Log Salvage Regulation for the Vancouver Log Salvage District (B.C. Reg. 220/81).

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Forest management/forest conservation Timber extraction/logging Royalties/fees Authorization/permit Marking/identification Processing/handling Transport/storage Forest service/forest officers Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract

This Regulation outlines the provisions governing log salvage in the Vancouver district. "Log salvage" means (a) securing, pursuing or searching for drift timber, or (b) for drift timber that has been secured, possession of the timber until it is returned to its owner or it is delivered to a receiving station of a licensee. This regulation is divided up into 21 parts as follows: 1 Interpretation; 2 Application; 3 Qualifications for licence; 4 Qualifications for a log salvage permit; 5 Rights of property in an identifiable log; 6 Owner of identifiable log; 7 Disposal and delivery of salvaged logs; 8 Scaling of salvaged logs; 9 Duties of licensee; 10 Compensation for disposal of salvaged logs; 11 Proceeds from disposition of logs; 12 Salvaging of logs, permit required; 13 Delivery of salvaged logs; 14 Prohibited salvaging; 15 Equipment and assistance; 16 Log identification hammers; 17 Removal from water; 18 Daylight hours; 19 Seizure; 20 Licence and permit fees and 21 Offence. This Regulation includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 109/93.

Full text

English

Website

www.qp.gov.bc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Forest Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 157).

Legislation | Canada | 1978 (2016)

Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Institution, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Inventory, Agricultural development, Authorization/permit, Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX