2nd Session, 42nd Parliament

(2021) 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 23rd day of November, 2021

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

HONOURABLE DAVID EBY

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER

RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING

BILL 18 – 2021

HUMAN RIGHTS CODE AMENDMENT ACT, 2021

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

Section 1 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 210, is amended by adding the following definition:

"Indigenous" , in relation to a person, means Indigenous within the meaning of "Indigenous peoples" as defined in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ; .

2 Sections 7 (1), 8 (1), 9, 10 (1), 11, 13 (1), 14, 41 (1) and 42 (1) (

a) are amended by adding " Indigenous identity, " before " race ".

Commencement

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

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