Minor change of boundary or area

1  Under section 47.1 of the Forest Act, a district manager may change a boundary or area concerning the Crown land portion of a woodlot licence area, if the change does not increase the area of Crown land covered by the woodlot licence by more than 10% and the district manager is satisfied with respect to all of the following:

(a) forest resource management will be improved;

(b) the Crown land being added to the woodlot licence area is not subject to a conflicting claim or charge;

(c) the area to be added is close to the boundary of the woodlot licence area;

(d) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 205/2002.]

(e) the financial accounts of the holder of the licence with the government have been kept up to date by the holder.

[en. B.C. Reg. 299/99, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 205/2002.]

 Major change of boundary or area

2  Under section 47.1 of the Forest Act, a district manager may change a boundary or area, if section 1 of this regulation does not apply and the district manager is satisfied with respect to all of the following:

(a) forest resource management will be improved;

(b) the licence has been in effect at least 5 years;

(c) the area to be added is close to the boundary of the woodlot licence area;

(d) the financial accounts of the holder of the licence with the government have been kept up to date by the holder;

(e) the Crown land being added to the woodlot licence area is not subject to a conflicting claim or charge;

(f) the holder of the licence has managed the woodlot licence area in substantial compliance with the licence for a period of at least 5 years immediately preceding the change.

[en. B.C. Reg. 299/99, s. 2.]

 Repealed

3  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 205/2002.]

 Repealed

4  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 242/2003, s. (d).]

 Requirements that must be met before a timber processing facility may be authorized

5  (1)  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 205/2002.]

(2)  For the purposes of section 46.1 (2) (a), (3) (a) and (4) (a) of the Forest Act, if the person, corporation or band

(a) is the holder of an operational plan under which the person, corporation or band is to establish a free growing stand, the district manager must be satisfied that the person, corporation or band has carried out,

(i)  for silvicultural systems other than single tree selection, a regime of silviculture treatments designed to achieve the target number of healthy, well spaced trees of the preferred and acceptable species per hectare specified in the plan or in Schedule A of the Woodlot Licence Forest Management Regulation, and

(ii)  for a single tree selection silvicultural system, a regime of harvesting and silviculture treatments designed to achieve the target number of healthy, well spaced trees of the preferred and acceptable species per hectare, for at least one layer, specified in the plan or in Schedule A of the Woodlot Licence Forest Management Regulation, or

(b) is subject to a management plan, the district manager must be satisfied that the person, corporation or band is adequately complying with any commitments specified in the management plan, or

(c) is required to establish a free growing stand under section 9 (3) of the Woodlot Licence Forest Management Regulation, the district manager must be satisfied that the person corporation or band has carried out,

(i)  for silvicultural systems other than single tree selection, a regime of silviculture treatments designed to achieve the target number of healthy, well spaced trees of the preferred and acceptable species per hectare required under that subsection, and

(ii)  for a single tree selection silvicultural system, a regime of harvesting and silviculture treatments designed to achieve the target number of healthy, well spaced trees of the preferred and acceptable species per hectare, for at least one layer, required under that subsection.

[am. B.C. Reg. 205/2002.]

 Types of conditions in respect of a timber processing facility

6  For the purposes of section 46.1 (2) (b), (3) (b), (4) (b) and (5) (c) of the Forest Act, the district manager may impose conditions in a woodlot licence, including, without limitation, conditions related to the following:

(a) the location of a timber processing facility;

(b) the length of time that the timber processing facility may be situated at the location;

(c) the management of waste.