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1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament

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HONOURABLE DAN MILLER

MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND INVESTMENT

BILL 6 – 1997

JOB PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1997

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Job Protection Act

Section 20 of the Job Protection Act, S.B.C. 1991, c. 4, is repealed and the following

substituted:

Sunset provision

(1) Sections 1 to 19 may be repealed on or after April 12, 1999 by regulation of

the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The repeal authorized by subsection (1) does not affect an economic plan or

agreement that has force and effect under

section 9 immediately before the

date of the repeal, and sections 1 to 19 are deemed to remain in force on and

after that date to the extent necessary to give the economic plan and the

agreement force and effect according to their tenor.

Consequential Amendments

Forest Act

Section 50.2 (12) of the Forest Act , S.B.C. 1979, c. 140, is repealed and the following substituted:

(12) Subsection (11) and this subsection are repealed on the date, if any, on

which sections 1 to 19 of the Job Protection Act are repealed under

section

20 of that Act by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996

Section 56 (12) of the Forest Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 157, is repealed and the following

substituted:

(12) Subsection (11) and this subsection are repealed on the date, if any, on

which sections 1 to 19 of the Job Protection Act are repealed under

section 20 of that Act by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Job Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996

Section 20 of the Job Protection Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 240 is repealed and the following

substituted:

Sunset provision

(1) Sections 1 to 19 may be repealed on or after April 12, 1999 by regulation of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The repeal authorized by subsection (1) does not affect an economic plan or

agreement that has force and effect under

section 9 immediately before the date

of the repeal, and sections 1 to 19 are deemed to remain in force on and after that

date to the extent necessary to give the economic plan and the agreement force

and effect according to their tenor.

Explanatory Notes

[Sections 3 and 4 of this Bill amends the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996. The Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996 come into force on April 21, 1997.]

SECTION 1: [Job Protection Act, re-enacts

section 20] removes the existing April 12, 1997

"sunset" date for sections 1 to 19 of the Job Protection Act and substitutes a

provision giving discretion to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to repeal

those provisions by regulation at any time on or after April 12, 1999.

SECTION 2: [Forest Act, repeals and replaces

section 50.2 (12)] is consequential to the

repeal and replacement of

section 20 of the Job Protection Act .

SECTIONS 3 AND 4: [Forest Act, repeals and replaces

section 56 (12),

Job Protection Act, re-enacts

section 20] are consequential to the re-enactment

of the statutes of British Columbia in the form of the Revised Statutes of British

Columbia, 1996, which come into force on April 21, 1997. Sections 3 and 4 make

the same changes in the 1996 revision as sections 1 and 2 make in the pre-revision

versions of the Job Protection Act and the Forest Act .

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