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Office of Legislative Counsel
Ministry of Attorney General
Province of British Columbia
The following document lists all statutes enacted, amended or repealed during
the 2003 Session of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia up to
the currency date above. The document will be updated periodically as new provisions
are brought into force and as new Bills are given assent.
Click on the appropriate letter in the alphabetical index below
to link to the listing you wish to view. A missing letter of the
alphabet indicates that no Acts beginning with that letter are
included.
Provisions in Force - Explanatory Notes
Office of Legislative Counsel
Ministry of Attorney General
Province of British Columbia
The following document lists all statutes affected so far by the 2003 Session
of the Legislative Assembly. In this document:
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Titles:
If the title of the Bill appears in full, ie: “FORESTS STATUTES
AMENDMENT ACT, 2003”, then the information that follows refers
to the entire Bill;
If the title does not include the word “Act”, ie:
“FOREST”, it indicates that the ensuing
information refers only to the portion of a Bill affecting the
referenced Act, and that the title of the Bill in which that
amendment appears may be quite different (as in a consequential
amendment).
- SBC = Statutes of British Columbia; RS
= Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996.
- Type:
- amendment means an amendment to one or more pieces of
existing legislation.
- consequential amendment means that a particular Act was
amended as a result of changes to - or the enactment of - another
Act.
- new Act means the Act is a complete new Act on a
particular subject, or a repeal and replacement of earlier
legislation, rather than an amendment to existing legislation. A
new Act may also contain amendments to existing statutes that are
consequentially affected by it.
- Acts such as the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2003 only
affect other statutes. In these cases the "Type" is listed as "amends
other Acts". For each statute affected by such an amendment Act there
is included a reference to the title of the relevant amendment Act.
- Relevant Sections refers to the sections of a new Act or
amending Act that affect a particular piece of legislation, NOT the
existing sections of the particular legislation which are affected
by the subject Act.
- How effective:
- The Commencement section (usually the last section of a Bill)
states whether the Bill is effective on a particular date or
whether it comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant
Governor in Council. If a Bill does not have a Commencement
section, it comes into force on the date of Royal Assent (R/A). IF
a provision requires a regulation (Reg) and IF a regulation has
been made the information is found under the "In force dates"
heading.
- In force dates:
- In cases where the Bill was effective on Royal Assent or on a
set date, that date is listed here. In cases where provisions are
to be brought into force by regulation, if a regulation has been
passed its number appears in square brackets followed by the
relevant date. The Interpretation Act states that the title
of an Act and its commencement provision (if any - usually the last
section of an Act) come into force on Royal Assent.
- Repeals:
- Acts which are repealed are shown with the Act title, followed
by the word REPEAL and the citation [year and chapter] for the
repealed Act.
For further information on the processes relating to statutes, regulations
and orders in council we recommend you obtain a copy of "Legislation
Made Easy". Order from Government Publication Services online
at www.publications.gov.bc.ca
or by telephone in Victoria at 387-6409 or toll free at 1 800 663-6104
or fax 250 387-1120.
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