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2003 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 37th Parliament

FIRST READING

The following electronic version is for informational

purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE GARY COLLINS

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 60 – 2003

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2003 — continued

Explanatory Notes

SECTION 1: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 1] removes unnecessary

wording.

SECTION 2: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 4 (1)] applies specified provisions

of the Business Corporations Act to corporations to which the Company

Clauses Act applied before its repeal under this Bill.

SECTION 3: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 6 (2)] clarifies that correct

mailing for the purposes of the Business Corporations Act includes addressing

the mail to the intended recipient.

SECTION 4: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 7] clarifies that correct mailing

for the purposes of the Business Corporations Act includes addressing the mail

to the intended recipient and removes a reference to fax to make this provision

consistent with the other provisions in Division 3 of

part 1 of the Act.

SECTION 5: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 8] clarifies that correct mailing

for the purposes of the Business Corporations Act includes addressing the mail

to the intended recipient, corrects a punctuation error and clarifies wording

respecting the mailing address of the head office of an extraprovincial

company.

SECTION 6: [Business Corporations Act, amends various sections] provides for the registrar,

rather than Cabinet, to determine what forms will be acceptable for

registry purposes.

SECTION 7: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 11 (h)] requires inclusion in

notices of articles of the date of any court order that alters special rights or

restrictions applicable to shares.

SECTION 8: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 12 (6)] clarifies that a change to a

company's articles that correctly reflects the requirements of the Act does not

constitute a default under a security agreement of the company.

SECTION 9: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 17] clarifies the wording

respecting the effect of incorporation to tie incorporation to the time, rather

than the date, of incorporation, and to better apply the defined terms used in the

provision.

SECTION 10: [Business Corporations Act, amends sections 18, 268 (2), 282 (3), 305 (2),

364 (1) and 365 (1)] removes reference to "under this Act" to allow the

amended provisions to refer to companies incorporated under previous

Company Acts.

SECTION 11: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 22 (5)] makes express the discretion

of the registrar to disapprove of a corporate name.

SECTION 12: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 25 (3)] recognizes

the possibility that a translation of name may be set out in a pre-existing

company's memorandum.

SECTION 13: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 39 (7)] gives effect

to a change of registered office address on the day following the filing of an

application for the change rather than 10 days after the filing of that application

and removes unnecessary reference to the court's ability to make a contrary

order.

SECTION 14: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 40] provides that court orders

that eliminate registered offices take effect on the day after the notice of elimination

is filed and removes the possibility for courts to order that that elimination

could occur at some later date.

SECTION 15: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 42] adds a

section reference and

corrects a punctuation error.

SECTION 16: [Business Corporations Act, amends sections 47 (2) (

d) and 49 (3) (d)] allows

use of a securities register or shareholder's list to call a meeting to fill a

vacancy in the office of a liquidator.

SECTION 17: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 54] allows for the alteration of

the identifying name of any shares and provides that a company may change

its authorized share structure by any resolution it sets out in its articles instead

of limiting those articles only to a shareholders' resolution for that purpose.

SECTION 18: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 57 (1) (a)] requires that a share

certificate of a company reference the Business Corporations Act instead of the

Company Act .

SECTION 19: [Business Corporations Act, amends sections 58 (2) and 80 (2) (d)] removes

unnecessary wording.

SECTION 20: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 59 (4)] makes the language in

this subsection consistent with the language used elsewhere in the Act.

SECTION 21: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 60 (4)] makes the language in

this subsection consistent with the language used elsewhere in the Act.

SECTION 22: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 63 (2)] removes an

unnecessary reference to value.

SECTION 23: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 70 (1)] expressly authorizes

companies to declare dividends.

SECTION 24: [Business Corporations Act, re-enacts

section 72] refocuses the

section from

what is capital to what is added to capital on the issue of shares.

SECTION 25: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 73] clarifies that the capital

attributable to shares that are issued under a conversion or exchange in an

amalgamation is the same as the capital of the shares that were converted or

exchanged.

SECTION 26: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 77] allows a company to acquire

its own shares, other than by purchase or redemption, if and to the extent

provided for in its articles.

SECTION 27: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 111 (9)] prevents a company from

closing its central securities register.

SECTION 28: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 113] makes the language in this

subsection consistent with the language used elsewhere in the Act.

SECTION 29: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 114] clarifies that no instrument

of transfer is required when a company acquires shares by redemption, dissent

proceedings or compulsory acquisition in accordance with the Act.

SECTION 30: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 117] makes the language in this

subsection consistent with the language used elsewhere in the Act.

SECTION 31: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 121 (2) (b)] includes within the

category of directors who do not need to provide a consent to be a director,

those directors of an amalgamated company referred to in

section 273 or 274

who were directors of a specified amalgamating corporation.

SECTION 32: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 123 (1)] clarifies that for

directors who are required to provide a consent to act, that consent can be

provided at any time.

SECTION 33: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 129 (4) (a) (ii)]

includes within the class of persons who may apply to the court for an order

that they are not directors, those persons who were never designated, elected

or appointed as a director.

SECTION 34: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 132 (2) (b)] provides that where

a vacancy occurs amongst directors appointed by a certain class or series of

shareholders with the result that no such directors remain, the other directors

must call a meeting of those shareholders unless those shareholders unanimously

appoint a replacement director.

SECTION 35: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 134] provides more clarity to the

wording respecting how directors' vacancies may be filled.

SECTION 36: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 135 (1) (a) (i)]

tracks the preceding wording of the

section for clarity.

SECTION 37: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 137] specifies the content of the

provisions in the articles by which powers of the directors may be transferred,

and clarifies where those powers are transferred to shareholders, those shareholders

are not restricted from fettering their discretion in relation to the

exercise of those powers.

SECTION 38: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 138 (2) (d)] extends to all creditors,

rather than just to secured creditors, the protection offered by

section 138 (2) (

d) of the Business Corporations Act that such a creditor is not,

simply by becoming involved in the management of the company, deemed to

be one of its directors.

SECTION 39: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 147 (2) (a)] clarifies that a

director is not required to disclose an interest in a contract or transaction if none

of the Company Acts that applied at the time of, or following, the acquisition

of that interest required that disclosure.

SECTION 40: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 157] removes a provision that

would have avoided liability for directors who act in compliance with a

requirement in the articles.

SECTION 41: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 166 (b)] provides

that general meetings of shareholders may not be held outside British

Columbia unless such an extra-provincial meeting is authorized under and in

accordance with the articles.

SECTION 42: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 167] clarifies the type of notice

required for a general meeting held under

section 167 (8) of the Business

Corporations Act and clarifies

section references.

SECTION 43: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 182 (4)] more clearly identifies

the company that may apply to the registrar under

section 182 (4) of the Act.

SECTION 44: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 187] allows registered shareholders

to be considered to be qualified shareholders for the purposes of

Division 7 of

Part 5.

SECTION 45: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 188] harmonizes the language of

the provision with the fact that registered owners of shares can be considered

as qualified shareholders as a result of the amendment made by this Bill,

reduces the period before a meeting that a proposal must be received by the

company in order for the proposal to be effective from 4 months to 3 months

and clarifies that the signatures and declarations to the proposal are not to be

counted as part of the maximum word length of the proposal.

SECTION 46: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 189 (5) (b)] removes from a

company the obligation to process a proposal that exceeds the maximum word

length.

SECTION 47: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 194 (3)] includes a

company's non-transferable written acknowledgement as evidence of share

ownership in that company.

SECTION 48: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 195 (8) (a)] clarifies

the intent of the paragraph.

SECTION 49: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 227 (3) (l)] corrects a punctuation

error.

SECTION 50: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 239] clarifies the status of the

referenced shareholder as both a registered owner and a beneficial owner and

avoids referencing a specified shareholder where none has been identified.

SECTION 51: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 240 (3)] provides that no notice

of a resolution need be given to a shareholder who has voted in favour of the

resolution.

SECTION 52: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 242] gives to statements sent

under

section 240 (3) (

b) the same effect as applies to statements sent under

section 240 (2) (b).

SECTION 53: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 243 (2)] clarifies which of the

two notices mentioned in

section 243 (1) of the Business Corporations Act is

referred to in

section 243 (2).

SECTION 54: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 245 (4)] clarifies

that a dissenter who receives notice that the company cannot lawfully pay

dissenters for their shares remains a claimant of the company unless the

dissenter withdraws the notice of dissent.

SECTION 55: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 256 (2) (c)] clarifies

that a pre-existing company may make changes to its articles that correctly

reflects the requirements of the Act.

SECTION 56: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 257 (3)] allows a company to

alter its notice of articles, without an authorizing resolution, to reflect an

amendment to its articles that was made by a court order.

SECTION 57: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 259 (4)] clarifies that a company

must alter its notice of articles if special rights or restrictions attached to shares

are altered.

SECTION 58: [Business Corporations Act, amends sections 271 (3) (

c) and 290 (1) (b) (ii)]

makes the language in these subsections consistent with the language used

elsewhere in the Act.

SECTION 59: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 274 (c)] clarifies the

wording of the paragraph.

SECTION 60: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 275]

clarifies that the registrar may require certain documents to be filed

and others to simply be provided;

harmonizes the language of

section 275 with

section 277;

provides for the registrar, rather than Cabinet, to determine what forms

will be acceptable for registry purposes in relation to short-form amalgamations.

SECTION 61: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 278 (3.1)] clarifies that the

procedure for getting an order under

section 278 (3) (

b) is not the same as the

procedure applicable to obtaining a court order to approve an amalgamation.

SECTION 62: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 285] clarifies which jurisdiction's

laws must accord with

section 285 of the Business Corporations Act in

order for an amalgamation between a company and a foreign corporation to be

authorized.

SECTION 63: [Business Corporations Act, amends sections 286 (3) and 311 (3)] ties the

application of sections 286 and 311 to the amalgamation and continuation

respectively, rather than to the date of the amalgamation or continuation.

SECTION 64: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 289 (1) (a)] harmonizes

the wording of

section 289 (1) (

a) of the Business Corporations Act with

section 284 (4) of that Act.

SECTION 65: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 291 (5) (a)] harmonizes the

wording of

section 291 (5) (

a) of the Business Corporations Act with the

amendments to sections 292 to 299 of that Act as enacted by this Bill.

SECTION 66: [Business Corporations Act, re-enacts sections 292 to 299] simplifies the

arrangement filing procedure, removes the possibility of filing arrangement

materials that would take effect at a future date, ensures consistent application

of the Act to corporate activities whether those activities are effected under an

arrangement or not and clarifies when and how an arrangement may be abandoned.

SECTION 67: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 302 (1) (b)] clarifies

that the registrar may require certain documents to be filed and others to simply

be provided.

SECTION 68: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 312] sets the commencement of

a voluntary liquidation at the date on which the special resolution is passed to

authorize the liquidation rather than the date on which a statement of intent to

liquidate is filed.

SECTION 69: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 321 (2) (a.1)] requires that the

statement of intent to liquidate filed in relation to a voluntary liquidation states

the date on which the special resolution authorizing the liquidation was passed.

SECTION 70: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 324 (3)] makes it express that the

court can make an order under

section 324 (3) of the Business Corporations Act

if the court considers the applicant to be entitled to an order for liquidation and

dissolution.

SECTION 71: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 330] requires, in respect of a

company in liquidation, that notice be given to the registrar of any change in

the location of the company's records and clarifies when a liquidation report is

to be filed.

SECTION 72: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 334 (1) (c)] expressly authorizes

the liquidator of a company to change one or both of the registered office and

records office of the company.

SECTION 73: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 349 (1)] corrects a punctuation

error.

SECTION 74: [Business Corporations Act, repeals and replaces

section 351 (3)] requires

that filings necessary under

section 351 (3) be made promptly, requires that

notice of change of location of a dissolved company's records be filed whether

or not there was an initial filing respecting the location of those records and

reflects that records to be filed with the registrar must be in the form approved

by the registrar rather than by Cabinet.

SECTION 75: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 354 (2)] allows the court to order

that a person is a "related person" for the purposes of Division 11 of

Part 10 of

the Act.

SECTION 76: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 355] clarifies that a restoration

application can be made no matter why a company was dissolved or the registration

of an extraprovincial company was cancelled, and provides that notice

of a restoration application must be provided to an extraprovincial company

that has no attorney by sending the notice to the extraprovincial company's

head office in British Columbia.

SECTION 77: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 357 (1) (b)] makes the language

section 357 (1) (

b) of the Business Corporations Act consistent with the

language used elsewhere in that Act.

SECTION 78: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 362 (2)] adds specificity to the

section cross-references found in

section 362 (2) of the Act.

SECTION 79: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 364] clarifies that the Statutory

Reporting Company Provisions apply to a company that was a reporting

company immediately before its dissolution, removes unnecessary words from

section 364 (4) (

b) of the Business Corporations Act and links the wording in

section 364 (4) of the Business Corporations Act relating to the continuance of

a restored company to the wording in that

section relating to the proceedings

that may be taken against a restored company.

SECTION 80: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 367 (1)] requires that a restored

company be provided with a certified copy of the restoration application and a

certified copy of the notice of articles, if any.

SECTION 81: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 368 (3)] clarifies that the government

need not return to a restored company money the government had paid

out under

section 349.

SECTION 82: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 370 (1) (c) (ii)] removes from

restored pre-existing companies the necessity to include in their central securities

register, within 12 months after the date on which they are restored, information

respecting shares issued within the 6 years before the company's

dissolution.

SECTION 83: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 371] requires that a company

that has been restored must, before filing a post-restoration transition application,

file all necessary documents to the registrar to bring the information in the

corporate registry about the company's directors up to date, and clarifies the

information that is to be included in that application form respecting directors

and the registered and records office of the company.

SECTION 84: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 372] identifies the provisions of

the Business Corporations Act that apply to the articles of a restored company,

and allows for those articles to be changed to reflect correct information

without the necessity of resolutions authorizing those changes.

SECTION 85: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 373 (2)] includes a change to the

articles under

section 372 (4) of the Business Corporations Act as a matter that

does not constitute a default under a security agreement or other record, and

clarifies that in order for a filing, alteration or change to avoid constituting a

contravention of or a default under a security agreement or other record, the

filing, alteration or change must be in accordance with sections 370 (1) (

a) and (

b) or 372 (4) respectively.

SECTION 86: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 375 (6)] applies to a foreign

entity that need not be registered as an extraprovincial company the same obligation

to display its corporate name as applies to a registered extraprovincial

company.

SECTION 87: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 376 (4)] allows the registrar to

require proof of the status of a foreign entity that is registered or is applying to

be registered as an extraprovincial company.

SECTION 88: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 378 (1)] removes reference to

"under this Part" to allow the amended provisions to refer to extraprovincial

companies registered under previous Company Acts.

SECTION 89: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 379] sets out the information that

is to be provided to the registrar in relation to the amalgamation of an extraprovincial

company, ensures that that notice is provided to each attorney of the

extraprovincial company and allows the registrar to require proof of the status

of an amalgamated foreign entity to which a certificate of registration is or may

be issued.

SECTION 90: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 382 (5)] allows the registrar to

require proof of the status of a foreign entity to which a certificate of change of

name is or may be issued.

SECTION 91: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 395 (5)] removes a potentially

limiting reference to date.

SECTION 92: [Business Corporations Act, repeals

section 405] removes the

section

granting immunity to the registrar and his or her agents, officers and

employees.

SECTION 93: [Business Corporations Act, adds

section 408 (1.1) and (1.2)] provides

express authority to the registrar to establish forms for use in the registry.

SECTION 94: [Business Corporations Act, re-enacts

section 409] clarifies

that if one future dated filing is filed with the registrar in relation to a

entity, the registrar will not accept any other filing in relation to that entity,

other than the filings specified in

section 409 of the Business Corporations

Act , until the future-dated filing takes effect or is withdrawn.

SECTION 95: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 412 (3) (a) (ii)] simplifies

wording.

SECTION 96: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 416] allows the registrar to

determine how searches of the registry are to be conducted.

SECTION 97: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 417 (a)] removes the necessity

for the registrar to sign a notice that a record has been lost, mislaid or

destroyed.

SECTION 98: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 436 (1) (c)]

removes from pre-existing companies the necessity to include in their central

securities register, within 2 years after the coming into force of the Business

Corporations Act , information respecting shares issued within the

6 years before the coming into force of that Act.

SECTION 99: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 437] requires that a pre-existing

company must, before filing a transition application, file all necessary

documents with the registrar to bring the information in the corporate registry

about the company's directors up to date, and clarifies the information that is

to be included in that application form respecting directors and the registered

and records office of the company.

SECTION 100: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 438] identifies the provisions of

the Business Corporations Act that apply to the articles of a pre-existing

company, and allows for those articles to be changed to reflect correct information

without the necessity of resolutions authorizing those changes.

SECTION 101: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 439 (2)] includes a change to the

articles under

section 438 (4) of the Business Corporations Act as a matter that

does not constitute a default under a security agreement or other record, and

clarifies that in order for a filing, alteration or change to avoid constituting a

contravention of or alteration or change must be in accordance with

sections 436 (1) (

a) and (

b) or 438 (4) respectively.

SECTION 102: [Business Corporations Act, amends

section 443 (b)]

allows, in specified circumstances, for an address inside British Columbia to

be the mailing address and delivery address of an extraprovincial company on

the coming into force of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 103: [Business Corporations Act, amends the heading of the Schedule] corrects a

reference.

SECTION 104: [Business Corporations Act, amends the Schedule] harmonizes the wording

of the

Schedule with the Business Corporations Act as amended by this Bill.

Consequential Amendments

Agricultural Land Commission Act

SECTION 105: [Agricultural Land Commission Act, amends

section 12] is consequential to

the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act, and to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Architects Act

SECTION 106: [Architects Act, amends

section 26 (2) (

a) and (3) (b)]

harmonizes the language of the Architects Act with the language of the

Business Corporations Act .

Assessment Authority Act

SECTION 107: [Assessment Authority Act, amends

section 3 (5)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act

SECTION 108: [Association of Former M.L.A.s of British Columbia Act,

amends

section 11] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act , and to

the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

British Columbia Buildings Corporation Act

SECTION 109: [British Columbia Buildings Corporation Act, amends

section

19] updates the cross references to the Company Act in the British

Columbia Buildings Corporation Act with cross references to the Business

Corporations Act and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Act

SECTION 110: [British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Act, amends

section

2 (6)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 111: [British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Act, amends

section 4] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act and includes a "notice of articles" within the charter

documents over which the British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Act and

its regulations take priority in the event of a conflict.

British Columbia Transit Act

SECTION 112: [British Columbia Transit Act, amends

section 2 (2)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

British Columbia Wine Act

SECTION 113: [British Columbia Wine Act, amends

section 6] substitutes the new auditor

qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the Company Act

auditor qualification provisions.

Build BC Act

SECTION 114: [Build BC Act, amends

section 26] is consequential to the repeal of the

Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act, and to

the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Building Officials' Association Act

SECTION 115: [Building Officials' Association Act, amends

section 2]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the Building Officials'

Association Act with cross references to the Business Corporations Act

and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Cemetery and Funeral Services Act

SECTION 116: [Cemetery and Funeral Services Act, amends

section 1 (1)] applies a broader

definition of "company" to the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act to include

all companies recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is

defined in that Act.

Chiropractors Act

SECTION 117: [Chiropractors Act, amends

section 12 (1)] applies a broader definition of

"company" to the Chiropractors Act to include all companies recognized under

the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

Columbia Basin Trust Act

SECTION 118: [Columbia Basin Trust Act, amends

section 16] is

consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 119: [Columbia Basin Trust Act, amends

section 29] adopts

the new indemnification provisions of the Business Corporations Act and

is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 120: [Columbia Basin Trust Act, amends

section 31 (4)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Commercial Transport Act

SECTION 121: [Commercial Transport Act, amends

section 6 (6) (b)]

harmonizes the language of the Commercial Transport Act with the language

of the Business Corporations Act .

Community Care and Assisted Living Act

SECTION 122: [Community Care and Assisted Living Act, repeals and replaces

section 13 (3)] harmonizes the language of the Community Care and

Assisted Living Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Community Financial Services Act

SECTION 123: [Community Financial Services Act, amends

section 1]

continues the application of the Company Act to the Community Financial

Services Act despite the repeal of the Company Act .

SECTION 124: [Community Financial Services Act, amends

section 33] is consequential to

the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act, and to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Community Services Interim Authorities Act

SECTION 125: [Community Services Interim Authorities Act, amends

section

14] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act , and to the repeal of

the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Company Act

SECTION 126: [Company Act, repeals the Supplement] is self explanatory.

Company Clauses Act

SECTIONS 127 AND 128: [Company Clauses Act, repeals the Act and the Supplement]

are self explanatory.

Constitution Act

SECTION 129: [Constitution Act, amends

section 25 (b) (i)] is

consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with

the Business Corporations Act .

Cooperative Association Act

SECTION 130: [Cooperative Association Act, amends

section 1]

continues the application of the Company Act to the Cooperative Association

Act despite the repeal of the Company Act .

SECTION 131: [Cooperative Association Act, adds

section 7 (3)] expressly provides that the

Business Corporations Act does not apply to associations or extraprovincial

associations.

SECTION 132: [Cooperative Association Act, amends

section 222] repeals a not in force

provision.

Corporation Capital Tax Act

SECTION 133: [Corporation Capital Tax Act, amends

section 18 (3) (b)]

harmonizes the language of the Corporation Capital Tax Act with the language

of the Business Corporations Act .

Credit Union Incorporation Act

SECTION 134: [Credit Union Incorporation Act, amends

section 1]

continues the application of the Company Act to the Credit Union Incorporation

Act despite the repeal of the Company Act .

SECTION 135: [Credit Union Incorporation Act, amends

section 2] provides that the

Business Corporations Act does not apply to a credit union.

Crown Franchise Act

SECTION 136: [Crown Franchise Act, amends

section 5 (d)] harmonizes

the language of the Crown Franchise Act with the language of the Business

Corporations Act .

Election Act

SECTION 137: [Election Act, amends

section 179 (3)] substitutes the new auditor qualification

provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the Company Act auditor

qualification provisions.

Emergency Communications Corporations Act

SECTION 138: [Emergency Communications Corporations Act, amends

section 1] applies a

broader definition of "company" to the Emergency Communications Corporations

Act to include all companies recognized under the Business Corporations

Act as that term is defined in that Act.

SECTION 139: [Emergency Communications Corporations Act, amends

section

5] updates the cross references to the Company Act in the Emergency

Communications Corporations Act with cross references to the Business

Corporations Act , includes notices of articles of emergency communications

corporations as records that may be amended only with the approval of the minister

and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 140: [Emergency Communications Corporations Act, amends

section

13] includes a "notice of articles" within the charter documents over

which the Emergency Communications Corporations Act and its regulations

take priority in the event of a conflict and is otherwise consequential to the

repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act .

Employee Investment Act

SECTION 141: [Employee Investment Act, amends

section 1 (1)]

harmonizes the language of the Employee Investment Act with the language

of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 142: [Employee Investment Act, amends

section 3 (a)]

harmonizes the language of the Employee Investment Act with the language

of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 143: [Employee Investment Act, amends

section 4 (1) (d) (iv)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 144: [Employee Investment Act, amends

section 9] updates

the cross references to the Company Act in the Employee Investment

Act with cross references to the Business Corporations Act and harmonizes

the language of the Employee Investment Act with the language of the

Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 145: [Employee Investment Act, amends

section 25] recognizes the ability

provided under the Business Corporations Act to issue fractional shares.

SECTION 146: [Employee Investment Act, repeals and replaces

section 26

(5) (b)] harmonizes the language of the Employee Investment Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act and updates the cross

references to the Company Act in the Employee Investment Act with

cross references to the Business Corporations Act .

Escheat Act

SECTION 147: [Escheat Act, amends

section 4] recognizes that

a corporation's revival may occur without court order under the Business

Corporations Act , and provides for the court to make an order that escheated

land be returned to a revived corporation on an application made before, on

or after that revival.

Estate Administration Act

SECTION 148: [Estate Administration Act, amends

section 96 (1)] harmonizes the language

of the Estate Administration Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act and expands the range of corporate documents that can apply to

determine what is a spousal home.

Family Maintenance Enforcement Act

SECTION 149: [Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, amends

section 14.1

(1)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 150: [Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, amends

section 14.2

(1)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Financial Disclosure Act

SECTION 151: [Financial Disclosure Act, amends

section 5 (1) (c)]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the Financial Disclosure

Act with cross references to the Business Corporations Act .

Financial Institutions Act

SECTION 152: [Financial Institutions Act, amends

section 1] continues the application of the

Company Act to the Financial Institutions Act despite the repeal of the

Company Act and requires corporations incorporated under the Business

Corporations Act to convert under the Financial Institutions Act in order to be

or become an insurance company under that Act.

SECTION 153: [Financial Institutions Act, amends

section 2] makes

the Business Corporations Act inapplicable to financial institutions

or extraprovincial companies.

SECTION 154: [Financial Institutions Act, amends

section 6] applies a Part of the Company

Act applicable to extraprovincial companies to extraprovincial societies having

a business authorization.

SECTION 155: [Financial Institutions Act, amends

section 245 (1) (j)

(ii)] provides the superintendent with the power to require a financial

institution's assets to be held for a receiver or other authorized person appointed

under the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 156: [Financial Institutions Act, adds

section 273 (3)] expressly provides that the

Business Corporations Act does not apply to deposit insurance corporations.

First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Act

SECTION 157: [First People's Heritage, Language and Culture Act, amends

section 13] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act , and to the repeal

of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Forensic Psychiatry Act

SECTION 158: [Forensic Psychiatry Act, amends

section 8] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Forest Act

SECTION 159: [Forest Act, amends

section 140 (1) (b)] adopts

the new service provisions of the Business Corporations Act and harmonizes

the language of the Forest Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 160: [Forest Act, amends

section 164 (2) (a)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Forest and Range Practices Act

SECTION 161: [Forest and Range Practices Act, amends

section 110 (1)

(b)] adopts the new service provisions of the Business Corporations

Act and harmonizes the language of the Forest and Range Practices Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act

SECTION 162: [Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, amends

section

164 (1) (b)] adopts the new service provisions of the Business Corporations

Act and harmonizes the language of the Forest Practices Code of British

Columbia Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Gaming Control Act

SECTION 163: [Gaming Control Act, amends

section 1 (2)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 164: [Gaming Control Act, amends

section 2 (4)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 165: [Gaming Control Act, amends

section 59] applies

a broader definition of "company" to allow for a broader range of companies

to be eligible to be registered as a gaming services provider and otherwise

harmonizes the language of the Gaming Control Act with the language of

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 166: [Gaming Control Act, amends

section 83 (2) (d)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act

SECTION 167: [Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, amends

section 2 (2)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 168: [Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, amends

section 9 (3) (g)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 169: [Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, amends

section 46 (2) (

a) and (3)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 170: [Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act, amends

section 46 (2) (a)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Health Authorities Act

SECTION 171: [Health Authorities Act, amends

section 10 (4)] substitutes the new auditor

qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the Company Act

auditor qualification provisions.

SECTION 172: [Health Authorities Act, amends

section 16 (4) (a)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 173: [Health Authorities Act, amends

section 19] is consequential to the repeal of

the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act, and

to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Health Professions Act

SECTION 174: [Health Professions Act, amends

section 15 (4)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 175: [Health Professions Act, amends

section 43 (1) (a)] applies a broader definition

of "company" to the Health Professions Act to include all companies

recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that

Act.

SECTION 176: [Health Professions Act, amends

section 44 (4)]

updates a cross reference to the Company Act in the Health Professions

Act with the equivalent cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

Homeowner Protection Act

SECTION 177: [Homeowner Protection Act, amends

section 3 (8)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Hospital Act

SECTION 178: [Hospital Act, amends

section 52 (4)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Hydro and Power Authority Act

SECTION 179: [Hydro and Power Authority Act, repeals and replaces

section

32 (7) (c)] adopts for the Hydro and Power Authority Act the

new indemnification provisions of the Business Corporations Act .

Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act

SECTION 180: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

1] harmonizes the language of the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization

Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 181: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section 3 (2) (a)] applies a broader definition of "company" to the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act to include all companies recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

SECTION 182: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

18] applies a broader definition of "company" to the Hydro and Power

Authority Privatization Act to include all companies recognized under the

Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act and otherwise

harmonizes the language of the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 183: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

19 (3) (d)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 184: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section 23] includes a "notice of articles" within the charter documents of a special company.

SECTION 185: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

24 (1) and (2)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 186: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

24 (1) (d) (i)] adopts for the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization

Act the new arrangement provisions of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 187: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

25 (2)] harmonizes the language of the Hydro and Power Authority

Privatization Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 188: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

27 (1)] adopts for the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act

the new arrangement provisions of the Business Corporations Act and otherwise

harmonizes the language of the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 189: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends sections

28 (3) (

b) and 29 (3) (b)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 190: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends sections

28 (3) (

c) and 29 (3) (c)] adopts for the Hydro and Power Authority

Privatization Act the new arrangement provisions of the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 191: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

34 (1)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 192: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

37 (5)] updates the cross references to the Company Act in the

Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act with cross references to

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 193 [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

39 (3)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 194: [Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, amends

section

40] includes a "notice of articles" within the charter documents over

which the Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act and its regulations

take priority in the event of a conflict and is otherwise consequential to the

repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act .

Independent School Act

SECTION 195: [Independent School Act, amends

section 1 (1)] applies a broader definition of "company" to the definition of authority in the Independent School Act to include all companies recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

Innovation and Science Council Act

SECTION 196: [Innovation and Science Council Act, amends

section 16 (4)] substitutes the new auditor qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the Company Act auditor qualification provisions.

Institute of Technology Act

SECTION 197: [Institute of Technology Act, amends

section 2 (2)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Insurance (Captive Company) Act

SECTION 198: [Insurance (Captive Company) Act, amends

section 1] harmonizes the language of the Insurance (Captive Company) Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act and applies a broader definition of "company" to the

definitions of "association captive insurance company", "pure captive insurance company" and "sophisticated insured captive insurance company" in the Insurance (Captive Company) Act to include all companies recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

SECTION 199: [Insurance (Captive Company) Act, amends

section 3 (5)]

adopts for the Insurance (Captive Company) Act the new continuation and

extraprovincial amalgamation provisions of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 200: [Insurance (Captive Company) Act, amends

section 7 (c)] includes a "notice

of articles" within the charter documents that a captive insurance company

must not change without the consent of the superintendent.

SECTION 201: [Insurance (Captive Company) Act, amends

section 12 (1) (a)] applies a

broader definition of "company" to the Insurance (Captive Company) Act to

include all companies recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that

term is defined in that Act.

SECTION 202: [Insurance (Captive Company) Act, amends

section 13 (2) (k)] allows the

Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations disapplying some or all of

the Business Corporations Act to captive insurance companies.

Insurance Corporation Act

SECTION 203: [Insurance Corporation Act, amends

section 40] is

consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with

the Business Corporations Act .

Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act

SECTION 204: [Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act, amends

section 7 (2) (b)] applies a broader

definition of "company" to the corporate status required before a corporation

can provide extension insurance.

International Financial Business Act

SECTION 205: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 1

(1)] preserves for the International Financial Business Act the

Company Act definition of associate and otherwise harmonizes the language

of the International Financial Business Act with the language of the

Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 206: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 2]

precludes a licensed corporation from entering into an extraprovincial amalgamation,

preserves for the International Financial Business Act the Company

Act requirements for resident directors and otherwise updates the cross

references to the Company Act in the International Financial Business

Act with cross references to the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 207: [International Financial Business Act, repeals and replaces

section 3 (1) (a)]

applies a broader definition of "company" to the corporate status required

before a corporation can apply for a licence to carry on an international

financial business.

SECTION 208: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 10

(1) (c)] provides the superintendent with the power to require a corporation's

assets to be held for a receiver or other authorized person appointed under

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 209: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 11

(5)] updates the cross references to the Company Act in the International

Financial Business Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 210: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 18]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the International

Financial Business Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 211: [International Financial Business Act, amends

section 20

(2) (h)] harmonizes the language of the International Financial Business

Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Interpretation Act

SECTION 212: [Interpretation Act, amends

section 29] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Islands Trust Act

SECTION 213: [Islands Trust Act, amends sections 12, 25 and 42] is

consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with

the Business Corporations Act .

Land Surveyors Act

SECTION 214: [Land Surveyors Act, amends

section 51 (1)] applies

a broader definition of "company" to the corporate status of a land surveying

company to which a permit may be issued under the Land Surveyors Act .

Land Tax Deferment Act

SECTION 215: [Land Tax Deferment Act, amends

section 5 (3) (f)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Land Title Act

SECTION 216: [Land Title Act, amends

section 165 (4) (b)] includes

a "notice of articles" within the charter documents over which an executed instrument

can take priority for the purposes of the Land Title Act .

SECTION 217: [Land Title Act, repeals

section 202] reflects the removal from the Business

Corporations Act of the majority of the Company Act provisions that dealt with

debentures.

Legal Professions Act

SECTION 218: [Legal Professions Act, amends

section 1 (1)] includes the drafting, revising

or settling of a notice of articles as a task that constitutes the practice of law.

SECTION 219: [Legal Professions Act, amends

section 82 (1)] harmonizes

the language of the Legal Professions Act with the language of the Business

Corporations Act .

Legal Services Society Act

SECTION 220: [Legal Services Society Act, amends

section 3 (1) and (2)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Liquor Control and Licensing Act

SECTION 221: [Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amends

section 76 (1)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Livestock Act

SECTION 222: [Livestock Act, amends

section 4 (4)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Local Government Act

SECTION 223: [Local Government Act, amends

section 331 (2) (b)] harmonizes

the language of the Local Government Act with the language of the Business

Corporations Act .

Members' Conflict of Interest Act

SECTION 224: [Members' Conflict of Interest Act, amends

section 16 (4)]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the Members' Conflict

of Interest Act with cross references to the Business Corporations Act .

Mineral Tenure Act

SECTION 225: [Mineral Tenure Act, amends

section 8 (1) (a)] applies

a broader definition of "company" to the corporate status of a corporation that

can constitute a Canadian corporation for the purposes of the Mineral Tenure

Act , harmonizes the language of the Mineral Tenure Act with the language

of the Business Corporations Act and is otherwise consequential to the

repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act

SECTION 226: [Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act, amends

section

6 (e) (i)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 227: [Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act, amends

section

37] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 228: [Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act, amends

section

39 (1)] harmonizes the language of the Ministry of Transportation

and Highways Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act

and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 229: [Ministry of Transportation and Highways Act, amends

section

41 (4)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002

SECTION 230: [Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002, amends

section 40] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Motor Vehicle Act

SECTION 231: [Motor Vehicle Act, repeals and replaces

section 4 (2) (b)]

harmonizes the language of the Motor Vehicle Act with the language of

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 232: [Motor Vehicle Act, amends

section 19] harmonizes the language of the Motor

Vehicle Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act and clarifies

the application of

section 19 of the Motor Vehicle Act to extraprovincial companies.

Mountain Resort Associations Act

SECTION 233: [Mountain Resort Association Act, amends

section 6]

removes a reference to "reporting company" as those entities are not referred

to in the Business Corporations Act and is otherwise consequential to

the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Municipal Finance Authority Act

SECTION 234: [Municipal Finance Authority Act, amends

section 28 (2)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Notaries Act

SECTION 235: [Notaries Act, amends

section 58 (1)] applies a broader definition of

"company" to the Notaries Act to include all companies recognized under the

Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority Act

SECTION 236: [Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority Act, amends

section

15] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act , and to the repeal of

the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Open Learning Agency Act

SECTION 237: [Open Learning Agency Act, amends sections 2 (3) and 18

(2) (e)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and

its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 238: [Open Learning Agency Act, amends

section 15 (b)] substitutes the new

auditor qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the

Company Act auditor qualification provisions.

Optometrists Act

SECTION 239: [Optometrists Act, amends

section 13 (1)] applies a broader definition of

"company" to the Optometrists Act to include all companies recognized under

the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

Partnership Act

SECTION 240: [Partnership Act, amends

section 1] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Pension Benefits Standards Act

SECTION 241: [Pension Benefits Standards Act, amends

section 1 (1)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Pension Fund Societies Act

SECTION 242: [Pension Fund Societies Act, amends

section 1] harmonizes

the language of the Pension Fund Societies Act with the language of the

Business Corporations Act .

Personal Property Security Act

SECTION 243: [Personal Property Security Act, amends

section 64 (2) (e)]

harmonizes the language of the Personal Property Security Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act

SECTION 244: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends

section 25 (2)] applies a broader definition of "company" to the Pharmacists,

Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act to include all companies

recognized under the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that

Act.

Podiatrists Act

SECTION 245: [Podiatrists Act, amends

section 13 (1)] applies a broader definition of

"company" to the Podiatrists Act to include all companies recognized under

the Business Corporations Act as that term is defined in that Act.

Private Investigators and Security Agencies Act

SECTION 246: [Private Investigators and Security Agencies Act, amends

section 6 (a)] adopts the new definition of senior officer from the

Business Corporations Act .

Private Post-Secondary Education Act

SECTION 247: [Private Post-Secondary Education Act, amends

section 24 (b)] substitutes

the new auditor qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for

the Company Act auditor qualification provisions.

Property Transfer Tax Act

SECTION 248: [Property Transfer Tax Act, amends

section 14 (4) (u) (i)]

adopts for the Property Transfer Tax Act the new amalgamation provisions

of the Business Corporations Act .

Public Sector Pension Plans Act

SECTION 249: [Public Sector Pension Plans Act, amends

section 5 (7)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act , and to the repeal of the Company

Clauses Act by this Bill.

SECTION 250: [Public Sector Pension Plans Act, amends

section 9 (1) (c)] substitutes the

new auditor qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the

Company Act auditor qualification provisions.

SECTION 251: [Public Sector Pension Plans Act, amends

section 16 (7)] is consequential to

the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act, and to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

SECTION 252: [Public Sector Pension Plans Act, amends

section 20 (1) (c)] substitutes the

new auditor qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the

Company Act auditor qualification provisions.

Railway Act

SECTION 253: [Railway Act, amends

section 5] reflects the repeal of

Part 11 of the Railway

Act under this Bill.

SECTION 254: [Railway Act, amends

section 8] harmonizes the language

of the Railway Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Range Act

SECTION 255: [Range Act, amends

section 20 (1)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 256: [Range Act, amends

section 46 (1) (b)] adopts for the Range Act the service

provisions of the Business Corporations Act applicable to corporations.

Real Estate Act

SECTION 257: [Real Estate Act, amends

section 1] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

Resort Municipality of Whistler Act

SECTION 258: [Resort Municipality of Whistler Act, amends

section 16]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

School Act

SECTION 259: [School Act, amends

section 55] adopts the Business

Corporations Act 's definition of "senior officer".

SECTION 260: [School Act, amends

section 95.1 (1)] harmonizes

the language of

Part 6.1 of the School Act with the language of the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 261: [School Act, amends

section 95.11] harmonizes the

language of

Part 6.1 of the School Act with the language of the Business

Corporations Act and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 262: [School Act, amends

section 95.12] is consequential to the repeal of the

Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 263: [School Act, re-enacts sections 95.2 and 95.21] establishes the procedure by

which a board may form a company.

SECTION 264: [School Act, amends

section 95.22] harmonizes the

language of the School Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 265: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.23 and enacts

section 95.231] applies the

provisions of the Business Corporations Act dealing with the effect of incorporating

a company and provides that, if a company carries on business without

a member, the directors and officers are liable for the debts contracted by the

company during that time.

SECTION 266: [School Act, adds

section 95.24 (3)] restricts the

use of "School District" or "Francophone Education Authority" in names to names

of companies owned by the board or authority.

SECTION 267: [School Act, amends

section 95.25] harmonizes the

language of the School Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 268: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.27] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 269: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.29] applies the

new corporate offices provisions of the Business Corporations Act to

the School Act .

SECTION 270: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.32] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 271: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.34] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 272: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.41 and enacts sections 95.412 to 95.414]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act and applies residency requirements

to company directors, restricts financial assistance, prohibits loans and

guarantees in certain circumstances and allows the enforcement of contracts

made in contravention of those restrictions.

SECTION 273: [School Act, amends

section 95.5] updates the cross references to the

Company Act in the School Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 274: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.52] updates the cross references to the

Company Act in the School Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act and expressly allows a company to restrict the times at which its

records may be inspected.

SECTION 275: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.61] updates the cross references to the

Company Act in the School Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 276: [School Act, amends

section 95.7] provides for the

conversion of a company under the School Act to a company under the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 277: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.72 and enacts

section 95.73] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross references to

the Business Corporations Act and requires a board to approve a special resolution

by bylaw before voting in favour of that resolution.

SECTION 278: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.8] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 279: [School Act, re-enacts

section 95.81] updates the

cross references to the Company Act in the School Act with cross

references to the Business Corporations Act , harmonizes the language

of the School Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act

and provides that if a board is the member of more than one company, the companies

of which it is the member must amalgamate.

SECTION 280: [School Act, re-enacts sections 95.82 and 95.83]

updates the cross references to the Company Act in the School Act

with cross references to the Business Corporations Act , allows court

applications in relation to liquidations to be brought by specified people and

provides that a notation in the corporate register respecting a company is conclusive

evidence.

SECTION 281: [School Act, amends

section 95.9] allows the Lieutenant

Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing forms similar to those forms

approved by the registrar for the purposes of the Business Corporations Act

and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 282: [School Act, enacts

section 95.91] applies the transitional provisions of the

Business Corporations Act to companies incorporated under the School Act

before the coming into force of this

section of this Bill.

Securities Act

SECTION 283: [Securities Act, amends

section 5 (3)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 284: [Securities Act, amends

section 45] provides registration

is not required for a trade by a receiver or other authorized person appointed

under the Business Corporations Act and harmonizes the language of the

Securities Act with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 285: [Securities Act, amends

section 74 (2) (11) (ii)]

harmonizes the language of the Securities Act with the language of the

Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 286: [Securities Act, amends

section 151 (2) (b) (ii)]

provides the commission with the power to require a person to hold securities

or other specified property for a receiver or other authorized person appointed

under the Business Corporations Act .

Skagit Environmental Enhancement Act

SECTION 287: [Skagit Environmental Enhancement Act, amends

section 5

(2)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its

replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Small Business Venture Capital Act

SECTION 288: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, amends

section 1 (1)]

harmonizes the language of the Small Business Venture Capital Act with

the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 289: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, amends

section 2 (2)]

harmonizes the language of the Small Business Venture Capital Act with

the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 290: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, amends

section 3 (1)]

includes as corporations that may be registered under the Small Business

Venture Capital Act , companies incorporated under the Business

Corporations Act , updates the cross references to the Company Act

in the Small Business Venture Capital Act with cross references to the

Business Corporations Act and harmonizes the language of the Small

Business Venture Capital Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 291: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, amends

section 7 (3)]

harmonizes the language of the Small Business Venture Capital Act with

the language of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 292: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, amends

section 23]

adopts for the purposes of

section 23 of the Small Business Venture Capital

Act the capital provisions of the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 293: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, repeals and replaces

section 24 (1) (b)] updates the cross references to the Company Act

in the Small Business Venture Capital Act with cross references to the

Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 294: [Small Business Venture Capital Act, repeals and replaces

section 25 (

b) to (g)] adopts for the purposes of

section 25 of the

Small Business Venture Capital Act the liquidation and amalgamation provisions

of the Business Corporations Act .

Social Service Tax Act

SECTION 295: [Social Service Tax Act, amends

section 46 (2) (e)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Society Act

SECTION 296: [Society Act, amends

section 1] harmonizes the language

of the Society Act with the language of the Business Corporations

Act and is otherwise consequential to the repeal of the Company Act

and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 297: [Society Act, amends

section 3] adopts for the purposes

section 3 of the Society Act the name provisions of the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 298: [Society Act, amends 20 (2) (a)] adopts for the

purposes of

section 20 of the Society Act the name provisions of the

Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 299: [Society Act, amends 35 (1)] removes cross references

to Company Act sections that are replicated in the Society Act

under this Bill and otherwise updates the cross references to the Company

Act in the Society Act with cross references to the Business Corporations

Act .

SECTION 300: [Society Act, enacts sections 35.1 and 35.2] adopts

into the Society Act sections 75 and 85 of the Company Act .

SECTION 301: [Society Act, amends

section 42 (b)] is consequential

to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business

Corporations Act .

SECTION 302: [Society Act, repeals and replaces

section 71 (1)]

continues the application of

Part 9 the Company Act to societies and

extraprovincial societies despite the repeal of the Company Act .

SECTION 303: [Society Act, re-enacts

section 74] adopts the conversion provisions of the

Business Corporations Act in relation to conversion of societies to companies.

SECTION 304: [Society Act, repeals and replaces

section 75 (4)]

requires an extraprovincial society to reserve its name before registering under

the Society Act .

SECTION 305: [Society Act, amends 95 (2)] reflects the ability of the registrar of companies

to designate signing officers.

Strata Property Act

SECTION 306: [Strata Property Act, re-enacts 276 and enacts

section 276.1] adopts specified

portions of the voluntary winding up provisions of the Business Corporations

Act in relation to the winding up of strata corporations and directs that the liquidator

of a strata corporation is required to keep custody of the records of a strata

corporation for 2 years after the winding up of that corporation.

SECTION 307: [Strata Property Act, amends

section 277 (2)] is

consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with

the Business Corporations Act .

SECTION 308: [Strata Property Act, re-enacts

section 283] requires that the registrar receive

proof of approval of final accounts before an application for dissolution of a

strata corporation may be filed.

SECTION 309: [Strata Property Act, amends 291 (1)] provides that

the Business Corporations Act does not apply to a strata corporation

except to the extent provided in the Strata Property Act .

Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

SECTION 310: [Tobacco Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act, amends

section 1 (3) (a)] is consequential to the repeal of the Company

Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act .

Tourism British Columbia Act

SECTION 311: [Tourism British Columbia Act, repeals and replaces

section

16 (4) (c)] updates the cross references to the Company Act in

the Tourism British Columbia Act with cross references to the Business

Corporations Act .

Trade Development Corporation Act

SECTION 312: [Trade Development Corporation Act, amends

section 13] is consequential to

the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations

Act, and to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Trade Practices Act

SECTION 313: [Trade Practices Act, amends

section 10 (2.6) (d)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

University Foundations Act

SECTION 314: [University Foundations Act, amends

section 13] substitutes the new auditor

qualification provisions of the Business Corporations Act for the Company Act

auditor qualification provisions.

SECTION 315: [University Foundations Act, amends

section 15 (1) and (2)]

is consequential to the repeal of the Company Act and its replacement

with the Business Corporations Act .

Victoria Foundation Act

SECTION 316: [Victoria Foundation Act, re-enacts

section 26] is consequential to the repeal

of the Company Act and its replacement with the Business Corporations Act,

and to the repeal of the Company Clauses Act by this Bill.

Waste Management Act

SECTION 317: [Waste Management Act, repeals and replaces

section 36 (5)

(b) (ii)] harmonizes the language of the Waste Management Act

with the language of the Business Corporations Act .

Copyright (c) 2003: Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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