Section 5 (2) (e) BEFORE amended by 2017-10-17, effective November 2, 2017 (Royal Assent).
(e) a new-non GBR timber supply area, is a partition of that allowable annual cut, as specified by regulation under section 22 (1) [AAC partitions for new non-GBR timber supply areas],
Section 21 (2) (part) BEFORE amended by 2016-11-25, effective March 7, 2017 (BC Reg 92/2017).
(2) The chief forester must not, until after the end of the AAC adjustment period, exercise a power under section 8 (5) [allowable annual cut] of the Forest Act in relation to the AAC specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for
Section 23 (4) (b) BEFORE amended by 2016-11-25, effective March 7, 2017 (BC Reg 92/2017).
(b) during the AAC adjustment period, the chief forester must not exercise a power under section 8 (5) of the Forest Act in relation to an allowable annual cut for that area, except to the extent permitted under paragraph (a) of this subsection;
Section 36 (3) (a) BEFORE amended by 2016-11-26(a), effective March 7, 2017 (BC Reg 92/2017).
(a) the minister may not exercise a power under section 75.02 (2) or (3) of the Forest Act in relation to an AAC partition specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for a relevant timber supply area or a relevant tree farm licence area, and
Section 52 BEFORE repealed by 2023-43-162, effective April 1, 2024 (BC Reg 62/2024).
Prohibition on new road permits
52 Despite section 115 [road permits and road use permits for timber harvesting] of the Forest Act, an authorized official may refuse to grant a road permit to construct or maintain a road in a special forest management area if the authorized official considers that construction or maintenance of the road would significantly impair the management and conservation of forest resources on Crown land in the special forest management area.
Section 70 BEFORE repealed by 2016-16-70(3), effective December 31, 2017 [1 year after s. 70 coming into force].
Transitional regulations — general
70 (1) Despite this or any other Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers is not provided for, or is not sufficiently provided for, in this Act;
(b) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate for the purpose of more effectively bringing this Act into operation;
(c) making provisions that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate for the purpose of preventing, minimizing or otherwise addressing any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing this Act into effect and for that purpose the Lieutenant Governor in Council may disapply or vary any provision of this Act;
(d) resolving any errors, inconsistencies or ambiguities arising in this Act.
(2) A regulation under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to the date this section comes into force or a later date and, if made retroactive, is deemed to have come into force on the specified date.
(3) This section and any regulations made under this section are repealed on the date that is one year after the date this section comes into force.