2016 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 40th Parliament

THIRD READING

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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 27th day of April, 2016

Craig James, Clerk of the House

HONOURABLE SHIRLEY BOND

MINISTER OF JOBS, TOURISM AND SKILLS TRAINING

AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR LABOUR

BILL 7 – 2016

INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY

AMENDMENT ACT, 2016

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

1 The Industry Training Authority Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 34, is amended by adding the following section:

Purposes of authority

2.1 The purposes of the authority are the following:

(

a) to manage and support an industry training and apprenticeship system in British Columbia;

(

b) to ensure that the industry training and apprenticeship system referred to in paragraph (

a) meets the Province's need for skilled workers;

(

c) to work with the government to achieve the government's objectives respecting the industry training and apprenticeship system referred to in paragraph (a);

(

d) to promote industry training programs, including by encouraging employers and individuals to participate in those programs;

(

e) other purposes the minister may prescribe.

Section 6 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " satisfactory to the minister and, whenever required by the Minister of Finance, " and substituting " satisfactory to the Minister of Finance and, whenever required by that minister, ",

(

b) in subsection (4) by striking out " the Minister of Finance " and substituting " the authority ",

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c) by repealing subsections (5) and (6) and substituting the following:

(5) The authority must, on or before December 31 of each year, submit for approval by the minister a 3 year strategic plan that sets out the following in relation to the authority's next 3 fiscal years:

(

a) how the authority proposes to advance each of the purposes referred to in

section 2.1;

(

b) the process the authority proposes to use to engage stakeholders to ensure that there are sufficient opportunities for stakeholders to provide to the authority advice and recommendations in relation to the strategic plan and the advancement of each of the purposes referred to in

section 2.1;

(

c) other matters the minister may require.

(5.1) The minister may require the authority to amend a strategic plan that is proposed or approved under subsection (5).

(5.2) In developing and implementing a strategic plan referred to in subsection (5), the authority must consult with

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a) industry stakeholders, and

(

b) other stakeholders the minister may specify.

(6) The authority must submit to the minister, at the times specified by the minister and in a form approved by the minister,

(

a) a report on the progress the authority has made in advancing each of the purposes referred to in

section 2.1,

(

b) a report on the progress the authority has made in carrying out the matters set out in a strategic plan approved under subsection (5), and

(

c) other reports the minister may require. ,

(

d) in subsection (7) by striking out " The financial statement referred to in subsection (6) (

b) must be prepared " and substituting " The authority must prepare financial statements ", and

(

e) by repealing subsection (10) and substituting the following:

(10) Subject to

section 7 (2), money received by the authority from any source may be retained by the authority to be used and dealt with for its purposes.

Section 12 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) prescribing other purposes of the authority; .

Commencement

4 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

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