Natural Resource Officer Authority Regulation

B.C. Reg. 38/2012
O.C. 135/2012

Deposited March 8, 2012

This consolidation is current to October 21, 2025.

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Natural Resource Compliance Act

Natural Resource Officer
Authority Regulation

[Last amended March 1, 2023 by B.C. Reg. 59/2023]

Powers and duties of natural resource officers

1 For the purposes of section 3 (1) (a) of the Natural Resource Compliance Act, a natural resource officer may exercise the powers and perform the duties of the official listed in Column 1 of the Table under the enactment set out opposite in Column 2.

References to Act include regulations

2 In the Table, a reference to an Act includes regulations made under the Act and a reference to a portion of an Act includes regulations that apply in relation to that portion of the Act.

Table

Item	Column 1 Official	Column 2 Enactment
1	officer of the management authority	Creston Valley Wildlife Act
2	inspector	Dike Maintenance Act
3	compliance and enforcement officer	Environmental Assessment Act, section 49 (3)
4	inspector	Fish and Seafood Act
5	forest officer	Forest Act
6	official	Forest and Range Practices Act
7	authorized official	Heritage Conservation Act
8	employee of the ministry	Land Act, section 105
9	public officer	Land Act, section 59 (4)
10	officer	Off-Road Vehicle Act
11	park ranger	Park Act
12	person authorized under section 24 of the Private Managed Forest Land Act	Private Managed Forest Land Act
13	officer	Water Sustainability Act
14	officer	Water Protection Act
15	inspector	Weed Control Act
16	official	Wildfire Act
17	officer	Wildlife Act

[am. B.C. Regs. 232/2013; 193/2015, App. 4; 41/2016, s. 22; 78/2018; 250/2019; 59/2023.]

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Natural Resource Compliance Act, S.B.C. 2011, c. 21, s. 5.]