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Volume 46, No. 26

B.C. Reg. 485/2003

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2003

B.C. Reg. 485/2003, deposited December 16, 2003, pursuant to the WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT [Sections 25 and 25.2]. Order of the Workers' Compensation Board, dated December 4, 2003.

WHEREAS, effective December 31, 2003, sections 25 and 25.2 of the

Workers Compensation Act ("Act") will require the Board to determine as of January 1, 2004, a percentage change by comparing the Consumer Price Index for October 2003 with the Consumer Price Index for October 2002 and by applying that percentage change to adjust those periodic payments of compensation referred to in

section 25 (3), and to adjust dollar amounts in the Act referred to in

section 25.2 (1);

AND

WHEREAS the Board is required to make this determination prior to amendments to sections 25 and 25.2 coming into force in order that the Board is able to make the required adjustments as of January 1, 2004;

AND

WHEREAS the Board is advised that the Consumer Price Index for October 2002 was 120.5 and for October 2003 was 122.4, giving a percentage change of 1.576763 per cent, and subtracting 1 per cent gives a percentage change of 0.576763 per cent;

AND

WHEREAS B.C. Reg. 36/2003 and 310/2003 amended dollar amounts described in

section 25.2 (1) as of January 1, 2003 and July 25, 2003 as shown in column 1 below;

THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT B.C. Reg. 325/2002 and 216/2003 shall be repealed as

of January 1, 2004;

AND THAT the percentage change applicable under

section 25 (1) (

b) is 0.576763 per cent;

AND THAT all periodic payments of compensation described in

section 25 (3) shall be adjusted by applying the percentage change of 0.576763 as of January 1, 2004;

AND THAT the percentage change applicable under

section 25.2 (1) is 1.576763 per cent;

AND THAT all dollar amounts referred to in

section 25.2 (1) of the Act , shall be adjusted by applying

the percentage change of 1.576763 as of January 1, 2004, as follows:

Section No.

Column 1

January 30, 2003

Amended Dollar Amount

Change to

Column 2

January 1, 2004

Dollar Amount

3 (5) (c)

104.68

106.33

22 (2)

1,360.85

1,382.31

29 (2)

314.00

318.95

33 (5)

1,360.85

1,382.31

35 (5)

187.62

190.58

73 (1)

43,778.38

44,468.66

75 (3)

4,186.95

4,252.97

77 (2)

4,186.95

4,252.97

196 (2)

500,000.00

507,883.82

217 (a) (i)

547,229.80

555,858.32

27,361.50

27,792.93

217 (b) (i)

1,094,459.59

1,111,716.62

54,722.98

55,585.83

Section No.

Column 1

July 25, 2003

Amended Dollar Amount

Change to

Column 2

January 1, 2004

Dollar Amount

17 (3) (a) (ii)

275.21

279.55

17 (3) (c)

889.32

903.34

17 (3) (d)

889.32

903.34

17 (3) (f) (iii) (B)

275.21

279.55

17 (3) (g)

29,648.76

30,116.25

17 (3) (h) (i)

487.07

494.75

17 (3) (h) (ii)

487.07

494.75

17 (3) (i)

487.07

494.75

17 (13)

2,117.84

2,151.23

18 (1)

368.52

374.33

114.38

116.18

And pursuant to

Section 25.2 (2), all sections containing such dollar amounts shall be deemed to be amended accordingly as of January 1, 2004. — By the Board, R. W. McGINN, P.Eng.,

President and CEO.

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