Statutes and Regulations

Regulations – Forest Act

TIMBER HARVESTING CONTRACT AND SUBCONTRACT REGULATION
B.C. Reg. 22/96

Last Amendment: Reg. 524/2004


*Contents*
Section

PART 1 - Interpretation, Application and Notice
	1	Interpretation
	2	Application
	2.1	Giving notice

PART 2 - Written Contracts and Subcontracts Required
	3	Contracts and subcontracts must be in writing

PART 3 - Assignability of Contracts and Subcontracts
	4	Assignability

PART 4 - Dispute Resolution
Division 1 - Dispute Resolution Requirements
	5	Mediation and arbitration requirements
Division 2 - Dispute Resolution System
	6	Dispute resolution rules
	7	Registered mediators and arbitrators
	8	Mediation and arbitration proceedings
	9	Fees and expenses of mediation shared
	10	Parties bear own costs of mediation
Division 3 - Register of Arbitration Awards
	11	Register of arbitration awards

PART 5 - Replaceability of Contracts and Subcontracts
Division 1 - Contracts
	12	Certain contracts must be replaceable
	13	Term and commencement
	14	Flexibility to address change
	15	Termination on expiry of licence
	16	Fibre basket agreement
Division 2 - Amount of work
	17	Amount of work must be specified
	18	Amount of work for coastal contracts
	19	Amount of work for interior contracts
	20	Experiments
	21	Compliance over time
	21.1	Substituting work
	22	Events beyond control
Division 3 - Amount of Work Disputes
	23	Amount of work dispute
	24	If no party issues notice to arbitrate
Division 4 - Rate Disputes
	24.1	Rate disputes
	25	Setting rates
	25.1	Disclosure of market rate
	25.2	Role of peers
	26	Provisional rates
	26.01	Rate test
	26.02	Transition
Division 5 - AAC Reductions
	26.1	Applicability
	27	AAC reductions
	28	Contents of AAC reduction proposal by a licence holder
	29	Notice of objection to AAC reduction proposal
	30	Deemed acceptance of proposal
	31	Receipt of notice of objection
	32	Dispute resolution proceedings for an AAC reduction proposal
	33	Contractor may elect to terminate
Division 5.1 - Forestry Revitalization Act AAC Reductions
	33.1	Interpretation and disputes
	33.2	Forestry revitalization proposals
	33.21	Maximum replaceable contract reduction
	33.22	Contents and delivery of forestry revitalization proposal by a licence holder
	33.4	Notice of objection
	33.41	Acceptance of a proposal
	33.42	Fairness objections
	33.43	Rejection of proposal
	33.5	Dispute resolution proceedings for a forestry revitalization proposal on the coast
	33.51	Dispute resolution proceedings for a forestry revitalization proposal for the interior
	33.6	Proportionate reduction
	33.7	Damages
Division 5.2 - Licence Transfer, Subdivision and Consolidation
	33.8	Licence transfer
	33.9	Licence subdivision
	33.91	Licence consolidation
Division 6 - Subcontracts
	34	Replaceable subcontracts
	35	Length and commencement of term and replaceability
	36	Amount of work
	37	Right respecting insufficient work
	37.1	Licence transfer, subdivision or consolidation
	37.2	Contract transfer
	38	Other sections applicable to subcontracts

PART 6 - Contractor Clause Compliance
	39	Compliance with contractor clause to be assessed annually
	40	Coastal area compliance
	41	Interior area compliance
	42	Notification to contractors for the interior area
	43	Volume attributable to full contracts
	44	Volume attributable to phase contracts
	45	Total volume deemed contracted
	46	Condition on relief - tree farm licences
	47	Discretion to grant relief for forest licences

PART 7 - Standard Provisions
	48	Required provisions
	49	Standard dispute resolution provision
	50	Standard provisions
	51	Deadlines for amendment

PART 8 - Waiver or Amendment of Requirement
	52	Waiver or amendment of certain requirements of the regulation

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