Section 1: Forest Act Highlights Flashcards
Allowable Annual Cut Administration Regulation
-the maximum AAC for licences exempt from AAC reduction, where the AAC of a timber supply area is reduced or an area is designated under Part 13 of the Act
-how the AAC available to the holder of a tree farm license, Community Forest, and FN woodland license is calculated taking into account AAC reservations and area deletions
-formulas for AAC adjustments of TFLs and TSAs
-any TSA TFL AAC adjustment you can think of
AAC Cut Partition Regulation
-formulas to calculate harvest volume limits for licences in TSAs and TFLs
-criteria for increasing or waiving a harvest volume limits
-penalty rates
BC Timber Sales Regulation
-registration requirements for BC Timber Sales enterprises
-timber sale licence advertising and deposit administration
-application form and fee for extensions to timber sale licences
-calculation formula and schedule of payment to the holder of a reduced non-BCTS licence for the timber that is disposed of through a BCTS licence
Community Tenures Regulation
specifies
-the circumstances under which the minister may direct award a community forest agreement
-criteria for changing a community forest agreement boundary
-the application procedure and evaluation for community forest agreements and community salvage licences
Cut Control regulation
-penalties for excess harvest
-outlines provisions respecting conversion of timber sale licence with regards to excess harvest and undercut carry forward
-the timing of allowable annual cut reductions under the Forestry Revitalization Act for the purposes of cut control; and the means by which penalties for excess harvest will be assessed for licences subject to allowable annual cut reductions
Designated Areas regulations
lists the Forest Act regulations that designate areas under section 169 of the Act (Part 13)
First Nations Tenures Regulation
-specifies who can hold a First Nations woodland licence, direct award replaceable forest licence or direct award community forest agreement
-provides the minister the authority to change the boundary of the FNWL if satisfied that the change will improve forest management, the rights under the licence are not under suspension and all money has been paid.
Forest Licence Regulation
provides categories of applicants eligible to bid on restricted (non-replaceable) forest licences.
Licence to Cut Regulation
-provides for a licence to cut to be issued for the purposes of: small/intermediate salvage, community protection from wildfire, reasons relate to the resort Timber Admin Act, in conjunstion with a competitively awarded contract for rehab of immature dead MPB stands, or restoration of historic grasslands.
-identifies criteria to ward a fiber supply licence to cut.
-allows for a master licence for building/ operating a pipeline
How many regulations are made under the authority of the Forest Act
36
