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Volume 65, No. 4

49/2022

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 1, 2022

B.C. Reg. 49/2022 , deposited February 28, 2022, under the COMMUNITY CHARTER [section 94.2]. Ministerial Order M52/2022, dated February 25, 2022.

I, Josie Osborne, Minister of Municipal Affairs, order that, effective February 28, 2022, the attached Public Notice Regulation is made.

— J. OSBORNE, Minister of Municipal Affairs .

PUBLIC NOTICE REGULATION

Definition

1 In this regulation, "Act" means the Community Charter .

Principles for effective public notice

(1) Before adopting, under

section 94.2 of the Act, a bylaw providing for alternative means of publishing a notice, a council must consider the following principles:

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a) the means of publication should be reliable;

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b) the means of publication should be suitable for providing notices;

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c) the means of publication should be accessible.

(2) Means of publication are reliable if

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a) they provide factual information, and

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b) publication takes place at least once a month or, if the means of publication is a website, the website is updated at least once a month.

(3) Means of publication are suitable for providing notices if

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a) they allow all information in a notice to be displayed legibly,

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b) they allow a notice to be published by the required date, and

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c) they allow a person to consult a notice more than once during the period from the date of publication until the date of the matter for which notice is required.

(4) Means of publication are accessible if

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a) they are directed or made available to a diverse audience or readership, and

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b) they are easily found.

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