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Definition for Part 9 |
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In this Part, "regional manager" includes a person authorized by the regional manager. |
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Log salvage district |
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The minister, by publishing a notice in the Gazette, may |
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establish an area of British Columbia as a log salvage district, and |
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abolish, or change the boundaries of, a log salvage district. |
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Receiving station licence |
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The minister may grant to a person who meets the prescribed qualifications a receiving station licence authorizing its holder to accept delivery of salvaged logs within a log salvage district. |
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A receiving station licence must contain the terms and conditions, consistent with this Act and the regulations, determined by the minister. |
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The holder of a receiving station licence must, |
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after the date specified in the licence, maintain facilities in the log salvage district for receiving, storing and sorting salvaged logs, |
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dispose of salvaged logs in the prescribed manner, |
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pay to the government the prescribed licence fees, |
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account for, hold, disburse and use the revenue the holder of the receiving station receives from the sale of salvaged logs in the prescribed manner, and |
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subject to the regulations, pay to holders of log salvage permits for salvaged logs delivered to the holder of the receiving station or a place specified by that holder, compensation in the prescribed amount. |
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If a holder of a receiving station licence fails to comply with the licence, this Part or the regulations respecting log salvage, the minister may suspend the licence for a period of time and, whether or not the licence is under suspension, may cancel the licence. |
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Before the minister cancels a receiving station licence the minister must give the holder of the licence an opportunity to be heard. |
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A log receiving station licence granted under the former Act continues in force under this Act as a receiving station licence. |
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Log salvage permit |
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Subject to the regulations, a person must not salvage logs in a log salvage district without a log salvage permit. |
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The regional manager may grant a log salvage permit to a person who meets the prescribed qualifications. |
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A log salvage permit must contain the terms and conditions, consistent with this Act and the regulations, determined by the regional manager. |
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If the holder of a log salvage permit no longer meets the prescribed qualifications or fails to comply with the permit, this Part or the regulations respecting log salvage, |
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the regional manager may suspend the permit for a period of time, and |
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the minister, whether or not the permit is under suspension, may cancel the permit. |
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Before the minister cancels a log salvage permit the minister must give the permit holder an opportunity to be heard. |
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Disposal and acquisition of salvaged logs |
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A person must not dispose of a log salvaged from a log salvage district and a person must not accept delivery of a log salvaged from a log salvage district, except as provided in the regulations. |
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Area closure |
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If notified that logs have been lost in an area of coastal waters, the regional manager, in a notice published or broadcast, or both, in or near the area may |
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order that the area described in the notice be closed to log salvaging for a period not exceeding 10 days for each order, and |
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amend the description of the area and, subject to the 10 day maximum, extend or shorten the period of the order. |
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While an area is closed a person, other than the owner of a log or the owner's agent, must not salvage a log in the area described in the order. |
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