Interpretation

1   In this regulation, "Act" means the Forest Act.

Category of record

2   The following are the categories of records that must be kept for the period established under section 142.3 of the Act:

(a) records that relate to the ownership of timber or the right to harvest timber;

(b) records that relate to the harvesting of timber;

(c) records that relate to the transportation or possession of timber;

(d) records that relate to dealing in or the acquisition or disposition of timber;

(e) records that relate to the scaling of timber;

(f) records that relate to the ownership or operation of a scale site;

(g) records that relate to the ownership or operation of a timber processing facility;

(h) records that relate to the removal from British Columbia of timber or wood residue.

[am. B.C. Reg. 143/2023, Sch. 2, s. 1.]

Class of persons

3   The requirement to provide information or records under section 142.31 (1) of the Act may be imposed in any circumstances on a person within any of the following classes of persons:

(a) persons, other than the government, who

(i) own or have a right to harvest timber at the time the demand notice is served under that section of the Act, or

(ii) owned or had a right to harvest timber at any time within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(b) persons who harvest timber or who harvested timber within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(c) persons who transport or are in possession of timber or who transported or were in possession of timber within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(d) persons who deal in, acquire or dispose of timber or who dealt in, acquired or disposed of timber within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(e) persons who perform or purport to perform a scale of timber or who performed or purported to perform a scale of timber within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(f) persons who own or operate a scale site or who owned or operated a scale site within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(g) persons who own or operate a timber processing facility or who owned or operated a timber processing facility within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act;

(h) persons who hold permits referred to in section 129 (b) of the Act or who, within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under section 142.31 (1) of the Act, held permits referred to in section 129 (b) of the Act;

(i) persons who have done any of the following within the 6 year period immediately before the demand notice is served under that section of the Act:

(i) removed from British Columbia timber or wood residue;

(ii) arranged or facilitated, for compensation or reward, the removal from British Columbia of timber or wood residue.

[am. B.C. Reg. 143/2023, Sch. 2, s. 2.]