Other Federal & Provincial Legislation

Private land owners are subject to other federal and provincial legislation. All provincial legislation can be viewed on the BC Laws website at http://www.bclaws.ca. Key legislation relevant to private land includes, but is not limited to:

Legislation

Application

Classification and valuation of managed forest land

Determination of land and cut timber values:

  • Schedule A: map of valuation areas
  • Schedule B: managed forest land values
  • Schedule C: cut timber values for managed forest land-coast
  • Schedule D: cut timber values for managed forest land-interior

Drinking water protection, guidelines, permits, contraventions, and plans

Environmental protection and emergency measures

Burning restrictions, requirements for designated smoke sensitivity zones, exemptions, penalties

Fish habitat protection and pollution prevention, harmful alteration of fish habitat

Timber scaling, timber marking

Requirements regarding the marking & transportation of logs

 

Heritage designation and protection

Prohibitions and authorization of pesticide use and sale, compliance, offences and appeals

Regulates the sale, use and handling of pesticides including licences, certificates and permits, notices, records and reporting

Land registry, offences, Crown grants, bodies of water, trespass, surveys

Outlines and regulates standards of practice for Forest Professionals BC

Outlines current FPBC Bylaws

Protection of threatened and endangered species and their critical habitat

Prohibition, posting notice of ownership, fencing, land under water

Licensing, diversion, ground water protection, offences

Expropriation of land, changes in and about a stream

Protection requirements, government authority, administrative remedies and cost recovery

Fire prevention, hazard assessment & abatement, control, exemptions, cost recovery, administrative penalties

Critical wildlife areas, endangered and threatened species

Compensation, Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), occupational health and safety, regulations and appeals

Compensation, Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), occupational health and safety, regulations and appeals

Rights and responsibilities for many industries and occupations including Part 26 – Forestry Operations