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Volume 48, No. 6

B.C. Reg. 142/2005

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 22, 2005

B.C. Reg. 142/2005, deposited March 18, 2005, pursuant

to the HOTEL ROOM TAX ACT [Section 43 (2) (e), (

f) and (g)]. Order in Council 248/2005, approved and ordered March 17, 2005.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor,

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Eligible Entities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 73/2004,

is amended as set out in

Schedule 1, and

(

b) the Additional Tax Regulation for the Sun Peaks Mountain

Resort Area, as set out in

Schedule 2, is made.

— C. HANSEN,

Minister of Finance ; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive

Council .

Schedule 1

1 The Eligible Entities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 73/2004, is amended by

adding the following section:

Qualification of Entities (Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Area)

(1) In this section, "Resort Area" means

the land comprising the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Area, as set out in Minister's

Order 135/1996.

(2) An entity is qualified to be eligible to request

that a regulation be made under

section 43 (2) (e) (ii)

of the Hotel Room Tax Act if the entity

(

a) is a not-for-profit business association,

(

b) has a place of business in the Resort Area, and

(

c) engages in

(

i) tourism marketing on behalf of persons in the Resort Area,

(ii) tourism programs and projects in the Resort Area, and

(iii) organizing, contributing to or facilitating funding

for the capital cost of constructing a public road from the Resort Area to Highway 1

(Trans Canada).

Schedule 2

ADDITIONAL TAX REGULATION

FOR THE SUN PEAKS MOUNTAIN RESORT AREA

Definition

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Hotel Room Tax Act ;

"Resort Area" means the land comprising the Sun

Peaks Mountain Resort Area, as set out in Minister's Order 135/1996.

Applicability of additional tax

2 September 30, 2005 is the prescribed date after

which

section 3 of the Act applies in respect of accommodation purchased in

the Resort Area.

Prescribed rate of additional tax payable

3 The additional tax payable under

section 3 (1)

of the Act is 2% of the purchase price of accommodation purchased in the Resort Area.

Prescribed purposes for expenditure of additional tax

4 The Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Association may

spend the amount paid to it out of the revenue collected from the additional

tax for

(

a) tourism marketing, programs and projects, and

(

b) funding for the capital cost of constructing a public

road from the Resort Area to Highway 1 (Trans Canada).

Repeal

5 This regulation is repealed effective October 1, 2010.

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