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Volume 63, No. 4

47/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 10, 2020

B.C. Reg. 47/2020 , deposited March 5, 2020, under the INSURANCE (VEHICLE) ACT [section 45] and the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 210]. Order in Council 118/2020, approved and ordered March 5, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is amended as set out

in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

b) the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended as set out

in the attached

Schedule 2.

— D. EBY, Attorney General ; D. DONALDSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 1 (1) of the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 447/83, is amended

in paragraph (

b) of the definition of "TNS vehicle" by striking out " other than a taxi " and substituting " other than a taxi with an owner's certificate that has an effective date on or

before April 30, 2020 ".

2 The following

section is added to Division 2 of

Part 3:

Premium adjustment agreements – non-fleet taxis

15.91

(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a taxi is insured but not as part of a fleet under

Part 12, the corporation and the owner or renter of the taxi may enter into an agreement,

effective May 1, 2020, to adjust the amount of the premium for the certificate to

insure the taxi based on the following factors:

(

a) the distance over which the taxi is operated between May 1, 2020 and the expiry

of the certificate;

(

b) where the taxi is operated between May 1, 2020 and the expiry of the certificate.

(2) The corporation may enter into an agreement referred to in subsection (1)

(

a) the certificate to insure the taxi is either of the following:

(

i) a certificate issued as a result of the approval of an application made under

section 3;

(ii) an interim owner's certificate issued under

section 4,

(

b) the certificate has an effective date

(

i) on or after April 30, 2019, and

(ii) on or before April 30, 2020, and

(

c) the certificate is valid on May 1,

Section 149 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph:

(

u) non-fleet taxi certificate (APV-434). ,

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " subsections (3) to (8) " and substituting " subsections (3) to (9) ", and

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(9) An additional product certificate issued under subsection (1) (

u) does not

include coverage under Division 2 of

Part

Section 167 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " If an application to insure vehicles as a fleet has been approved under

section 156 " and substituting " If an application made under

section 156 to insure vehicles as a fleet has been

approved ", and

(

b) by adding the following subsections:

(3) If an application made under

section 156 to insure taxis as a fleet has been

approved and, on May 1, 2020, a taxi is insured as part of the fleet, the corporation

and the fleet operator may enter into an agreement, effective May 1, 2020, to adjust,

in accordance with subsection (4), the amount of premium payable for the insurance

year that

(

a) begins after May 1, 2019, and

(

b) ends on or before March 31, 2021.

(4) Under an agreement referred to in subsection (3), the amount of premium payable

may be adjusted based on the following factors:

(

a) the distance over which the taxis in the fleet are operated between May 1, 2020

and the end of the fleet's insurance year;

(

b) where the taxis in the fleet are operated between May 1, 2020 and the end

of the fleet's insurance year.

Schedule 2

Section 10.26 (2) (

b) of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58,

is amended by striking out " for a taxi " and substituting " for a taxi with an owner's certificate that has an effective date on or before

April 30, 2020 ".

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