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Volume 57, No. 11

107/2014

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 17, 2014

B.C. Reg. 107/2014 , deposited June 4, 2014, under the LOCAL ELECTIONS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2014 [sections 192 and 210] and the STATUTE REVISION ACT [section 12]. Order in Council 358/2014, approved and ordered June 3, 2014.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(a)

section 204 (3) of the Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 , S.B.C. 2014, c. 19, is amended by striking out “section 202 (3)” and substituting “section 203 (3)”, and

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b) the attached 2014 Local Elections Campaign Financing Transitional Regulation is made.

— C. OAKES, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ; A. VIRK, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

2014 LOCAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN FINANCING TRANSITIONAL REGULATION

Contents

Definition

Disclosure statements for 2014 general local election other than for campaign organizer

Campaign organizer disclosure statement

Required declaration of campaign organizer

Disqualification lists to be maintained

Sunset provision

Definition

1 In this regulation, “Act” means Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2014 .

Disclosure statements for 2014 general local election other than for campaign organizer

(1) If a candidate was a campaign organizer, a candidate disclosure statement for the 2014 general local election must include a statement that the candidate was a campaign organizer.

(2) If an elector organization was a campaign organizer, an elector organization disclosure statement for the 2014 general local election must include

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a) a statement that the elector organization was a campaign organizer,

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b) the name, abbreviation and acronym of the campaign organizer, and

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c) if different from the information provided under paragraph (b), the legal name of the campaign organizer.

(3) If a third party sponsor was a campaign organizer, a third party sponsor disclosure statement for the 2014 general local election must include

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a) a statement that the third party sponsor was a campaign organizer, and

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b) if the third party sponsor is an organization,

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i) the name, abbreviation and acronym of the campaign organizer, and

(ii) if different from the information provided under subparagraph (i), the legal name of the campaign organizer.

Campaign organizer disclosure statement

3 The following information is prescribed for purposes of

section 210 (2) (g) [transition – campaign organizer disclosure statement] of the Act:

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a) if a campaign organizer is an individual,

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i) the full name of the campaign organizer and, if this is different, the usual name of the campaign organizer,

(ii) the required contact information of the campaign organizer, and

(iii) if the campaign organizer appointed a financial agent, the full name and required contact information of each individual who acted as financial agent of the campaign organizer;

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b) if a campaign organizer is an organization,

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i) the name, abbreviation and acronym of the campaign organizer,

(ii) if different from the information provided under subparagraph (i), the legal name of the campaign organizer,

(iii) the full name and required contact information of each individual who acted as financial agent of the campaign organizer, and

(iv) the full name of the chief official of the campaign organizer and an address and telephone number at which the chief official can be contacted.

Required declaration of campaign organizer

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, a campaign organizer disclosure statement for the 2014 general local election must include a signed declaration of each of the individuals referred to in subsection (2) of this section, that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the individual making the declaration, the statement completely and accurately discloses the information required under

section 210 [transition – campaign organizer disclosure statement] of the Act.

(2) As applicable, declarations of the following individuals are required for purposes of subsection (1):

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a) in the case of a disclosure statement in relation to a campaign organizer who is an individual,

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i) the individual, and

(ii) the financial agent of the individual, if the individual appointed a financial agent;

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b) in the case of a disclosure statement in relation to a campaign organizer that is an organization,

(

i) the financial agent of the campaign organizer, and

(ii) the chief official of the campaign organizer.

(3) If an application has been made under

section 91 [court order for relief from filing obligations] of the Local Government Act in relation to the disclosure statement, a declaration under subsection (1) of this

section may be modified to indicate the deficiencies in the statement for which relief is being sought in the application.

Disqualification lists to be maintained

(1) The BC chief electoral officer must make the following disqualification lists publicly available on an Elections BC authorized internet site:

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a) in relation to elector organization disqualification, the organizations that are subject to disqualification penalties under

section 211 (1) (b) [transition – disqualification] of the Act;

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b) in relation to third party sponsor disqualification, the individuals and organizations that are subject to disqualification penalties under

section 211 (1) (

c) of the Act.

(2) The disqualification lists under subsection (1) must be available for public inspection at the Elections BC office during its regular office hours.

Sunset provision

6 This regulation is repealed on December 31, 2015.

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