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Volume 63, No. 4

48/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 10, 2020

B.C. Reg. 48/2020 , deposited March 5, 2020, under the INSURANCE (VEHICLE) ACT [section 45]. Order in Council 120/2020, approved and ordered March 5, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Insurance (Vehicle)

Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— D. EBY, Attorney General ; D. DONALDSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix

Section 49 (1.1) of the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is

repealed and the following substituted:

(1.1) In respect of a TNS-only vehicle operated under a transportation network

services authorization, the corporation's exemption under subsection (1) (f.1) applies

only if injury or death of another, or loss or damage to property of another, arises

out of the operation of the TNS-only vehicle when

(

a) the vehicle has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online

platform to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(

b) the insured is operating the vehicle for the purposes of picking up, transporting

or dropping off those passengers.

Section 65 (2.1) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2.1) In respect of a TNS-only vehicle operated under a transportation network

services authorization, the corporation's exemption under subsection (2) (c.1) applies

only if injury or death of another, or loss or damage to property of another, arises

out of the operation of the TNS-only vehicle when

(

a) the vehicle has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online

platform to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(

b) the insured is operating the vehicle for the purposes of picking up, transporting

or dropping off those passengers.

Section 148.4 (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) An owner's certificate issued in respect of a vehicle operated as a TNS-only

vehicle under a transportation network services authorization does not provide coverage

under this Division to an insured who is an occupant of the vehicle if death or injury

is caused by an accident that occurs when

(

a) the vehicle has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online

platform to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(

b) a person is operating the vehicle for the purposes of picking up, transporting

or dropping off those passengers.

Section 154.4 is repealed and the following substituted:

When coverage provided by TNS blanket certificate applies

154.4 Coverage provided by a TNS blanket certificate applies in respect of a TNS vehicle

operated under a transportation network services authorization, instead of the coverage

provided by another certificate, when

(

a) the vehicle has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online

platform to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(

b) a person is operating the vehicle for the purposes of picking up, transporting

or dropping off those passengers.

Section 181 (c) (ii) is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) the loss or damage arises when

(

A) the vehicle has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online

platform to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(

B) a person is operating the vehicle for the purposes of picking up, transporting

or dropping off those passengers; .

Section 1 (5) (

b) of

Schedule 3 is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) $1 million, in the case of claims made in respect of an accident that occurs

when a TNS-only vehicle operated under a transportation network services authorization

(

i) has been hailed by or for passengers through the use of the online platform

to which the transportation network services authorization relates, and

(ii) is being operated for the purposes of picking up, transporting or dropping

off those passengers, .

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