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Volume 63, No. 6

78/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 7, 2020

B.C. Reg. 78/2020 , deposited April 6, 2020, under the CANNABIS CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT [sections 127, 133 and 134]. Order in Council 168/2020, approved and ordered April 6, 2020.

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

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective September 30, 2020,

(

a) the Cannabis Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 202/2018, is amended as set out

in the attached Appendix 1, and

(

b) the Worker Qualification Regulation, B.C. Reg. 214/2018, is amended as set

out in the attached Appendix 2.

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

Appendix 1

1 The Cannabis Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 202/2018, is amended by adding the

following sections to Division 3 of

Part 2:

Designated representative – training

10.1 In this Division, "designated representative" means an adult

(

a) designated by a marketing licensee or an applicant for a marketing licence

to take, on behalf of the licensee or applicant, the type of training prescribed under

section 20 (6) of the Worker Qualification Regulation, and

(

b) who is satisfactory to the general manager.

Additional mandatory requirement

11.01 For the purposes of

section 26 (2) (

f) of the Act, an additional criterion for the

issuance, renewal, transfer or amendment of a marketing licence is that,

(

a) if the applicant is an individual, the applicant holds a training certificate

for the type of training prescribed under

section 20 (6) of the Worker Qualification

Regulation, and

(

b) if the applicant is not an individual, the designated representative of the

applicant holds a training certificate referred to in paragraph (a).

Marketing licensees who are not individuals – training

11.2 A marketing licensee that is not an individual must have, during the term of the

marketing licence, a designated representative who holds a training certificate for

the type of training prescribed under

section 20 (6) of the Worker Qualification Regulation.

Section 24 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) by adding the following paragraph:

(

k) records containing the information described in subsection (8) relating to

training required under

section 114 or 115 of the Act that has been taken by the following:

(

i) if the retail store licensee is an individual, the licensee;

(ii) if the retail store licensee is not an individual, the adult referred to

section 114 (2) of the Act who has taken the training on behalf of the licensee;

(iii) every adult involved in selling cannabis in the establishment or who supervises

the sale of cannabis in the establishment. ,

(

b) in subsection (7) by adding the following paragraph:

(

f) records containing the information described in subsection (8) relating to

training required under

section 116 of the Act that has been taken by the following:

(

i) if the marketing licensee is an individual, the licensee;

(ii) if the marketing licensee is not an individual, the designated representative,

within the meaning of

section 10.1 of this regulation, of the licensee;

(iii) every adult who works for the licensee and who promotes cannabis for the

purpose of selling it or supervises adults who promote cannabis for the purpose of

selling it;

(iv) every adult who is an agent of the licensee and who promotes cannabis for

the purpose of selling it or supervises adults who promote cannabis for the purpose

of selling it. , and

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(8) The records referred to in subsections (3) (

s) and (7) (

f) must contain the

following information:

(

a) the name of the person who has taken the training;

(

b) the number of the training certificate provided to the person under

section 113 (4)

of the Act;

(

c) the date that the certificate expires.

Appendix 2

1 The Worker Qualification Regulation, B.C. Reg. 214/2018, is amended by adding

the following sections:

Matters relating to prescribed training

(1) In this section, "general training program" means the general training program established by the general manager under

section 113 (1)

of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of

section 113 (5) of the Act, the prescribed period in respect

of a training certificate is 2 years after the day the certificate is issued.

(3) For the purposes of

section 114 of the Act, the type of training prescribed

for a retail store licensee is the general training program.

(4) For the purposes of

section 115 (1) of the Act, the type of training prescribed

with respect to selling cannabis is the general training program.

(5) For the purposes of

section 115 (2) of the Act, the type of training prescribed

for adults who supervise the sale of cannabis is the general training program.

(6) For the purposes of

section 116 of the Act, the general training program is

the type of training prescribed for the following classes of persons:

(

a) marketing licensees who are individuals;

(

b) designated representatives, within the meaning of

section 10.1 of the Cannabis

Licensing Regulation, of marketing licensees;

(

c) adults who work for a marketing licensee;

(

d) adults who act as an agent of a marketing licensee.

(7) For the purposes of

section 116 of the Act, the activities specified in relation

to the classes of persons referred to in subsection (6) of this

section are the following:

(

a) promoting cannabis for the purpose of selling it;

(

b) supervising staff who promote cannabis for the purpose of selling it.

General training program fee

(1) The fee to take the general training program referred to in

section 20 (1) is

$35 and, subject to subsection (2), must be paid prior to taking the program.

(2) If an adult who applies to take the general training program works in a government

cannabis store, the fee for the training may be paid by the government after the adult

takes the training.

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