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1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament

FIRST READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE JOY K. MacPHAIL

MINISTER OF FINANCE AND

CORPORATE RELATIONS

BILL 48 – 1998

BC ONLINE ACT

Contents

Section

Definitions

Agreement for operator to retain fees

Power to make regulations

Commencement

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"BC OnLine" means the information system operated by the Information

Technology Systems Division of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training

and Technology and known as BC OnLine Information Service;

"operator" means the person that enters into an agreement referred to in

section 2

to operate BC OnLine.

Agreement for operator to retain fees

(1) Despite the Financial Administration Act, Treasury Board may authorize a

person that enters into an agreement to operate BC OnLine to retain, as consideration

for the payments to the government by the person under the agreement, all

or part of the money to be levied and collected under the enactments specified by

the regulations.

(2) The operator is deemed to be

(

a) an agent of the government for the purpose of receiving money on behalf of

and remitting to the government that portion of the money collected by the

person that is not to be retained by that person under an agreement

authorized under subsection (1), and

(

b) an agency of the government for the purposes of the Auditor General Act in

respect of money collected under an agreement under subsection (1).

Power to make regulations

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in

section 41 of the

Interpretation Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations specifying those enactments for which and the circumstances in

which, despite the enactment, money to be paid to the government or to a public

officer for a service or information, may be collected by and retained in whole or

in part by the operator under an agreement under this Act.

Commencement

4 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Bill is to provide authority for BC OnLine to be operated by a private operator under a contract.

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