Third Party: Forest Practices Board
APPEAL NO. 2013-WFA-G01

These two appeals relate to a fire centre manager’s decision that Wayne Blacklock and Interior Roads Ltd. contravened the Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation. Mr. Blacklock, a contractor for Interior Roads Ltd., was found to have caused a fire while mowing the roadside. The manager apportioned the government’s fire control costs at 60 percent to Mr. Blacklock and 40 percent to Interior Roads Ltd. The Board took the position that the Wildfire Act should be interpreted as giving the minister the discretion to decide how much of the government’s costs of fire control a person should be required to pay. The Board withdrew as a party and an order allowing the appeal was consented to by the remaining parties.

Appeal allowed.

Consent Order: http://www.fac.gov.bc.ca/wildfireAct/2013wfa001_002_consent_order.pdf