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Volume 61, No. 9

89/2018

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 8, 2018

B.C. Reg. 89/2018 , deposited April 27, 2018, under the LOCAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT [section 100]. Order in Council 217/2018, approved and ordered April 27, 2018.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Local Elections Campaign Financing Expense Limit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 309/2016, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. ROBINSON, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing ; L. POPHAM, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 10.1 of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Expense Limit Regulation, B.C. Reg. 309/2016, is amended

(

a) by renumbering the

section as

section 10.1 (1), and

(

b) by adding the following subsections:

(2) As an exception to

section 14 (6) (e) [day-to-day administration of a continuing elector organization] of the Act,

(

a) the value of property and services used exclusively for the day-to-day administration of an elector organization office that operates on a continuing basis outside of campaign periods or election periods, including salaries and wages paid by the elector organization to its permanent staff, is an election expense when incurred during campaign periods or election periods, and

(

b) an election expense under paragraph (

a) of this subsection is not included when determining if the election expense limit for a candidate endorsed by the elector organization exceeds the expense limit for the candidate.

(3) The value of property and services described in subsection (2) (

a) of this

section used before the date this

section comes into force must be disclosed in accordance with

section 44 [information respecting exclusions from elector organization election period expenses] of this regulation.

Section 43 is amended

(

a) by renumbering the

section as

section 43 (1),

(

b) in subsection (1) by striking out “ An elector organization ” and substituting “ Subject to subsection (2), an elector organization ”,

(

c) in subsection (1) (

c) by striking out “ value of campaign period expenses ” and substituting “ value of the campaign period expenses ”, and

(

d) by adding the following subsection:

(2) An elector organization disclosure statement must include the following information respecting campaign period expenses of the elector organization that are election expenses under

section 10.1 (2) (a) [value of day-to-day property and services used exclusively for daytoday administration of continuing elector organization] :

(

a) the total value of the campaign period expenses in each class of election expenses;

(

b) if a total value of the campaign period expenses is provided in respect of the class described in

section 6 (h) [classes of election expenses] , a description of the campaign period expenses.

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