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1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament

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HONOURABLE PAUL RAMSEY

MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND TRAINING

BILL 53 – 1997

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 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:

Section 1 (

b) of the Industrial Development Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 220, is repealed and

the following substituted:

(

b) make other arrangements regarding the future operations of that industry

the Lieutenant Governor in Council believes to be in the best interest of

British Columbia including arrangements for the sale or transfer of

electricity to that person from sources other than the hydro electric

development and works and facilities made and constructed by that person

and on terms and for a price the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers

advisable.

Explanatory Notes

[This Bill amends the Revised Statutes of British Columbia,

1996. The Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996 came into force on April

21, 1997.]

SECTION 1: [Industrial Development Act, repeals and replaces

section 1 (b)] clarifies that

the Lieutenant Governor in Council's powers, relative to the establishment or

expansion of the aluminum industry, include the discretion to make arrangements for the supply of electricity from a source other than an aluminum

industry proponent's own hydro electric facilities.

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