British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation (O.C. 118/2020)

O.C. 118/2020

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 Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and (

b) the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2. Attorney 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: Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231, s. 45; Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, s. 210 Other: OIC 1897/83; OIC 1004/58 R10389043 March 5, 2020 ~-

SCHEDULE 1

Section 1 (1) of the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is amended in paragraph (

b) of the definition of “TNS vehicle” by striking out “other than a taxi” and substituting “other than a taxi with an owner’s certificate that has an effective date on or before April 30, 2020”. 2 The following

section is added to Division of

Part 3: Premium adjustment agreements – non-fleet taxis 15.91

(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a taxi is insured but not as part of a fleet under

Part 12, the corporation and the owner or renter of the taxi may enter into an agreement, effective May 1, 2020, to adjust the amount of the premium for the certificate to insure the taxi based on the following factors: (

a) the distance over which the taxi is operated between May 1, 2020 and the expiry of the certificate; (

b) where the taxi is operated between May 1, 2020 and the expiry of the certificate.

(2) The corporation may enter into an agreement referred to in subsection (1) if (

a) the certificate to insure the taxi is either of the following: (

i) a certificate issued as a result of the approval of an application made under

section 3; (ii) an interim owner’s certificate issued under

section 4, (

b) the certificate has an effective date (

i) on or after April 30, 2019, and (ii) on or before April 30, 2020, and (

c) the certificate is valid on May 1, 2020. 3

Section is amended (

a) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph: (

u) non-fleet taxi certificate (APV-434). , (

b) in subsection (2) by striking out “ subsections (3) to (8) ” and substituting “subsections (3) to (9)”, and (

c) by adding the following subsection:

(9) An additional product certificate issued under subsection (1) (

u) does not include coverage under Division of

Part 10. 4

Section is amended (

a) in subsection (1) by striking out “ If an application to insure vehicles as a fleet has been approved under

section 156 ” and substituting “ If an application made under

section to insure vehicles as a fleet has been approved ”, and (

b) by adding the following subsections:

(3) If an application made under

section to insure taxis as a fleet has been approved and, on May 1, 2020, a taxi is insured as part of the fleet, the corporation and the fleet operator may enter into an agreement, effective May 1, 2020, to adjust, in accordance with subsection (4), the amount of premium payable for the insurance year that (

a) begins after May 1, 2019, and (

b) ends on or before March 31, 2021.

(4) Under an agreement referred to in subsection (3), the amount of premium payable may be adjusted based on the following factors: (

a) the distance over which the taxis in the fleet are ope rated between May 1, 2020 and the end of the fleet’s insurance year; (

b) where the taxis in the fleet are operated between May 1, 2020 and the end of the fleet’s insurance year.

SCHEDULE 2

Section 10.26 (2) (

b) of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is amended by striking out “ for a taxi” and substituting “ for a taxi with an owner’s certificate that has an effective date on or before April 30, 2020”.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 118/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0118 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	289b0c0a98d569b913eba8f419af995c673f48c6

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