British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Worker Qualification Regulation (O.C. 352/2021)

O.C. 352/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that (

a) the Worker Qualification Regulation, B.C. Reg. 214/2018, is repealed, and (

b) the Cannabis Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 202/2018, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, S.B.C. 2018, c. 29, ss. 127 and Other: OIC 553/2018; OIC 528/2018 R10519643 June 17, 2021 APPENDIX Sections 10.1 (

a) and 11.2 of the Cannabi s Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 202/2018, are amended by striking out “section 20 (6) of the Worker Qualification Regulation” and substituting “section 42.1”. 2

Section 11.01 (

a) is amended by striking out “

section 20 (6) of the Worker Qualification Regulation” and substituting “section 42.1 of this regulation”. 3 The following Division is added to

Part 4: Division 3.1 – Training Matters relating to prescribed training 42.1

(1) In this section, “general training program” means the general training program established by the general manager under

section 113 (1) of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of

section 113 (5) of th e Act, the prescribed period in respect of a training certificate is 2 years after the date the certificate is issued.

(3) For the purposes of

section of the Ac t, the type of training prescribed for a retail store licensee is the general training program.

(4) For the purposes of

section 115 (1) of the Act, the type of training prescribed with respect to selling cannabis is the general training program.

(5) For the purposes of

section 115 (2) of th e Act, the type of training prescribed for adults who supervise the sale of cannabis is the general training program.

(6) For the purposes of

section of the Ac t, the general training program is the type of training prescribed for the following classes of persons: (

a) marketing licensees who are individuals; (

b) designated representatives, within the meaning of

section 10.1 of this regulation, of marketing licensees; (

c) adults who work for a marketing licensee; (

d) adults who act as an agent of a marketing licensee.

(7) For the purposes of

section of the Ac t, the activities spec ified in relation to the classes of persons referred to in subsection (6) of this

section are the following: (

a) promoting cannabis for the purpose of selling it; (

b) supervising staff who promote ca nnabis for the purpose of selling it. 4 The following

section is added: General training program fee 45.1

(1) The fee to take the general training progr am referred to in

section 42.1 (1) is $35 and, subject to subsection (2), must be paid before taking the program.

(2) If an adult who applies to take th e general training program works in a government cannabis store, the fee fo r the training may be paid by the government after the adult takes the training. 5 The following

section is added: Transition – refund of application fee for security verification An application fee for a security verification that was paid under

section 18 (1) of the Worker Qualification Regulation, as it read immediately before the coming into force of this section, must be refunded if, before that coming into force, the general manager did not communicate to the applicant a decision in respect of the application.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 352/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0352 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	205374f218a981f66a1cdf298af8d15399e1fdf5

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