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1998 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament

FIRST READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE ANDREW PETTER

MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION,

TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY

BILL 8 – 1998

TUITION FEE FREEZE ACT

Contents

Section

Definitions

Tuition freeze

Power to make regulations

This Act prevails over all others

Sunset provision

Commencement

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"freeze period" means the period beginning on April 1, 1998 and ending on

March 31, 1999;

"post secondary institution" means a university, college or other institution

established under the University Act, the University of Northern British

Columbia Act, the Royal Roads University Act, the Technical University of

British Columbia Act , the College and Institute Act, the Institute of Technology

Act or the Open Learning Agency Act ;

"tuition fee" means a fee charged by a post secondary institution for a graduate,

undergraduate, career, technical, vocational or developmental program and

includes a mandatory ancillary fee that has the effect of increasing the cost of

tuition, but does not include a student association fee or a fee charged to an international

student or a fee charged for a contract service or a continuing education

program.

Tuition freeze

(1) The tuition fees charged by a post secondary institution for programs that are provided during the freeze period must not exceed the tuition fees charged by the institution immediately before the freeze period.

(2) The tuition fee charged by a post secondary institution for a new program must

not exceed the tuition fee charged by the institution for similar existing programs.

Power to make regulations

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in

section 41 of the

Interpretation Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations as follows:

(

a) for the purpose of applying this Act to the particular circumstances of the

individuals and post secondary institutions affected by this Act;

(

b) defining a word or expression used but not defined in this Act.

(3) Regulations under this

section may be made effective retroactively to a date on or

after the date on which this Act comes into force.

This Act prevails over all others

4 In the event of a conflict between this Act and any other enactment, this Act prevails.

Sunset provision

5 This Act expires on March 31, 1999.

Commencement

6 This Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 1998 and is retroactive to the

extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date.

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Bill is to extend the current tuition fee freeze at public post secondary institutions to March 31, 1999. The freeze applies to fees charged for graduate, undergraduate, career, technical, vocational and developmental programs as well as to mandatory ancillary fees that have the effect of increasing the cost of tuition.

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