Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
The Act says certain land must be managed for specified purposes, a person may need a special use permit to use or occupy Crown land, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations about these matters.
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Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
The Act says certain land must be managed for specified purposes, a person may need a special use permit to use or occupy Crown land, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations about these matters.
Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act 159 1996 1198514681/96159/tlc96159_f E4tlc96159 1 Repealed 1 [Repealed 2015-10-90.] Repealed 1.1 [Repealed 2003-55-91.] 2 Strategic Planning, Objectives and Standards Provincial forest and a wilderness area 2 1 Private land described in a tree farm licence or woodlot licence and Crown land must be managed and used in a way that is consistent with one or more of the following: a timber production, utilization and related purposes; b forage production and grazing by livestock and wildlife and related purposes; c recreation, scenery and wilderness purposes; d water, fisheries, wildlife, biological diversity and cultural heritage resource purposes; e another prescribed purpose. 2) and (3 [Repealed 2004-36-128.] 4 Despite subsections (1) to (3), under the Coal Act , the Geothermal Resources Act , the Mineral Tenure Act or the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act , a person may use or occupy Crown land if the person does so in accordance with the regulations and, if required by the regulations, with a special use permit. 5 If required by the regulations, a person must obtain a special use permit before using or occupying Crown land. 6 Subsection (5) does not apply to a person who uses or occupies Crown land described in an agreement under the Range Act or in a woodlot licence if the use or occupation is under the Coal Act , the Geothermal Resources Act , the Mineral Tenure Act or the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act . 7 [Repealed 2002-26-4.] Repealed 3-5 [Repealed 2003-74-5.] Repealed 6-7 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 8 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 9-9.1 [Repealed 2003-74-5.] 3 1-4 Repealed 10-12 [10 to 11.1 and 12 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 13 [Repealed 2002-25-23.] Repealed 14 [Repealed 1997-48-58.] Repealed 15 [Repealed 1997-48-59.] Repealed 16-19 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 20 [Repealed 1997-48-64.] Repealed 21-21.1 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 22 [Repealed 2002-76-14.] Repealed 22.1-23 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 24 [Repealed 2002-25-23.] Repealed 24.1 [Repealed 2002-76-17.] Repealed 25 [Repealed 1997-48-69.] Repealed 26 [Repealed 1997-48-70.] Repealed 27-28 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 29 [Repealed 1997-48-73.] Repealed 29.1 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 30 [Repealed 2002-76-20.] Repealed 30.1 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 31 [Repealed 2002-76-22.] Repealed 32 [Repealed 2002-25-23.] Repealed 33â38 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] 5 Repealed 39â40 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 41 1)-(6 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] 6.1) and (7 [Repealed 2002-25-27.] 8) to (13 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 42-44 [42, 42.1, 43 and 44 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] 4 Repealed 45-60 [45 to 48.1, 49 to 60 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 60.1-61 [60.1, 60.2 and 61 â Repealed 2002-76-43.] Repealed 62-71 [62 to 69.1, 70 and 71 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 72 [Repealed 2002-25-27.] Repealed 73-74 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] 5 1 Repealed 75 [Repealed 2004-31-97.] 2 Repealed 76 [Repealed 2004-31-97.] Repealed 77 [Repealed 1998-29-31.] Repealed 78â80 [Repealed 2004-31-97.] Repealed 81 [Repealed 1998-29-33.] Repealed 82 [Repealed 2004-31-97.] 3 Repealed 83-95 [Repealed 2004-31-97.] 4-7 Repealed 96-106 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] 6 Compliance and Enforcement 1-2 Repealed 107-116 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] 3 Repealed 117 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Not in force 117.1 [Not in force.] Repealed 117.2 [Repealed 2003-55-92.] Not in force 117.3 [Not in force.] Repealed 118-125 [118 to 119.1, 120 to 125 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] 4 Administrative Review and Appeals Repealed 125.1-130 [125.1, 126 to 130 â Repealed 2003-55-92.] Repealed 130.1 [Repealed 2023-43-160.] Repealed 131 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] Repealed 131.1 [Repealed 2003-55-95.] Repealed 132-137 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] Repealed 138 [Repealed 2003-55-95.] Repealed 139-141 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] 5 Repealed 142 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 143 [Repealed 2003-55-96.] Repealed 143.1 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 144-145 [Repealed 2003-55-98.] Repealed 146 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 147 [Repealed 2003-55-98.] Repealed 148-149 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 150-153 [Repealed 2003-55-98.] Repealed 154-157 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 157.1 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 158 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 159 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] 7 1 Repealed 160-161 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 161.1 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 162 [Repealed 2004-31-98.] Repealed 162.1-162.2 [Repealed 2003-55-101.] 2 Repealed 163-170 [Repealed 2003-55-101.] Repealed 171 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 172-174 [Repealed 2003-55-101.] 8 Repealed 175-193 [175 to 190.1, 191 to 193 â Repealed 2003-55-101.] 9 Repealed 194-196 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] Repealed 196.1-196.2 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] Repealed 197 [Repealed 2015-10-91.] 10 Regulations Power to make regulations 198 1 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in section 41 of the Interpretation Act . 2 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting matters that are a referred to in a provision of this Act as having to be in accordance with the regulations, or b indicated by a provision of this Act as being a matter for a regulation. 3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make a regulation defining a word or expression used in the Act. 4 In making a regulation under this Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do one or more of the following: a delegate a matter to a person; b confer a discretion on a person; c make different regulations for different persons, places, matters, things, transactions, circumstances or uses or occupations of land, or for different classes of persons, places, matters, things, transactions, circumstances or uses or occupations of land; d establish or define classes of persons, places, matters, things, transactions, circumstances or uses or occupations of land. Repealed 199 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Fees and charges 200 1 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting fees for the provision under this Act of a service by the government, the board or the council, if any, to any person. 2 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] 3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting charges to be paid to the government by holders of special use permits, including but not limited to regulations a establishing the amounts of charges or the method of determining the amounts of charges, and b requiring that charges be paid yearly or otherwise. Repealed 201-204 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Provincial forest 205 1 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the use of a wilderness area or other Crown land in a Provincial forest or a portion of a Provincial forest. 2 Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting special use permits, including but not limited to regulations respecting a the issuance of special use permits, a.1 the conditions of special use permits, b the deactivation of roads authorized under special use permits, and the remediation of land that is the subject of a special use permit, including regulations that authorize the minister to make orders respecting deactivation and remediation, c the surrender, cancellation and suspension of special use permits or rights granted under special use permits, and d obligations that remain outstanding under special use permits that expire or are surrendered, suspended or cancelled. 2.1 Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations requiring holders of special use permits to comply with the conditions of special use permits. 3 For certainty, a regulation made under subsection (2) or (2.1) may be made applicable to special use permits issued before the regulation comes into force. Repealed 206 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 207 [Repealed 2004-31-98.] Repealed 208-214 [208 to 209.1, 210 to 211.1, 212, 212.1, 213 and 214 â Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 215 [Repealed 2004-31-98.] Repealed 216 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 217 [Repealed 1999-11-17.] Repealed 217.1 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 218 [Repealed 2004-36-146.] Repealed 219 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 220 [Repealed 2015-10-93.] Repealed 221 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] 10.1 Repealed 221.1-221.3 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] 11 Repealed 222-228 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 229 [Repealed 1997-48-130.] Repealed 230-232 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 233-234 [Repealed 2002-76-68.] Repealed 235-236 [Repealed 1997-48-132.] Repealed 237-238 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 239 [Repealed 1997-48-133.] Repealed 240-242 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 243 [Repealed RS1996-159-243 (4).] Repealed 244-246 [Repealed 2003-55-103.] Repealed 247 [Repealed 2000-6-48.] Repealed 248-252 [Repealed 2003-55-103.]
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