British Columbia Gazette Part II — B.C. Reg. 409/2007
B.C. Reg. 409/2007
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Volume 50, No. 25
B.C. Reg. 409/2007
The British Columbia Gazette,
Part II
December 31, 2007
B.C. Reg. 409/2007, deposited December 13, 2007, pursuant to the WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT [Section 25.2 (2)]. Order of the Board. Dated November 30, 2007.
WHEREAS sections 25 and 25.2 of the Workers Compensation Act ("Act") require the Board to determine as of January 1, 2008, a percentage change by comparing the Consumer Price Index for October 2007 with the Consumer Price Index for October 2006 and by applying that percentage change to adjust those periodic payments of compensation referred to in
section 25 (3), and to adjust dollar amounts in the Act referred to in
section 25.2 (1);
AND
WHEREAS the Board is advised that the Consumer Price Index for October 2006 was 109.0 and for October 2007 was 111.6, giving a percentage change of 2.385321 percent, and subtracting 1% gives a percentage change of 1.385321 percent;
AND
WHEREAS
section 25 (2) requires that the percentage resulting from calculations made under
section 25 (1), for purposes of
section 25 (3), must not be greater than 4% or less than 0%;
AND
WHEREAS B.C. Reg. 87/2007 amended dollar amounts described in
section 25.2 (1) as of March 30, 2007, as shown in column 1 below;
THE BOARD HEREBY DETERMINES THAT B.C. Reg. 366/2006 shall be repealed as of January 1, 2008;
AND THAT the percentage change applicable under
section 25 (1) (
b) is 1.385321 percent;
AND THAT all periodic payments of compensation described in
section 25 (3) shall be adjusted by applying the percentage change of 1.385321 as of January 1, 2008;
AND THAT the percentage change applicable under
section 25.2 (1) is 2.385321 percent;
AND THAT all dollar amounts referred to in
section 25.2 (1) of the Act , shall be adjusted by applying the percentage change of 2.385321 as of January 1, 2008, as follows:
Column 1
Column 2
Section No.
March 30, 2007
Amended Dollar
Amount
Change to
January 1, 2008
Dollar Amount
3 (5) (c)
$112.67
$115.36
17 (3) (a) (ii)
$296.22
$303.29
17 (3) (c)
$957.21
$980.04
17 (3) (d)
$957.21
$980.04
17 (3) (f) (iii) (B)
$296.22
$303.29
17 (3) (g)
$31 912.40
$32 673.61
17 (3) (h) (
i) and (ii)
$524.26
$536.77
17 (3) (i)
$524.26
$536.77
17 (13)
$2 279.53
$2 333.90
18 (1)
$396.65
$406.11
$123.11
$126.05
22 (2)
$1 464.75
$1 499.69
29 (2)
$337.98
$346.04
33 (5)
$1 464.75
$1 499.69
35 (5)
$201.95
$206.77
73 (1)
$47 120.80
$48 244.78
75 (3)
$4 506.62
$4 614.12
77 (2)
$4 506.62
$4 614.12
196 (2)
$538 174.28
$551 011.46
217 (a) (i)
$589 010.00
$603 059.78
$29 450.52
$30 153.01
217 (b) (i)
$1 178 019.98
$1 206 119.54
$58 901.00
$60 305.98
AND pursuant to
section 25.2 (2), all sections containing such dollar amounts shall be deemed to be amended accordingly as of January 1, 2008.
— By the Board, D. Anderson, President and CEO.
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