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Volume 46, No. 22

B.C. Reg. 362/2003

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

November 4, 2003

B.C. Reg. 362/2003, deposited October 24, 2003, pursuant to the ADOPTION ACT [Section 91 (2)]. Order in Council 964/2003, approved and ordered October 23, 2003.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) section 4 (

a) of the Adoption Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 293/96, is amended by striking out "care of a director under the Child, Family and Community Service Act or under the guardianship of a director under that Act or the Family Relations Act , or" and substituting "custody of a director under the Child, Family and Community Service Act or under the guardianship of a director under that Act referred to in

section 29 (3) (

a) of the Family Relations Act , or", and

(

b) the Adoption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 291/96, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. — G. HOGG, Minister of Children and Family Development; C. CLARK, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

Section 1 of the Adoption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 291/96, is amended

(

a) by adding the following definition:

"aboriginal agency" means a society registered under the

Society Act that has

(

a) at least one employee who is a delegate of the director under

section 77 of the Act, and

(

b) at least one employee who is a delegate of a director under

section 92 of the

Child, Family and Community Service Act ; , and

(

b) by repealing the definition of "social worker" and substituting the following:

"social worker" means,

(

a) in the case of an adoption agency, a person who

(

i) is employed by or under contract to the adoption agency, and

(ii) is registered by the Board of Registration for Social Workers, or

(

b) in the case of the ministry or an aboriginal agency, a person employed by the ministry or aboriginal agency who

(

i) is a delegate of the director under

section 77 of the Act, and

(ii) has

(

A) a Bachelor of Social Work degree or a Master of Social Work degree, or

(

B) in the opinion of the director, qualifications and experience in social work acceptable to the director.

2 Sections 11 (2) (

b) and 15 (2) are amended by striking out "double" and substituting "certified or".

3 Sections 20 (

a) and 21 are amended by striking out "Director" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive Officer".

4 Paragraph (

b) of the definition of "designated child" in

section 26 is amended

(

a) in subparagraph (

i) by striking out "care of the" and substituting "custody of a", and

(

b) in subparagraph (iii) by striking out "the director under" and substituting "a director referred to in

section 29 (3) (

a) of".

Section 28 (6) is amended by striking out "care of the director." and substituting "care, custody or guardianship of a director under the Child, Family and Community Service Act ."

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