Section 1 (1) BEFORE amended by 2006-13-28, effective March 30, 2006 (Royal Assent).
(1) The ministry of the public service of British Columbia called the Ministry of Forests is continued.
Section 2 (4) BEFORE amended by 2003-32-37, effective June 20, 2003 (BC Reg 242/2003).
(4) The minister may designate one or more employees of the ministry to act temporarily in the place of the chief forester or a regional manager.
Section 2 (4) BEFORE amended by 2011-13-106, effective July 21, 2011 (BC Reg 133/2011).
(4) The minister may designate one or more employees of the ministry to act temporarily in the place of the chief forester, a timber sales manager or a regional manager.
Section 2 (5) BEFORE repealed by 2011-13-106, effective July 21, 2011 (BC Reg 133/2011).
(5) The regional manager may designate one or more employees of the ministry to act temporarily in the place of a district manager.
Section 4 (d) BEFORE amended by 2006-13-29, effective March 30, 2006 (Royal Assent).
(d) encourage a vigorous, efficient and world competitive timber processing industry in British Columbia;
Section 7 BEFORE repealed by 2003-32-38, effective May 29, 2003 (Royal Assent).
Resource analysis every 10 years
7 Not later than September 30, 1994 and September 30 of every 10th year after that the minister must prepare and submit to the Lieutenant Governor in Council a forest and range resource analysis containing the following:
(a) a description of the inventory of the forest and range resources in British Columbia;
(b) a description of the location and extent of areas of forest land in British Columbia that
(i) have been denuded of timber through harvesting or otherwise and that, in the opinion of the chief forester, have not become either restocked or established with a free growing stand of commercially valuable species of timber, or
(ii) are producing timber at a rate that, in the opinion of the chief forester, is substantially lower than their potential;
(c) a description of the programs of the ministry respecting public and private forest and range management, protection, conservation, investment and research;
(d) an analysis of trends in and a forecast of
(i) domestic and international demand for and uses of the forest and range resources in British Columbia and products manufactured from them, and
(ii) the supply of the forest and range resources in British Columbia and products manufactured from them, in relation to the supply from areas outside British Columbia;
(e) a summary of developments in and questions of public policy that are expected to influence significantly and to affect the use, ownership, licensing and management of forest and range resources.
Section 8 BEFORE repealed by 2003-32-38, effective May 29, 2003 (Royal Assent).
Five year resource program
8 Not later than September 30 of each year the minister must submit to the Lieutenant Governor in Council a forest and range resource program containing
(a) a presentation of the alternatives available for establishing free growing stands on forest land, for increasing the productivity of forest and range land and for otherwise improving forest and range resources in British Columbia, identifying the following:
(i) estimated capital and current expenditures associated with each alternative;
(ii) the estimated effect of each alternative on the productivity of the resources;
(iii) estimated direct and indirect economic and social benefits and costs associated with each alternative;
(iv) an assessment of the priorities that should be given to each alternative, and
(b) a program recommended to be implemented by the ministry during the 5 year period beginning April 1 of the year following the date it is submitted, for establishing free growing stands on forest land, increasing the productivity of forest and range land and otherwise improving forest and range resources in British Columbia, including the following:
(i) a schedule for implementing the program;
(ii) the method to be used and priorities adopted for implementing the program;
(iii) the roles to be played by the government and the private sector in implementing the program.
Section 9 BEFORE repealed by 2003-32-38, effective May 29, 2003 (Royal Assent).
Analysis and program to be laid before Assembly
9 A forest and range resource analysis and a forest and range resource program must be laid before the Legislative Assembly no later than 15 days after commencement of the first session in the calendar year following its submission to the Lieutenant Governor in Council under sections 7 and 8.
Section 10 BEFORE repealed by 2003-32-38, effective May 29, 2003 (Royal Assent).
Annual report
10 (1) The minister must submit to the Lieutenant Governor in Council an annual report of the work performed by the ministry.
(2) The annual report must be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 15 days after commencement of the first session in the year following the end of the year for which the report is made.
(3) The annual report must include
(a) a review of the forest and range program then in effect, with the following:
(i) a statement of the expenditures incurred to implement it;
(ii) an assessment of the effect it has had on the productivity of forest and range resources in British Columbia;
(iii) an analysis of the direct and indirect economic and social benefits and costs associated with its implementation;
(iv) a statement of the audits made in respect of silviculture treatments carried out under the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, and
(b) a summary of forest land in British Columbia, showing the following:
(i) areas denuded of forest during the year;
(ii) areas restocked and areas established with a free growing stand during the year;
(iii) areas the productivity of which has been improved during the year.