2019 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 41st Parliament

THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 21st day of November, 2019

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Acting Clerk of the House

HONOURABLE DAVID R. P. EBY

ATTORNEY GENERAL

BILL 40 – 2019

INTERPRETATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2019

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 26 of the

Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is repealed and the following substituted:

Pacific Time

(1) In this section, "Pacific Time" means 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

(2) A reference to time in British Columbia is a reference to Pacific Time.

Consequential Amendments

Election Act

Section 56 (3) of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended by striking out " Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Saving Time, as applicable " and substituting " Pacific Time ".

Section 75 (3) is amended by striking out " Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Saving Time, as applicable, " and substituting " Pacific Time ".

4 Form 1 of the

Schedule is amended by striking out " [Pacific Standard Time] [Pacific Daylight Saving Time] " wherever it appears and substituting " Pacific Time ".

Vancouver Charter

Section 194 of the Vancouver Charter, S.B.C. 1953, c. 55, is repealed.

Commencement

6 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

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