Park Act PARK, CONSERVANCY AND RECREATION AREA REGULATION B.C. Reg. 180/90 Deposited June 8, 1990 and effective August 1, 1990 Last amended October 17, 2018 by B.C. Reg. 210/2018 Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia This is an unofficial consolidation. Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 B.C. Reg. 180/90 (O.C. 867/90), deposited June 8, 1990 and effective August 1, 1990, is made under the Park Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 344, s. 29. This is an unofficial consolidation provided for convenience only. This is not a copy prepared for the purposes of the Evidence Act. This consolidation includes any amendments deposited and in force as of the currency date at the bottom of each page. See the end of this regulation for any amendments deposited but not in force as of the currency date. Any amendments deposited after the currency date are listed in the B.C. Regulations Bulletins. All amendments to this regulation are listed in the Index of B.C. Regulations. Regulations Bulletins and the Index are available online at www.bclaws.ca. See the User Guide for more information about the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia. The User Guide and the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia are available online at www.bclaws.ca. Prepared by: Office of Legislative Counsel Ministry of Attorney General Victoria, B.C. Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 Park Act PARK, CONSERVANCY AND RECREATION AREA REGULATION B.C. Reg. 180/90 Contents DIVISION 1 – INTERPRETATION 1 Interpretation 1 2 Application 3 DIVISION 2 – PERMITS 3 Removal of property and restoration of area 3 4 Permits for guiding required 4 5 Permits for trapping required 4 DIVISION 3 – PUBLIC CONDUCT AND ENFORCEMENT 6 [Repealed] 4 7 Must give information 4 8 Disturbance prohibited 5 9 Eviction 5 10 Signs 5 11 Fires 6 11.1 Tobacco and e-cigarettes 6 12 Snow sliding devices 6 13 Responsibility for action of minors 7 14 Exemption from this regulation 7 15 Obstruction of a park officer or park ranger 7 16 Bowron Lake Park special regulation 7 17 Storage of equipment and supplies 7 18 Horses prohibited 7 19 Control of domestic animals 7 20 Control of other animals 8 21 Explosives prohibited 8 DIVISION 4 – MOTOR VEHICLES, VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT 22 Peace officer authority under Motor Vehicle Act 9 23 Illegal parking and tow away 9 24 Motor vehicles and snowmobiles 9 25 Cycles 10 26 Commercial vehicles prohibited 10 27 Aircraft 10 DIVISION 5 – FIREARMS, HUNTING AND FISHING 28 Possession of firearms, bows and crossbows 10 29 Discharge of firearms, bows and crossbows prohibited 11 30 Feeding of wildlife 11 31 Seizure of hunting and fishing devices 11 Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 DIVISION 6 – PRESERVATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 32 Prohibited activity 11 33 Litter only in receptacle provided 12 34 Transporting litter into a park, conservancy or recreation area 12 DIVISION 7 – CAMPING AND PICNICKING 35 Designated representative 12 36 Registration required 13 37 Controlled public access 13 38 Camping restrictions 13 39 Maximum length of stay 13 40 Limited occupancy or use 14 40.1 Second vehicles 14 40.2 Maximum number of persons on a campsite 14 DIVISION 8 – FEES 41 Fee collection period 14 42 Payment of fees 15 43 – 52 [Repealed] 15 53 Park use permit and resource use permit fees 15 54 – 55 [Repealed] 16 DIVISION 9 – PARK RANGERS 56 Park ranger responsibilities 16 SCHEDULE A 17 SCHEDULE B 20 SCHEDULES C – J [Repealed] 31 SCHEDULE K 32 SCHEDULES L – M [Repealed] 38 Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 Park Act PARK, CONSERVANCY AND RECREATION AREA REGULATION B.C. Reg. 180/90 DIVISION 1 – INTERPRETATION Interpretation 1 (1) In this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires: “Act” means the Park Act; “backcountry” means an area in a park, conservancy or recreation area that is not frontcountry; “camp” means to occupy a campsite, to set up a tent or other shelter or to remain overnight; “campground” means one or more campsites managed by an operator or the ministry; “campsite” means an area in a park, conservancy or recreation area developed by the ministry to accommodate persons who wish to camp; “Canada” does not include a corporation (a) that is, under an enactment of Canada, an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada, (b) of which the government of Canada owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the issued voting shares, or (c) that is controlled by the government of Canada, and for the purpose of this definition a corporation is controlled by the government of Canada when a majority of the members of the corporation or of its board of directors or board of management consists of either or both of the following: (i) persons appointed as members by the Governor in Council, by a minister of the government of Canada or by an enactment of Canada; (ii) public officers acting as such; “cycle” means a device having any number of wheels that is propelled by human power and on which a person may ride; “day use area” means an area in a park, conservancy or recreation area managed by an operator or the ministry for picnicking and other daytime activities; “designated long-stay campsite” means a campsite in a park, conservancy or recreation area that has been designated as a campsite where a person may camp for more than 14 days in a calendar year; “dock” means a structure connected to dry land and used for the purposes of mooring a vessel; “domestic animal” means a vertebrate that has been domesticated; Last amended October 17, 2018 1 Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 B.C. Reg. 180/90 PARK ACT PARK, CONSERVANCY AND RECREATION AREA REGULATION Division 1 – Interpretation “firearm” includes a rifle, shotgun, handgun, spring gun or any device that propels a projectile by means of an explosion, compressed gas or spring, but does not include a longbow or crossbow; “frontcountry” means an area in a park, conservancy or recreation area within one kilometre of either side of the centreline of a park road or a highway; “group” means 15 or more persons; “guide” means a person who, for compensation or reward received or promised, accompanies, assists or provides a service to another person; “hunt” means to shoot at, attract, search for, chase, pursue, follow after or on the trail of, stalk or lie in wait for wildlife, or to attempt to do any of those things, whether or not the wildlife is then or subsequently wounded, killed or captured, (a) with the intention to capture the wildlife, or (b) while in possession of a firearm or other weapon; “litter” means (a) garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash of any kind, including a container, package, bottle or can, or any part thereof, or (b) any abandoned or discarded article, product or item of manufacture, but does not include wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing; “operator” means a person authorized by a park use permit or resource use permit to operate facilities in any part of a park, conservancy or recreation area; “park” includes any land, trail, path or waterway comprised in an order under section 6 (1) (a) to (g) of the Act; “park road” means a road in a park, conservancy or recreation area that is designed and developed for the passage or parking of motor vehicles licensed under the Motor Vehicle Act; “party” means up to 8 persons, of whom at least one, but no more than 4, are 16 years old or older, and who may have with them (a) one recreational vehicle, (b) one non-recreational vehicle, or (c) one non-recreational vehicle and one legally towed trailer that is not a trailer primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational or travel use; “Province” does not include a corporation (a) that is, under an Act, an agent of the Crown, (b) of which the government owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the issued voting shares, or (c) that is controlled by the government, and for the purpose of this definition a corporation is controlled by the government when a majority of the 2 Last amended October 17, 2018 Consolidation current to October 25, 2018 PARK ACT B.C. Reg. 180/90 PARK, CONSERVANCY AND RECREATION AREA REGULATION Division 2 – Permits members of the corporation or of its board of directors or board of management consists of either or both of the following: (i) persons appointed as members by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by a minister or by an Act; (ii) public officers acting as such; “recreational vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle or a trailer, primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational or travel use; “snowmobile” means a snowmobile as defined in the Snowmobile Regulation, B.C. Reg. 65/72; “trap” means to trap, snare, net or use any other device to take or capture wildlife; “vessel” means a boat, canoe, kayak or other craft used, or capable of being used, for navigation on water; “waste” means waste as defined in the Environmental Management Act; “wildlife” means raptors, threatened species, endangered species, game or other species of vertebrates prescribed as wildlife under the Wildlife Act; “youth group” means a group of 12 or more persons (a) undertaking a camping trip or day use trip organized for the group by a school, not-for-profit society or recreational centre operated by a munici- pality or regional district for the benefit of the members of the group who are 18 years of age or younger, and (b) supervised by an adult representative of the school, not-for-profit society or recreational centre.