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2nd Session, 43rd Parliament

(2025) THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 5th day of March, 2026

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

HONOURABLE RAVI KAHLON

MINISTER OF JOBS

AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

BILL 5 – 2026

TRADE RECOGNITION ACT

Contents

Part 1 –

Definitions

Definitions

Part 2 – Recognition

Division 1 – Recognition

Sale and use of goods

Supply of services

Division 2 – Exclusions

Post-entry rules excluded

Other excluded regulatory measures

Division 3 – Conformance

Definitions

Responsible minister may require conformance

Part 3 – General

Application of Offence Act

Application of Labour Mobility Act

Regulations

11-14

Consequential and Related Amendments

Commencement

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Part 1 –

Definitions

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"Indigenous peoples" has the same meaning as in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ;

"regulatory measure" includes

(

a) an enactment, and

(

b) a directive, requirement, guideline, program, policy, practice, procedure, standard and assessment.

Part 2 – Recognition

Division 1 – Recognition

Sale and use of goods

2 Subject to Division 2 and the regulations,

(

a) a good that may be sold in another province of Canada may be sold in British Columbia,

(

b) a good that may be used in another province of Canada may be used in British Columbia, and

(

c) paragraphs (

a) and (

b) apply despite any regulatory measure relating to the sale or use of goods.

Supply of services

3 Subject to Division 2 and the regulations,

(

a) a service that may be supplied in another province of Canada may be supplied in British Columbia, and

(

b) paragraph (

a) applies despite any regulatory measure relating to the supply of services.

Division 2 – Exclusions

Post-entry rules excluded

(1) Division 1 does not apply in relation to a regulatory measure relating to

(

a) how a good is sold or used, or

(

b) how a service is supplied.

(2) Division 1 does not apply in relation to an enactment relating to

(

a) who may sell, purchase or use a good, or

(

b) to whom a service may be supplied.

Other excluded regulatory measures

5 Division 1 does not apply in relation to a regulatory measure relating to any of the following:

(

a) Indigenous peoples;

(

b) maintenance of a monopoly;

(

c) taxation;

(

d) incorporation.

Division 3 – Conformance

Definitions

6 In this Division:

"conform" , in relation to a regulatory measure, means that the measure is not disapplied by operation of Division 1;

"regulatory authority" , in relation to a regulatory measure, means the person or other entity that is authorized under an enactment to make the measure.

Responsible minister may require conformance

(1) The minister charged with administration of the Act under which a regulatory measure is made may request the regulatory authority for the measure to

(

a) amend the measure to make the measure conform, or

(

b) repeal the measure to the extent the measure does not conform.

(2) If a regulatory authority does not comply with a request under subsection (1) within 60 days after the request is made, the requesting minister may exercise the powers of the regulatory authority to carry out the request.

Part 3 – General

Application of Offence Act

Section 5 [general offence] of the Offence Act does not apply to this Act.

Application of Labour Mobility Act

9 This Act does not apply in relation to an extraprovincial occupation to which the Labour Mobility Act applies.

Regulations

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in

section 41 of the

Interpretation Act .

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:

(

a) excluding a good from

section 2 (

a) or (b);

(

b) excluding a service from

section 3 (a);

(

c) excluding a province from

section 2 (

a) or (

b) or 3 (a);

(

d) providing that a regulatory measure continues to apply despite

(

i) section 2 (

a) and (c),

(ii)

section 2 (

b) and (c), or

(iii)

section 3.

(3) In making a regulation under subsection (2), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do one or more of the following:

(

a) delegate a matter to a person;

(

b) confer a discretion on a person;

(

c) make different regulations in relation to

(

i) different goods, services, provinces, persons, things, circumstances or other matters, or

(ii) different classes of goods, services, provinces, persons, things, circumstances or other matters.

Consequential and Related Amendments

Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act

Part 1 of the Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, S.B.C. 2025, c. 11, is repealed.

Section 20 is amended by striking out " a regulation that is made " and substituting " a regulation in relation to

Part 3 that is made ".

Section 21 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out "

section 3 (4), 5, 7, 13, 17, or 19 " and substituting "

section 13 or 17, or

section 19 as it relates to

Part 3, ", and

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "

section 3 (4), 5, 7, 13, 17, or 19, " and substituting "

section 13 or 17, or

section 19 as it relates to

Part 3, ".

Section 22 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) (a), and

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " subsection (1) (

a) or (c) " and substituting " subsection (1) ".

Commencement

15 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

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