Transfer Limits

  • 8.1In this Part
    • a)"area" means the net area to be reforested referred to in section 29 of the Act;
    • b)"agreenment" means;
      • i)a major licence or community forest agreement to which section 29 (1) of the Act applies, or
      • ii)a woodlot licence to which section 29 (3) of the Act applies;
    • c)"fiscal year" means the period beginning on April 1st of one year and ending on March 31st of the following year;
    • d)"management unit" means a tree farm licence area or timber supply area;
    • e)"small operator" means the holder of an agreement with an annual allowable cut of 5,000 cubic metres or less; [03.06.10].
    • f)"timber sales licence" means a timber sales licence to which section 29 (2) of the Act applies.
  • 8.2 Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a lot collected from a natural stand within British Columbia must be planted on areas that comply with the transfer limits in Appendix 3 that apply to the lot, based on its species and origin.
  • 8.3 Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a lot collected from untested parent trees within British Columbia must be planted on areas that comply with the transfer limits in Appendix 4 that apply to the lot, based on its species and origin.
  • 8.4 Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a lot collected from a superior provenance must be planted on areas that comply with the transfer limits in Appendix 5 that apply to the lot, based on its species and origin.
  • 8.5 Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a lot collected from tested parent trees within British Columbia must be planted on areas within
    • a) the area of use, or
    • b) the tested parent tree seed planning zone, or latitude range within a tested parent tree planning zone, and the overlap in elevation ranges,
    that constitute the origin of the lot.
  • 8.6Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a custom lot must be planted within
    • a)the tested parent tree seed planning zone referred to in paragraph (e)(i) of the definition of "origin" and
    • b)the elevation and latitude transfer limits in Appendix 4 that apply to
      • i)the species of the lot, and
      • ii)the natural stand seed planning zone that encompasses the largest proportion of the tested parent tree seed planning zone referred to in paragraph (a), as if this natural stand seed planning zone is the zone of origin referred to in Appendix 4
    applied to the weighted mean elevation and weighted mean latitude referred to in paragraph (e) (ii) and (iii) of the definition of "origin."
  • 8.7 Seedlings or cuttings grown from a lot registered as a lot collected from
    • a)a natural stand, or
    • b)parent trees,
    outside of British Columbia must be planted on areas that comply with the transfer limits in Table 6.1 or 6.2 of Appendix 6 that apply to the lot, based on its species and origin
  • 8.8Despite this Part, a person, other than a timber sales manager, who is required to establish a stand under section 29 of the Act is only required to ensure that 95 per cent of the combined total of the number of seedlings and the number of cuttings that are planted during each fiscal year, by or on behalf of that person with respect to all agreements held by that person in a single management unit, comply with the requirements of sections 8.2 through 8.7. [27/10/08]
  • 8.9 Despite this Part, a timber sales manager who is required to establish a stand under section 29 of the Act is only required to ensure that 95 per cent of the combined total of the number of seedlings and the number of cuttings that are planted during each fiscal year, by or on behalf of the timber sales manager
    • a) with respect to all timber sale licences located within a single management unit, or
    • b) with respect to a specific timber sales licence, if it is not located within a management unit
    comply with the requirements of sections 8.2 through 8.7.
  • 8.10Despite this Part, if a lot collected from parent trees within British Columbia was registered under section 3 of the Tree Cone, Seed and Vegetative Material Regulation, prior to its repeal, a person, at his or her sole discretion, may choose to follow either
    • a) the applicable transfer limits referred to in this Part, or
    • b) the transfer limits that applied to the lot at the time it was registered.
  • 8.11 Despite this Part, in areas of use within LW1, LW2, and LW3 tested parent tree seed planning zones as identified on the Chief Forester's Standards for Seed Use website
    • a)a person, other than a timber sales manager, who is required to establish a stand under section 29 of the Act, may plant up to 10 per cent western larch seedlings, of the combined total of the number of seedlings and the number of cuttings that are planted during each fiscal year, by or on behalf of that person, with respect to all agreements held by that person in a single management unit, and
    • b)a small operator may plant up to 10 percent or up to 5,000 western larch seedlings, of the combined total of the number of seedlings and the number of cuttings that are planted during each fiscal year, by or on behalf of that person with respect to that agreement. [03.06.10]
  • 8.12Despite this Part, a timber sales manager who is required to establish a stand under section 29 of the Act may plant up to 10 per cent western larch seedlings of the combined total of the number of seedlings and the number of cuttings that are planted during each fiscal year, by or on behalf of the timber sales manager,
    • a)with respect to all timber sale licences located within a single management unit, or
    • b)with respect to a specific timber sales licence, if it is not located within a management unit,
    in areas of use within LW1, LW2, and LW3 tested parent tree seed planning zones as identified on the Chief Forester's Standards for Seed Use website. [03.06.10]