British Columbia Gazette Part II — B.C. Reg. 197/2025
B.C. Reg. 197/2025
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Volume 68, No. 19
197/2025
The British Columbia Gazette,
Part II
November 18, 2025
B.C. Reg. 197/2025 , deposited November 17, 2025, under the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT [section 35] and EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [section 26]. Order in Council 517/2025, approved and ordered November 17, 2025.
On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders the following:
(
a) the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 1;
(
b) the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 2;
(
c) effective December 1, 2025,
(
i) the Employment and Assistance Regulation is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 3, and
(ii) the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 4.
— S. MALCOLMSON, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction ; A. KANG, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .
Appendix 1
Section 77.9 (3) (
b) of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended by striking out " person in care " wherever it appears and substituting " person in special care ".
Schedule A is amended in
section 1 (1) by striking out " sections 3 and 6 to 10 of this
Schedule " and substituting " sections 3 and 6 to 8 of this
Schedule ".
Appendix 2
Section 70.8 (3) (
b) of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended by striking out " person in care " wherever it appears and substituting " person in special care ".
Appendix 3
Section 58 of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) In this section:
"care" means care as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"custody" means custody as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"security deposit" means
(
a) a security deposit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act , or
(
b) an amount required by a cooperative association to be paid by a recipient to the cooperative association for the same or a similar purpose as a security deposit under the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"subsidized rental unit" means a subsidized rental unit as defined in
section 49.1 of the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"supportive housing rental unit" means a supportive housing rental unit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Regulation;
"tenancy agreement" means a tenancy agreement as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act . ,
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out " The minister may provide a security deposit " and substituting " Subject to this section, the minister may provide a security deposit ", and
(
c) by adding the following subsection:
(6) The minister must not provide more than 2 security deposits to or for a family unit unless
(
a) both of the following apply:
(
i) every security deposit provided under subsection (2) before December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit has been recovered or repaid in full;
(ii) no more than one security deposit provided under subsection (2) on or after December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit remains unrecovered or unpaid,
(
b) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is changing or obtaining residential accommodation for any of the following reasons:
(
i) the family unit’s current residential accommodation is uninhabitable or the applicable tenancy agreement is otherwise frustrated;
(ii) the family unit has been offered and intends to accept a subsidized rental unit or a supportive housing rental unit;
(iii) to reunite a parent who is a member of the family unit and a child of the parent who has been in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than that parent;
(iv) to prevent a child who is a member of the family unit from being placed in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than a parent who is a member of the family unit;
(
v) the recipient is fleeing an abusive spouse or relative, or
(
c) both of the following apply:
(
i) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is obtaining residential accommodation because the family unit is experiencing homelessness;
(ii) the minister has not provided a security deposit under subsection (2), to or for the family unit, within the immediately preceding 6 calendar months.
Section 58.2 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) In this section:
"care" means care as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"custody" means custody as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"pet damage deposit" means
(
a) a pet damage deposit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act , or
(
b) an amount required by a cooperative association to be paid by a recipient to the cooperative association for the same or a similar purpose as a pet damage deposit under the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"subsidized rental unit" means a subsidized rental unit as defined in
section 49.1 of the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"supportive housing rental unit" means a supportive housing rental unit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Regulation;
"tenancy agreement" means a tenancy agreement as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act . ,
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out " The minister may provide a pet damage deposit " and substituting " Subject to this section, the minister may provide a pet damage deposit ", and
(
c) by adding the following subsection:
(4) The minister must not provide more than 2 pet damage deposits to or for a family unit unless
(
a) both of the following apply:
(
i) every pet damage deposit provided under subsection (2) before December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit has been recovered or repaid in full;
(ii) no more than one pet damage deposit provided under subsection (2) on or after December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit remains unrecovered or unpaid,
(
b) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is changing or obtaining residential accommodation for any of the following reasons:
(
i) the family unit’s current residential accommodation is uninhabitable or the applicable tenancy agreement is otherwise frustrated;
(ii) the family unit has been offered and intends to accept a subsidized rental unit or a supportive housing rental unit;
(iii) to reunite a parent who is a member of the family unit and a child of the parent who has been in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than that parent;
(iv) to prevent a child who is a member of the family unit from being placed in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than a parent who is a member of the family unit;
(
v) the recipient is fleeing an abusive spouse or relative, or
(
c) both of the following apply:
(
i) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is obtaining residential accommodation because the family unit is experiencing homelessness;
(ii) the minister has not provided a pet damage deposit under subsection (2), to or for the family unit, within the immediately preceding 6 calendar months.
Appendix 4
Section 56 of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) In this section:
"care" means care as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"custody" means custody as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"security deposit" means
(
a) a security deposit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act , or
(
b) an amount required by a cooperative association to be paid by a recipient to the cooperative association for the same or a similar purpose as a security deposit under the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"subsidized rental unit" means a subsidized rental unit as defined in
section 49.1 of the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"supportive housing rental unit" means a supportive housing rental unit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Regulation;
"tenancy agreement" means a tenancy agreement as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act . ,
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out " The minister may provide a security deposit " and substituting " Subject to this section, the minister may provide a security deposit ", and
(
c) by adding the following subsection:
(7) The minister must not provide more than 2 security deposits to or for a family unit unless
(
a) both of the following apply:
(
i) every security deposit provided under subsection (2) before December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit has been recovered or repaid in full;
(ii) no more than one security deposit provided under subsection (2) on or after December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit remains unrecovered or unpaid,
(
b) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is changing or obtaining residential accommodation for any of the following reasons:
(
i) the family unit’s current residential accommodation is uninhabitable or the applicable tenancy agreement is otherwise frustrated;
(ii) the family unit has been offered and intends to accept a subsidized rental unit or a supportive housing rental unit;
(iii) to reunite a parent who is a member of the family unit and a child of the parent who has been in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than that parent;
(iv) to prevent a child who is a member of the family unit from being placed in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than a parent who is a member of the family unit;
(
v) the recipient is fleeing an abusive spouse or relative, or
(
c) both of the following apply:
(
i) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is obtaining residential accommodation because the family unit is experiencing homelessness;
(ii) the minister has not provided a security deposit under subsection (2), to or for the family unit, within the immediately preceding 6 calendar months.
Section 56.2 is amended
(
a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) In this section:
"care" means care as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"custody" means custody as defined in the Child, Family and Community Service Act ;
"pet damage deposit" means
(
a) a pet damage deposit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act , or
(
b) an amount required by a cooperative association to be paid by a recipient to the cooperative association for the same or a similar purpose as a pet damage deposit under the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"subsidized rental unit" means a subsidized rental unit as defined in
section 49.1 of the Residential Tenancy Act ;
"supportive housing rental unit" means a supportive housing rental unit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Regulation;
"tenancy agreement" means a tenancy agreement as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act . ,
(
b) in subsection (2) by striking out " The minister may provide a pet damage deposit " and substituting " Subject to this section, the minister may provide a pet damage deposit ", and
(
c) by adding the following subsection:
(4) The minister must not provide more than 2 pet damage deposits to or for a family unit unless
(
a) both of the following apply:
(
i) every pet damage deposit provided under subsection (2) before December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit has been recovered or repaid in full;
(ii) no more than one pet damage deposit provided under subsection (2) on or after December 1, 2025 to or for the family unit remains unrecovered or unpaid,
(
b) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is changing or obtaining residential accommodation for any of the following reasons:
(
i) the family unit’s current residential accommodation is uninhabitable or the applicable tenancy agreement is otherwise frustrated;
(ii) the family unit has been offered and intends to accept a subsidized rental unit or a supportive housing rental unit;
(iii) to reunite a parent who is a member of the family unit and a child of the parent who has been in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than that parent;
(iv) to prevent a child who is a member of the family unit from being placed in the care or custody, under the Child, Family and Community Service Act , of a person other than a parent who is a member of the family unit;
(
v) the recipient is fleeing an abusive spouse or relative, or
(
c) both of the following apply:
(
i) the minister is satisfied that the family unit is obtaining residential accommodation because the family unit is experiencing homelessness;
(ii) the minister has not provided a pet damage deposit under subsection (2), to or for the family unit, within the immediately preceding 6 calendar months.
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