Crown Land Fees Regulation

B.C. Reg. 177/2003
O.C. 445/2003

Deposited April 24, 2003
effective June 1, 2003

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Land Act; Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act

Crown Land Fees Regulation

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 159/2007, June 1, 2007]

Contents
	1	Application fees
	2	Fees — general
	2.1	Alpine skiing
	3	Oil and Gas Commission
	4	Transition

Application fees

1A person applying under the Land Act must pay to the Minister of Finance for the purposes itemized in Column 1 of the Schedule to this section the application fee set opposite that item in Column 2.

Schedule
Item	Column 1			Column 2 Application Fee

1	Agriculture			$250
2	Commercial Recreation — non-mechanized uses			$250
3	General Commercial — excluding film production, marinas, golf courses			$250
4	Grazing			$250
5	Private Moorage			$250
6	Institutional and Community			$250
7	Residential			$250
8	Transportation/roadways — public use, excluding ferry terminals and airports			$250
9	Film Production			$500
10	General Industrial — excludes Log Handling, Quarrying, Energy and Mining			$500
11	Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 247/2003 s. 1.]
12	Investigative Permits			$500
13	Marina			$500
14	Energy and Mining — excludes alternative power projects			$500
15	Alpine Skiing — Type 1 (minor) operation			$1 000
16	Communication Sites			$1 000
17	Log Handling			$1 000
18	Public and Private Utilities — linear utilities less than 25 km long			$1 000
19	Quarrying			$1 000
20	Transportation/roadways — industrial use or private use, excludes ferry terminals and airports			$1 000
21	Commercial Recreation — Mechanized uses - up to and including October 31, 2003 - on and after November 1, 2003			$250 $3 300
22	Federal Reserves/Transfers			$3 300
23	Golf Courses			$3 300
24	Alternative Power Projects — includes water and wind power			$3 300
25	(a) Finfish — Aquaculture			$4 925
25	(b) Shellfish — Aquaculture			$1 200
26	Airports			$50 for each hour of staff time with $25 minimum fee
27	Ferry Terminals — other than general commercial or general industrial use			$50 for each hour of staff time with $25 minimum fee
28	Alpine Skiing — Type 2 (major) operation
		(a) New Ski Area
			(i) interim agreement stage	$10 000
			(ii) master plan stage	$15 000
			(iii) master development agreement stage	$15 000
		(b) Expansion of Existing Ski Area
			(i) interim agreement stage	$5 000
			(ii) master plan stage	$10 000
			(iii) master development agreement stage	$10 000
		(c) Major amendment to master plan		$10 000
29	Head Leases			$50 for each hour of staff time with $25 minimum fee
30	Public and Private Utilities — linear utilities 25 km or longer			$50 for each hour of staff time with $25 minimum fee

[am. B.C. Regs. 247/2003, s. 1; 4/2007, s. 1; 159/2007, s. 1.]

Fees — general

2A person must pay to the Minister of Finance for a matter itemized in Column 1 of the Schedule to this section the fee set opposite that item in Column 2.

Schedule
Item	Column 1		Column 2 Fee

1	For an application for a declaration of intention under section 58 of the Land Act for inclusion of a waterbody or road in a Crown grant subdivision		$500
2	For application for a replacement of a disposition or the conversion of an existing disposition to another form of disposition		50% of the application fee listed in the schedule to section 1 for the purpose listed or $200 whichever is more
3	(a) For an application for expansion of a Finfish aquaculture disposition		50% of the application fee listed in the Schedule to section 1 for Finfish aquaculture purposes
3	(b) For an application for expansion of a Shellfish aquaculture disposition		50% of the application fee listed in the Schedule to section 1 for Shellfish aquaculture purposes
4	For an application to amend an aquaculture disposition other than a minor amendment referred to in item 5		$500
5	For an application to process a minor amendment to a disposition requested by the holder of the disposition (including changes related to insurance, security and bonds, minor extensions to the term of the disposition to meet survey requirements, and other similar matters, but not including changes that substantially alter the terms and conditions of a disposition agreement)		$100
6	For an application to process and approve any document evidencing the assignment of an interest passing under a disposition, including assignments by way of mortgage, and including consent to sub-tenure. Half-fee for each assignment in batch requests greater than 5		$250
7	For the preparation of a certified true copy of any legal document that has been issued pursuant to a disposition		50
8	For the extracting, reviewing, researching or compilation of information from Land and Water BC Inc. records		$50 for each hour with $25 minimum fee
9	For an application to reinstate a cancelled disposition		$300
10	For photocopying information from Land and Water BC Inc. records		$0.25 for each page (single-sided), for requests of more than 20 pages (i.e. 20 pages or fewer is free; minimum charge is $5.25 or 21 pages)
11	For copying or printing of maps		$10 each copy
12	For the issuance of survey instructions and the final plan examinations for surveys of Crown land, including easements or statutory rights of way less than 25 km in length		$300
13	For the issuance of survey instructions and the final examination of survey plans of easements or statutory rights of way which are 25 km long or longer		$50 per hour
14	For applications related to Alpine Skiing – Type 2 (major) operation, as follows:
		(a) an application to issue a disposition as provided by a master development agreement	$250
		(b) an application for a replacement of a master dvelopment agreement and its associated tenures	$250
		(c) an application to process and approve an assignment, mortgage or other disposition of an interest under a master development agreement and its associated tenures	$250

[am. B.C. Regs. 247/2003, s. 2; 4/2007, s. 2; 159/2007, s. 2.]

Alpine skiing

2.1A person requesting a disposition under the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act in relation to a land use set out under items 15 or 28 of Column 1 of the Schedule to section 1 must pay to the Minister of Finance the fee set out opposite in Column 2.

[en. B.C. Reg. 109/2005, s. (b).]

Oil and Gas Commission

3No fees are payable in respect of an application described in section 1 of this regulation if the Oil and Gas Commission is exercising its authority for that application under section 17 of the Oil and Gas Commission Act.

[en. B.C. Reg. 247/2003, s. 3.]

Transition

4If an applicant

(a) paid the fees applicable on submission of an application under the Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 167/92, the Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 166/2003, the Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 176/2003, the Land Act Shellfish Aquaculture Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 232/99, or the Land Act Shellfish Aquaculture Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 175/2003, before this section was enacted,

(b) has not paid the fees applicable on approval of an application and issuance of a disposition under Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 167/92, the Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 166/2003, the Land Act Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 176/2003, the Land Act Shellfish Aquaculture Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 232/99 or the Land Act Shellfish Aquaculture Fee Regulation, B.C. Reg. 175/2003, and

then that applicant must pay the fees referred to in paragraph (b) prior to the issuance of a disposition.

[en. B.C. Reg. 248/2003.]

Note: this regulation replaces B.C. Regs. 175/2003 and 176/2003.

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 245, sections 6 (3), 32 (1) and 110; Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 307, section 11]