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Definition |
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In this regulation: |
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"Act" means the Forest Act. |
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"deferred timber" means timber under a cutting permit that is subject to an application for postponement under section 58.21 (1) of the Act. |
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Forest management reasons for postponing operation of cutting permit |
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For the purposes of section 58.21 [postponement of operation of cutting permits] of the Act, the minister may postpone the operation of a cutting permit |
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if, in the minister's opinion, |
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it is necessary or desirable for a holder of a cutting permit to harvest other timber in priority to deferred timber because the other timber is in danger, as a result of forest health factors, of being significantly reduced in value, lost or destroyed, and |
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the postponement will not result in the deferred timber being significantly reduced in value lost or destroyed, or |
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if, in the minister's opinion, the continuance or completion of timber harvesting operations under the cutting permit is likely to result in |
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an adverse affect on reforestation, or |
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an unacceptable risk of a fire hazard, |
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in an area of land covered by the cutting permit. |
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| [Provisions of the Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1997, c. 157, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: sections 34 and 151 (2) (k.3)] |
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