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Volume 57, No. 14

152/2014

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 29, 2014

B.C. Reg. 152/2014 , deposited July 28, 2014, under the LOCAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT [section 100] and the LOCAL ELECTIONS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2014 [section 192]. Order in Council 468/2014, approved and ordered July 25, 2014.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Local Elections Campaign Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 106/2014, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

b) effective June 4, 2014, the 2014 Local Elections Campaign Financing Transitional Regulation, B.C. Reg. 107/2014, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— C. OAKES, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ; A. WILKINSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 1 of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 106/2014, is repealed and the following substituted:

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

“Act” means the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act ;

“fundraising function” includes a social function held by, or on behalf of, a candidate or elector organization for the purpose of obtaining funds for the candidate or elector organization.

Section 9 (3) (

c) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) if

(

i) the candidate sells non-monetary property or services for the purpose of obtaining funds for campaign use, and

(ii) the candidate

(

A) acquired the property or services as referred to in

section 13 (1) (a) [campaign contribution provided without compensation] of the Act,

(

B) acquired the property or services as referred to in

section 13 (1) (b) [campaign contribution if provided at less than market value] of the Act,

(

C) made a payment as referred to in

section 18 (5) (g) [incidental expenses] of the Act to acquire the property or services with the intention of selling that property or those services for the purpose of obtaining funds for campaign use, or

(

D) acquired the property or services other than for campaign use,

the proceeds of the sale, to the extent that these are not campaign contributions required to be deposited into a campaign account of the candidate;

(

d) a payment received from an individual as referred to in

section 12.1 (c) (ii) of this regulation.

Section 10 (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) if

(

i) the elector organization sells non-monetary property or services for the purpose of obtaining funds for campaign use, and

(ii) the elector organization

(

A) acquired the property or services as referred to in

section 13 (1) (a) [campaign contribution provided without compensation] of the Act,

(

B) acquired the property or services as referred to in

section 13 (1) (b) [campaign contribution if provided at less than market value] of the Act,

(

C) made a payment as referred to in

section 20 (5) (f) [incidental expenses] of the Act to acquire the property or those services with the intention of selling that property or services for the purpose of obtaining funds for campaign use, or

(

D) acquired the property or services other than for campaign use,

the proceeds of the sale, to the extent that these are not campaign contributions required to be deposited into a campaign account of the elector organization;

(

c) a payment received from an individual as referred to in

section 12.1 (c) (ii) of this regulation.

4 The following

section is added to

Part 2:

Charges for fundraising functions as campaign contributions

12.1 If a charge per individual is made for a fundraising function, the following rules apply:

(

a) the payment of such a charge by an organization is a campaign contribution of the amount paid;

(

b) if the per individual charge is greater than $50, the payment of such a charge by an individual is a campaign contribution of the amount paid;

(

c) if the per individual charge is $50 or less, and an individual pays for more than one such charge,

(

i) the total payment by the individual of more than $250 in respect of the charges is a campaign contribution of the amount paid, and

(ii) the total payment by an individual of $250 or less in respect of the charges is not a campaign contribution.

Schedule 2

1 The 2014 Local Elections Campaign Financing Transitional Regulation, B.C. Reg. 107/2014, is amended by adding the following section:

Campaign account deposits valid

5.1 Amounts deposited into a campaign account of a candidate or elector organization on or after May 29, 2014 that would have been valid had sections 9 (3) (a), (

b) and (

c) and 10 (

a) and (

b) of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 106/2014, been in force at the time the amounts were deposited are deemed to have been validly deposited.

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