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Volume 59, No. 7

100/2016

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 3, 2016

B.C. Reg. 100/2016 , deposited April 29, 2016, under the PROVINCIAL SALES TAX ACT [section 240]. Order in Council 253/2016, approved and ordered April 29, 2016.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended

(

a) as set out in the attached Appendix 1, and

(

b) effective August 1, 2016, as set out in the attached Appendix 2.

— M. DE JONG, Minister of Finance ; T. WAT, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix 1

Section 5 of the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended

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a) in subsection (1) by striking out “ For the purposes of

section 125 (2) of the Act, ” and substituting “ Subject to subsection (1.1), for the purposes of

section 125 (2) of the Act, ”, and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) Tourism marketing, programs and projects prescribed by subsection (1) may include, but may not be limited to, sport hosting marketing, programs and projects.

Schedule 3 is amended

(

a) by repealing

section 1 and substituting the following:

Richmond

1 The City of Richmond may spend the money paid to it for improvements to the Richmond Olympic Oval intended to enhance its attraction as a tourist destination. , and

(

b) by repealing sections 5 and 6.

Appendix 2

Section 2 of the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) The area of British Columbia set out in column 1 of the table in

Schedule 2.1 is designated as a designated accommodation area for the purposes of the Act.

2 Sections 3, 4 and 6 are amended by striking out “

Schedule 1 or 2 ” and substituting “

Schedule 1, 2 or 2.1 ”.

3 The following

Schedule is added:

Schedule 2.1

(sections 2, 3, 4 and 6)

Item

Column 1

Designated Accommodation Area

Column 2

Designated Recipient

Column 3

Rate of Tax

Column 4

Repeal Date

the area consisting of both of the following:

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a) the area of the Sunshine Coast Regional District;

(

b) the area of the Powell River Regional District

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