Section 3 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(b) the climactic conditions under which cuttings are to be taken and seedlings established.
Section 3 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) and sections 10 and 11 [exemptions], a person to whom vegetative material is provided under this section must pay to the government $0.03 per seedling requested by the person.
Section 5 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(1) The fee to process seeds for registration and storage is the following:
(a) if extraction of the seeds from cones is not required, $75;
(b) if extraction of the seeds from cones is required, the fee determined under subsection (2).
Section 5 (2) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
Section 5 (2) (b) (ii) (A) and (B) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(A) if the volume of the cones from which the seeds are to be extracted is less than or equal to 40 hL, $200;
(B) if the volume of the cones from which the seeds are to be extracted is greater than 40 hL, $300;
Section 5 (2) (b) (iii) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(iii) if atypical effort is required to process the seeds or the person to whom the service is provided requests that the seeds be processed in a special manner, the fee determined under subsection (3).
Section 5 (3) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(3) The fee for the purposes of subsection (2) (b) (iii) is the sum of
Section 5 (3) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(a) a basic fee of $60 per hour of labour, and
Section 5 (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(4) The fee to upgrade or blend seedlots is $60 per hour of labour.
Section 6 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(1) The fee to collect a sample of seeds from a seedlot for testing is $24 per sample, regardless of the number of tests for which the sample is to be used.
Section 7 (1) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
Section 7 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(2) The fee for pelleting is the following:
(a) in the case of western redcedar seeds, the lesser of
(ii) the sum of a basic fee of $135 and an additional fee of $0.45 per gram of seeds;
(b) in any other case, the sum of a basic fee of $62 and the fee per gram of seeds that the government is charged to have the seeds pelletted.
Section 8 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(1) The fee to withdraw, package and label seeds is $12.
Section 8 (3) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
(a) if the package is sent with 2 or more other packages withdrawn by the same person and sent to the same address, $6 per package;
Schedule 1, tables 1 and 2 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
Table 1
Orchard Seeds
| Column 1 Tree | Column 2 Price per kg | Column 3 Germination index |
| Alder, red | $13 000 | 90% |
| Birch, paper | $19 200 | 85% |
| Douglas-fir — coastal | $4 520 | 90% |
| Douglas-fir — interior | $4 320 | 90% |
| Hemlock, western | $7 000 | 90% |
| Larch, western | $3 850 | 85% |
| Pine, lodgepole | $8 500 | 90% |
| Pine, ponderosa | $1 000 | 85% |
| Pine, western white | $2 500 | 85% |
| Redcedar, western | $8 400 | 85% |
| Spruce, white, Engelmann or any hybrid | $4 400 | 85% |
| Spruce, Sitka | $4 000 | 90% |
Table 2
Wild Seeds
| Column 1 Tree | Column 2 Price per kg | Column 3 Germination index |
| Alder, red | $483 | 65% |
| Birch, paper | $447 | 75% |
| Cedar, yellow | $3 704 | 40% |
| Douglas-fir — coastal, 1966 crop | $527 | 80% |
| Douglas-fir — coastal, other crops | $924 | 90% |
| Douglas-fir — interior | $686 | 90% |
| Fir, amabilis | $298 | 75% |
| Fir, grand | $239 | 80% |
| Fir, noble | $209 | 60% |
| Fir, subalpine | $477 | 60% |
| Hemlock, mountain | $2 192 | 85% |
| Hemlock, western | $1 715 | 90% |
| Larch, western | $1 879 | 85% |
| Pine, limber | $3 080 | 45% |
| Pine, lodgepole — coastal | $1 520 | 90% |
| Pine, lodgepole — interior | $1 826 | 90% |
| Pine, ponderosa | $298 | 90% |
| Pine, western white | $1 119 | 85% |
| Redcedar, western | $1 669 | 80% |
| Spruce, other than Sitka | $823 | 90% |
| Spruce, Sitka | $999 | 90% |
Schedule 2, tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 222/2024, effective July 15, 2024.
Table 1
Processing Fees
| Column 1 Tree | Column 2 Fee per hL of cones |
| Alder | $94 |
| Birch | $94 |
| Cedar, yellow | $94 |
| Douglas-fir | $80 |
| Fir, amabilis, grand or subalpine | $170 |
| Hemlock, western or mountain | $102 |
| Larch | $94 |
| Pine, limber, ponderosa or whitebark | $86 |
| Pine, lodgepole or western white | $72 |
| Redcedar, western | $94 |
| Spruce, black | $110 |
| Spruce, other than black | $72 |
Table 2
Germination Tests
| Column 1 Tree | Column 2 Fee |
| Alder | $43 |
| Aspen | $43 |
| Birch | $43 |
| Cedar, yellow | $90 |
| Douglas-fir | $37 |
| Fir, amabilis, noble or subalpine | $90 |
| Fir, grand | $68 |
| Hemlock | $50 |
| Larch | $50 |
| Pine, limber, western white or whitebark | $90 |
| Pine, lodgepole or ponderosa | $37 |
| Redcedar, western | $43 |
| Spruce | $37 |
Table 3
Other Tests
| Column 1 Test | Column 2 Fee |
| Fungal assay | actual cost |
| Moisture test | $14 |
| Purity test | $37 |
| Weight test | $20 |
| X-ray test | $14 |
Table 4
Stratification
| Column 1 Stratification | Column 2 Fee |
| Stratification of yellow cedar seeds | $130 |
| Stratification of other seeds for ≤ 6 weeks | $40 |
| Stratification of other seeds for > 6 weeks | $55 |