Section 1 definitions of "deputy minister" and "minister" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
"deputy minister" means the Deputy Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection as authorized by the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act;
"minister" means the Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection;
Section 4 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
Request for meeting
4 The chairman shall call a meeting of the board within 14 days of the receipt of a request in writing setting out the purpose of such a meeting made by 2 members of the board. Seven days notice of the meeting shall be given by the chairman, provided such notice may be waived by all members of the board present at such a meeting.
Section 13 (1) and (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(1) Every member of a park board who for any reason desires to resign from that board shall submit to the minister his resignation in writing.
(3) The minister may, at his discretion, discharge or dismiss any member or any officer of a park board where he deems it to be in the public interest.
Section 25 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
Provisions of Highway Act to apply
25 Without restricting the provisions of any other Act respecting private roads, the provisions of Part 2 of the Highway Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to roads constructed or maintained as park roads by any park board, or by the Parks Branch, or by any holder of a park use permit, within any park and
(a) wherever therein reference is made to an official of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, the reference shall be deemed to be to an official of the Parks Branch, and
(b) wherever therein reference is made to the Minister of Transportation and Highways, the reference shall be deemed to be the Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection.
[am. B.C. Reg. 109/2002, s. 1.]
Section 38 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
Hunting
38 (1) No person shall hunt or carry any loaded firearm within any park, except Silver Star Park, provided this restriction shall not apply to any member of the armed services or to any police officer, conservation officer or park officer while engaged in the performance of his duty.
(2) No person in Silver Star Park shall carry or have in his possession any loaded firearm except a centre fire rifle.
(3) No person in Silver Star Park shall have in his possession any loaded firearm except during that portion of the hunting season commencing on the first day of October and ending on the final day of the deer hunting season applicable in the surrounding Management Unit, as defined in the Hunting Regulations.
(4) No person shall hunt any game bird or any game animal, except deer, in Silver Star Park.
(5) No person, except a member of the armed forces, a police officer, a conservation officer or a park officer, in the performance of his duty, shall hunt or carry any loaded firearm within or upon that portion of Silver Star Park described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of Lot 2244, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, being a point on the south boundary of Silver Star Park; thence north 60 chains; thence east 20 chains; thence north 20 chains; thence east 20 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence east 20 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence east 60 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence east 180 chains; thence south 160 chains; thence west 260 chains; thence south 20 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence south 20 chains; thence west 20 chains, more or less, to the point of commencement, containing 4 000 acres, more or less.
[am. B.C. Reg. 148/68.]
Section 46 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 81/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
Reports and statements
46 The deputy minister may require any park board to submit to the minister such reports or statements, including financial statements, pertaining to the business and functions of that board or the administration, development, maintenance and use of any park under the jurisdiction of that board as may, in the opinion of the deputy minister, be necessary in the public interest.