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Volume 64, No. 2

11/2021

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

January 26, 2021

B.C.

Reg. 11/2021 , deposited January 26, 2021, under the PROFESSIONAL GOVERNANCE ACT [sections 31, 82, 118, 119, 129 and 158], the STRATA PROPERTY ACT [section 292], the COAL ACT [section 26], the CREMATION, INTERMENT AND FUNERAL SERVICES ACT [section 68], the WATER SUSTAINABILITY ACT [sections 124, 127 and 129], the EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT [section 127], the FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT [section 151], the GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES ACT [section 24], the GREENHOUSE GAS INDUSTRIAL REPORTING AND CONTROL ACT [section 46], the HOMEOWNER PROTECTION ACT [section 32], the MINERAL TENURE ACT [section 65], the ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT [sections 76, 138 and 139], the PUBLIC HEALTH ACT [sections 115 and 126], the RIPARIAN AREAS PROTECTION ACT [section 13], the SCHOOL ACT [section 131.1], the SECURITY SERVICES ACT [section 52] and the WILDFIRE ACT [sections 69 and 72].

Order in Council 34/2021, approved and ordered January 26, 2021.

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

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that,

(

a) effective February 5, 2021,

(

i) the Professional Governance Act , S.B.C. 2018, c. 47, is brought into force as set out in the attached Appendix 1,

(ii) the Professional Governance General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 107/2019, is amended

as set out in the attached Appendix 2, and

(iii) the regulations listed in the attached Appendix 3 are amended as set out

in that Appendix,

(iv) the Professional Governance (Election Stagger) Transitional Regulation as

set out in the attached Appendix 4 is made,

(

b) effective February 5, 2022,

section 32 (7) (

c) of the Professional Governance Act , S.B.C. 2018, c. 47, is brought into force.

— D. EBY, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing ; M. FARNWORTH, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix 1

1 The following provisions of the Professional Governance Act , S.B.C. 2018, c. 47, are brought into force:

(a)

section 1 (1), as it enacts the

definitions of "roster" and "roster member" , and sections 2 and 3;

(b) sections 7 (2) (c) (ii), 9, 10 (1) (a), (2) (

a) and (b) (

i) to (iii), (

v) and (vi) and (5), 11, 12, 17, 18 (1) (

a) and (b) (ii) and (iii) and (2), 21, 22, 23 (1),

(3) and (4), 24, 25 (2), 26 (2) to (5), 27 to 31, 32 (1) to (6) and (7) (

a) and (

b) and

33 to 41;

(

c) sections 42 to 50;

(

d) sections 51 to 55;

(

e) sections 56 to 58 and 63 to 83;

(

f) sections 84 to 98;

(

g) sections 99 to 103, 105 (2), 106 (1) (

a) to (c), (

e) and (

f) and (5) and 108;

(h) sections 109 (1) (b) (ii), 110, 113 and 114;

(

i) sections 117, 118 (2) (a), (b) (

i) and (ii), (

c) to (e), (f) (

v) and (vii), (g) (

i) to (iii) and (

v) to (xii), (h), (i), (j) (i), (ii) and (iv) to (vi) and (

k) and (3), 120, 121

and 122 (2) (

b) to (h);

(

j) sections 125 to 137, 139, 141 and 145 to 155;

(

k) Schedules 1 to 3.

Appendix 2

1 The Professional Governance General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 107/2019, is amended

(

a) by repealing the heading of Division 1 and substituting the following:

Part 1 –

Definitions ,

(

b) by repealing the heading of Division 2 and substituting the following:

Part 3 – Elections

Division 1 – Merit-Based Selection of Nominees ,

(

c) by repealing the heading of Division 3 and substituting the following:

Part 4 – Other Matters , and

(

d) by renumbering the

Schedule as

Schedule 1.

Part 1 is amended by adding the following sections:

Definition of "government registrant"

1.1 For the purposes of the definition of "government registrant" in

section 1 (1) of

the Act, the following are prescribed:

(

a) the ministry of the minister responsible for any of the following:

(

i) Part 8 [Roads and Rights of Way] of the Forest Act ;

(ii) Division 2 [Roads] of

Part 3 of the Forest and Range Practices Act ;

(iii)

Part 4 [Highways] or 5 [Use of Highways] of the Transportation Act ;

(

b) the British Columbia Safety Authority;

(

c) the Oil and Gas Commission;

(

d) the Workers' Compensation Board.

Definition of "relevant enactment"

1.2 For the purposes of the definition of "relevant enactment" in

section 1 (1) of the

Act, the enactments listed in

Schedule 1 are prescribed.

3 The following

Part is added:

Part 2 – Regulatory Bodies

Division 1 – Organization

Nomination committee

1.3 Despite

section 23 (4) [council of regulatory body – councillor may not be member of committee or panel] of the Act, one of the following councillors of a regulatory body may be a member

of the nomination committee of the regulatory body:

(

a) the immediate past president;

(

b) a lay councillor, if the immediate past president is unavailable.

Division 2 – Information

Definitions

1.4 In this Division:

"continued" means continued under Division 1 [Regulatory Bodies Continued] of

Part 7 of the Act;

"historical member" , in relation to a continued regulatory body, means a person who, before February 5, 2021,

ceased to be a registered member of the professional association continued as the

regulatory body;

"recent historical member" , in relation to a continued regulatory body, means a historical member of the regulatory

body who ceased on or after February 5, 2014 to be a registered member of the professional

association continued as the regulatory body.

Former registrants

1.5 The registrar for a regulatory body must include a former registrant of the regulatory

body in the list of registrants made available under

section 31 (3) of the Act for

at least 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the former registrant

ceases to be a member of the regulatory body.

Historical members

1.6

(1) This

section applies in relation to a continued regulatory body.

(2) Subject to this section, the following information about every person who

is a historical member of a regulatory body is prescribed for the purposes of

section 82 (1) (c) [information to be publicly available] of the Act:

(

a) the person's name and that the person is a historical member;

(

b) the category, subcategory or class of members in which the person was registered;

(

c) a notation of each cancellation or suspension of the person's registration.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the council of a regulatory body may limit

the information referred to in subsection (2) to be made publicly available under

section 82 (2) by reference to one or both of the following:

(

a) the date the historical member ceased to be a registered member of the continued

professional association;

(

b) the period of time since the historical member ceased to be a registered member

of the continued professional association.

(4) The council of a regulatory body must make the information referred to in

subsection (2) publicly available under

section 82 (2) of the Act for at least every

recent historical member.

(5) The council of a regulatory body must make the information referred to in

subsection (2) about a recent historical member publicly available under

section 82 (2)

of the Act for at least 10 calendar years after the calendar year in which the recent

historical member ceased to be a registered member of the continued professional association.

Protection of personal privacy – information in register

1.7

(1) Despite

section 31 (3) (f) (i) (B) [register to include information specified by discipline committee] of the Act, the registrar must not include information referred to in that

section in

a register if the registrar considers that the public interest in the information

being included in the register is outweighed by the privacy interests of

(

a) a complainant or other person, other than a registrant, or

(

b) a registrant who may be suffering from a physical or mental ailment, an emotional

disturbance or an addiction to alcohol or drugs.

(2) If the registrar determines under subsection (1) that information is not

to be included in a register, the registrar must note in the register that information

has been withheld.

Protection of personal privacy – information on website

1.8

(1) Despite

section 82 (2) [information to be publicly available] of the Act, the council of a regulatory body must not make information publicly available

under that

section if the council considers that the public interest in the information

being made publicly available is outweighed by the privacy interests of

(

a) a complainant or other person, other than a registrant, or

(

b) a registrant or historical member who may be suffering from a physical or

mental ailment, an emotional disturbance or an addiction to alcohol or drugs.

(2) If a council determines under subsection (1) that information is not to be

made publicly available, the council must note on the website referred to in

section 82 (2)

of the Act that information has been withheld.

Division 3 – General

Filing bylaws

1.9

(1) A bylaw described in

section 50 (1) [fees and special assessments] of the Act is not required to be delivered or filed under

section 37 (1) [filing of bylaws] of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of

section 37 (2) [filing of bylaws – number of days after which bylaw comes into force] of the Act, 45 days is prescribed.

Part 3 is amended by adding the following Division:

Division 2 – General

Oath of office

6.1 For the purposes of

section 28 (1) [oath of office] of the Act, an oath of office must be

(

a) taken and signed in the form set out in

Schedule 2, and

(

b) witnessed by at least one individual, who must also sign the form.

Section 7 is repealed.

6 The following

Schedule is added:

Schedule 2

Oath of Office

I do solemnly affirm that, in the exercise of my powers and the performance of

my duties as a member of the council of or a committee for the [name of regulatory body] :

• I will abide by the Professional Governance Act and its regulations, and the bylaws, standards and policies of the [name of regulatory body] , and act in accordance with the law and the public trust placed in me;

• I will act impartially and with integrity, putting the interests of the public

above my own personal interests and the interests of any organization with which I

am affiliated;

• I will avoid situations and circumstances in which there is a real or perceived

conflict of interest by ensuring that such conflicts of interest are properly disclosed

and that necessary measures are taken so a conflict of interest does not bias decisions

or recommendations;

• I will conduct myself honestly and ethically, in a manner that maintains and

enhances the public's trust and confidence in the governance of the [name of profession] profession(

s) and does not bring it (them) into disrepute;

• I will safeguard confidential information, not divulging it unless I am authorized

or required to do so by law;

• I will base my decisions on the objective evidence that is available to me;

• I will ensure that other memberships, directorships, voluntary or paid positions

or affiliations remain distinct from work undertaken in the course of exercising my

powers or performing my duties as a council or committee member.

.........................................................................

....................................................................................

Witness

Council / Committee Member

....................................................................................

Date

Appendix 3

Bare Land Strata Regulations

Section 1 (1) of the Bare Land Strata Regulations, B.C. Reg. 75/78, is amended

by repealing the definition of "professional engineer" and substituting the following:

"professional engineer" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee; .

Coal Act Regulation

Section 4 (1) (

a) of the Coal Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 251/2004, is amended

by striking out " a professional engineer or professional geoscientist " and substituting " a person who is " and by striking out " registered under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act as a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of

the Province of British Columbia " and substituting " registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional geoscientist ".

Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulation

Section 1 (1) of the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulation, B.C.

Reg. 298/2004, is amended

(

a) by repealing the definition of "geoscientist" and substituting the following:

"professional geoscientist" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional geoscientist or professional geoscience licensee; , and

(

b) by repealing the definition of "professional engineer" and substituting the following:

"professional engineer" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee; .

Section 17 (

d) is amended by striking out " geoscientist " wherever it appears and substituting " professional geoscientist ".

Dam Safety Regulation

Section 1 (1) of the Dam Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 40/2016, is amended by

repealing the definition of "engineering professional" and substituting the following:

"engineering professional" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee; .

Employment Standards Regulation

Section 31 of the Employment Standards Regulation, B.C. Reg. 396/95, is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

f) and substituting the following:

(

f) a professional engineer, professional engineering licensee or engineer in

training under the Professional Governance Act , , and

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

p) and substituting the following:

(

p) a professional forester under the Professional Governance Act , .

Forest Planning and Practices Regulation

Section 22.1 (1) of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C. Reg. 14/2004,

is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) For the purposes of

section 16 (1.01) (

a) of the Act, a person has the prescribed

qualifications in relation to a subject matter prescribed in subsection (2) (

a) to (

j) of this

section if

(

a) the person is registered under the Professional Governance Act as

(

i) an agrologist,

(ii) a professional biologist,

(iii) a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee,

(iv) a professional geoscientist or professional geoscience licensee, or

(

v) a professional forester or registered forest technologist, and

(

b) the subject matter is within the person's scope of practice under that Act.

Geothermal Resources General Regulation

Section 1 of the Geothermal Resources General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 39/2017,

is amended by repealing the definition of "qualified person" and substituting the following:

"qualified person" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional geoscientist; .

Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation

Section 21 (1) of the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 249/2015,

is amended

(

a) by repealing the definition of "professional engineer" and substituting the following:

"professional engineer" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee; , and

(

b) by repealing the definition of "professional geoscientist" and substituting the following:

"professional geoscientist" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional geoscientst or professional geoscience licensee.

Homeowner Protection Act Regulation

Section 4.05 (2) (

b) of the Homeowner Protection Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 29/99,

is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(v.1) the Professional Governance Act , as it relates to professional engineering or professional geoscience, .

Mineral Tenure Act Regulation

Section 16 (2) (

b) of the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 529/2004,

is amended by striking out " a member as defined in the Engineers and Geoscientists Act " and substituting " a registrant under the Professional Governance Act of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province

of British Columbia ".

Mining Rights Compensation Regulation

Section 4 (1) (

a) of the Mining Rights Compensation Regulation, B.C. Reg. 19/99,

is repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) is registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists

of the Province of British Columbia as a professional engineer, professional engineering

licensee, professional geoscientist or professional geoscience licensee or is a member,

with a similar scope of practice, of a self regulatory association or body in another

jurisdiction, .

Mushroom Compost Facilities Regulation

Section 2 (1) (

b) of the

Schedule to the Mushroom Compost Facilities Regulation,

B.C. Reg. 413/98, is amended by striking out " the Agrologists Act " and substituting " the Professional Governance Act ".

Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation

Section 24 (a) (

i) of the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation, B.C. Reg. 152/2019,

is amended

(

a) by striking out " one of the following persons: " and substituting " a person registered under the Professional Governance Act as ", and

(

b) by repealing clauses (

A) to (

C) and substituting the following:

(

A) an agrologist,

(

B) a professional biologist, or

(

C) a professional forester or registered forest technologist, and .

Pool Regulation

Section 4 of the Pool Regulation, B.C. Reg. 296/2010, is amended by repealing

the definition of "engineer" and substituting the following:

"engineer" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee.

Range Planning and Practices Regulation

16 Sections 4 (

d) and 19 (

a) of the Range Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C.

Reg. 19/2004, are amended by striking out " Agrologists Act " and substituting " Professional Governance Act ".

Riparian Areas Protection Regulation

Section 21 of the Riparian Areas Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 178/2019,

is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1),

(

b) by repealing subsection (2) (

a) and (

b) and substituting the following:

(

a) the individual is registered under the Professional Governance Act as any of the following professionals:

(

i) an agrologist;

(ii) an applied science technologist or certified technician;

(iii) a registered professional biologist or registered biology technologist;

(iv) a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee;

(

v) a professional forester or registered forest technologist;

(vi) a professional geoscientist or professional geoscience licensee,

(

b) the individual is in good standing with the regulatory body under that Act

for the individual's profession, and , and

(

c) in subsection (2) (c) (iii) by striking out " the appropriate professional association " and substituting " the regulatory body referred to in paragraph (b) " and by striking out " that professional association " and substituting " that regulatory body ".

School Tax Exemptions and Refunds (Approved and Eligible Hydroelectric Power Projects)

Regulation

Section 1 of the School Tax Exemptions and Refunds (Approved and Eligible Hydroelectric

Power Projects) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 144/2005, is amended by repealing the definition

of "professional engineer" and substituting the following:

"professional engineer" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee.

Security Services Regulation

Section 2 (2) (

n) of the Security Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 207/2008, is

amended by striking out " professional engineers, as defined in the Engineers and Geoscientists Act , " and substituting " professional engineers and professional engineering licensees, registered under

the Professional Governance Act , ".

Sewerage System Regulation

Section 1 of the Sewerage System Regulation, B.C. Reg. 326/2004, is amended

in the definition of "registration certificate" by striking out " Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act " and substituting " Professional Governance Act ".

Section 7 (1) (a) (

i) is amended by striking out " registration under the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act" and " registration under the Professional Governance Act as a registrant of that regulatory body ".

Water Sustainability Regulation

Section 36 (1) of the Water Sustainability Regulation, B.C. Reg. 36/2016, is

amended by repealing the definition of "engineering professional" and substituting the following:

"engineering professional" means a person who is registered under the Professional Governance Act as a professional engineer or professional engineering licensee; .

Wildfire Regulation

Section 1 (1) of the Wildfire Regulation, B.C. Reg. 38/2005, is amended by adding

the following

definitions:

"professional forester" has the same meaning as in the Professional Governance Act ;

"registered forest technologist" has the same meaning as in the Professional Governance Act ; .

Section 12.1 (2) (b) (ii) and (3) (

b) is amended by striking out " under the Foresters Act ".

Appendix 4

PROFESSIONAL GOVERNANCE (ELECTION STAGGER)

TRANSITIONAL REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Professional Governance Act ;

"continued registrant councillor" has the same meaning as in

section 126 (1) of the Act;

"tied councillors" means two or more registrant councillors who received the same number of votes in

an election of a regulatory body.

Tied councillors

(1) For the purposes of this regulation,

(

a) tied councillors are to be ranked in accordance with subsection (2), and

(

b) a tied councillor is deemed, as among the tied councillors, to have received

more votes than any lower ranked tied councillor and less votes than any higher ranked

tied councillor.

(2) Tied councillors are to be ranked for the purposes of subsection (1) as follows:

(

a) if the bylaws of the regulatory body set out a method for determining who

is elected from among two or more candidates who receive the same number of votes,

using that method;

(

b) in any other case, by random draw.

British Columbia Institute of Agrologists

3 (1) Subsection (2) applies if the bylaws of the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists

applicable to the 2021 election of that regulatory body identify regions of British

Columbia and provide that registrant councillors are to be elected from one or more

of those regions in that election.

(2) Despite

section 24 (1) of the Act, the term to hold office is one year for

a registrant councillor of the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists who

(

a) is elected from a region in the 2021 election of that regulatory body,

(

b) is not the only registrant councillor elected from the region in that election,

and

(

c) received the fewest votes of all registrant councillors elected from the region

in that election.

Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia

(1) Despite

section 24 (1) of the Act, the term to hold office is one year for a

registrant councillor of the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British

Columbia who

(

a) is elected in the 2022 election of that regulatory body, and

(

b) received the fewest votes of all registrant councillors elected in that election.

(2) Despite

section 24 (1) of the Act, the term to hold office is 2 years for

a registrant councillor of the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British

Columbia who

(

a) is elected in the 2022 election of that regulatory body, and

(

b) received the second fewest votes of all registrant councillors elected in

that election.

College of Applied Biology

5 Despite

section 24 (1) of the Act, the term to hold office is 2 years for the following

registrant councillors of the College of Applied Biology:

(

a) the registrant councillor who

(

i) is elected in the 2021 election of that regulatory body, and

(ii) received the fewest votes of all registrant councillors elected in that election;

(

b) the registrant councillor who

(

i) is elected in the 2022 election of that regulatory body, and

(ii) received the fewest votes of all registrant councillors elected in that election.

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of

British Columbia

6 (1)

Section 84 (6) (

a) of the Act does not apply in relation to a continued registrant

councillor of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province

of British Columbia who

(

a) is elected in the 2020 election, and

(

b) received the first or the second most votes of all continued registrant councillors

elected in that election.

(2) For the purposes of

section 84 (6) (d), the term to hold office is one year

for a continued registrant councillor who

(

a) is elected in the 2020 election, and

(

b) did not receive the first, second, third or fourth most votes of all continued

registrant councillors elected in that election.

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