to in

section 20 (11) and be accompanied by (

a) the fee specified in

Schedule 1 for a request for a common anniversary date, (

b) applicable recording fees prescribed under

section 29 of the Act, and (

c) if work, cash in lieu of work or portable credit account credit is required because a common anniversary date is set, the prescribed form under

section 29 (

a) of the Act.

(3) The common anniversary date requested under subsection (1) must not be more than 12 calendar months forward or backward from the existing anniversary date of any claim in the group.

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(4) On receipt of a request meeting the requirements of subsection (2), the gold commissioner must adjust the anniversary date of each claim in the grouping to the date requested.

(5) The value of work, cash in lieu or portable credit account credits required to facilitate the setting of a common anniversary date must be pro-rated for the number of units.

(6) For the purpose of subsection 2 (c), the value of credit applied to each claim must he from work, cash in lieu of work or portable credit accounts or any combination of these.

(7) The limits in

section 12 (2) of

Part C of B.C. Reg. 587/77 arc not applicable to portable credit account credits under this section.

(8) Fees to record the work, cash in lieu of work or portable account credits under this

section will be the prescribed fees in

Schedule 1 pro-rated according to the number of days for which each claim is adjusted.

(9) If an agent makes a request for a grouping of mineral titles under

section 20 for a group for which a request for a common anniversary date is made, written authorization from each recorded holder must be provided with the request for the grouping.

(10) An anniversary date applied to a claim under this

section remains in effect despite the cessation of the grouping under

section 20 (9) and can be changed only by adjusting the anniversary date under this section. 6

Schedule 1 is amended by adding the fallowing: 32

(3) Common Anniversary Date - per request 25.00 plus, per claim in the Notice to Group 1.00

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 80/2000
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0080 2000
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	fdd0d56e93cb3fdf773d3805954665411d1abb19

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