325_2016 — Great Bear Rainforest (Special Forest Management Area) Regulation

s. 1 — Definitions

In this regulation:

s. 1 — AAC

AAC means allowable annual cut;

s. 1 — Act

Act means the Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act;

s. 1 — GeoBC map

GeoBC map means a map deposited in the GeoBC Media Vault, Victoria;

s. 1 — licence holder

licence holder, in relation to a forest licence or tree farm licence, means the person that holds the licence as of December 31, 2016;

s. 1 — timber supply area

timber supply area, in relation to a forest licence, means the timber supply area that was specified in the licence, as that licence read on December 31, 2016.

s. 2 — Designation of special forest management areas

The land contained within the boundaries shown and described on the GeoBC maps with a map name referred to in column 1 of the following table and map reference number referred to opposite in column 2 is designated as the special forest management area referred to opposite in column 3:

s. 3 — AAC reductions and original and current AACs for forest licences

s. 3(1)

For a forest licence with the licence number, licence holder and timber supply area set out in columns 1 to 3, respectively, in an item of the following table,

s. 3(1)(a)

the AAC of the licence is reduced, as a result of the special forest management areas referred to opposite in column 4, by the amount set out opposite in column 5, and

s. 3(1)(b)

for the purposes of section 60.9 of the Forest Act,

s. 3(1)(b)(i)

the original AAC for the licence is the AAC set out opposite in column 6, and

s. 3(1)(b)(ii)

the current AAC for the licence is the AAC set out opposite in column 7:

s. 3(2)

For certainty, an AAC reduction specified for a forest licence under subsection (1) (a) is a reduction to the AAC for the forest licence, as that forest licence read on December 31, 2016.

s. 4 — Original and current AACs for tree farm licence areas

For a tree farm licence with the licence number and licence holder set out in columns 1 and 2, respectively, in an item of the following table,

s. 4(a)

the special forest management areas referred to opposite in column 3 have resulted in the deletion, under section 54 of the Act, of Crown land from the tree farm licence area, and

s. 4(b)

for the purposes of section 60.6 of the Forest Act,

s. 4(b)(i)

the original AAC for the licence is the AAC set out opposite in column 4, and

s. 4(b)(ii)

the current AAC for the licence is the AAC set out opposite in column 5: