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O.C. 1228/96

November 4, 1996

November 4, 1996

Adoption Act; Financial Administration Act

Adoption Fees Regulation

[Last amended October 4, 2021 by B.C. Reg. 189/2021]

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Definition

In this regulation, Act means the Adoption Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 5.

Fees for adoption services

A prospective adoptive parent must, for a service provided by a director as described in items 1 to 9 of Column 1 of the Schedule, pay the fee opposite that item in Column 2.

[am. B.C. Reg. 350/2005, Sch. 2, s. 1.]

Fees for openness agreements

An adoptive parent of a child under 19 years of age or a relative of the child must, for a service provided by a director as described in item 10 of Column 1 of the Schedule, pay the fee opposite that item in Column 2.

[am. B.C. Reg. 350/2005, Sch. 2, s. 1.]

Fee exceptions

Sections 2 and 3 do not apply if the service referred to in Column 1 of the

Schedule is in relation to a child

who is in the continuing 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 51 (1) (

a) of the Infants Act , or

who comes within paragraphs (

a) and (

b) of the definition of "designated child" in

section 26 of the Adoption Regulation.

[am. B.C. Regs. 362/2003, s. (a); 349/2012; 189/2021, App. 1.]

Remission of fees

Approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council is given for the remission of the obligation to pay any fee under this regulation if, in respect of the person who must pay the fee, the family unit of which that person is a part has, in the current calendar year, a before-tax annual income equal to or less than the low-income measures established by Statistics Canada for the most recent calendar year for family units of that size plus 10%.

If a person must pay more than one fee under this regulation, fee for the purpose of subsection (1) means the sum of all fees payable by that person under this regulation.

[en. B.C. Reg. 47/2010, s. (a).]

Schedule

[am. B.C. Reg. 350/2005, Sch. 2, s. 1.]

Item

Column 1

Column 2

For a homestudy conducted in relation to a person who is applying to adopt a child who is resident in British Columbia

$1 500

For a homestudy conducted in relation to a person who is applying to adopt a child who is not resident in British Columbia

$2 250

For a second or subsequent homestudy conducted in relation to a person referred to in item 1 or 2

$500

For an approval under

section 6 (2) of the Act of the prospective adoptive parent on the basis of a homestudy referred to in

section 97 of the Act

$250

For the service or combination of services provided under

section 8 (2) of the Act in relation to a direct placement, including preparation of a pre-placement assessment

$1 000

For the meeting and report contemplated under

section 30 of the Act

$200

For preparation of a post-placement report under

section 33 of the Act

$750

For each progress report required to obtain the consent of an extra-provincial agency under

section 48 (2) (

d) of the Act to the adoption of a child who is not resident in British Columbia

$150

For the filing with a director of each annual update of a homestudy required under

section 3 (5) of the Adoption Regulation

$75

For assistance provided in relation to renegotiating an openness agreement made under

section 59 of the Act or negotiating an openness agreement under

section 60 (2) (

a) of the Act

$150

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Adoption Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 5, ss. 80 and 91 to 93; Financial Administration Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 138, s. 19.]