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Volume 62, No. 8

84/2019

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 23, 2019

B.C. Reg. 84/2019 , deposited April 15, 2019, under the FAMILY LAW ACT [section 245]. Order in Council 191/2019, approved and ordered April 15, 2019.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective May 13, 2019, the Family Law Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 347/2012, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— D. EBY, Attorney General ; S. SIMPSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 3 of the Family Law Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 347/2012, is amended by adding the following subsections:

(4) A family justice counsellor is not prohibited by

section 11 (1) (

a) of the Act from disclosing the following information to the court if the information is obtained in the course of assisting parties to meet the requirements described in

section 5 [early resolution requirements] of Appendix B [Early Resolution and Case Management Model] of the Provincial Court (Family) Rules:

(

a) if a needs assessment was completed and, if so, the date of completion;

(

b) if a parenting education program was completed and, if so, the date of completion;

(

c) if consensual dispute resolution was completed and, if so, the date of completion;

(

d) if it was determined that consensual dispute resolution was not able to be accessed or was not appropriate;

(

e) the kinds of family law matters addressed during consensual dispute resolution;

(

f) the kinds of family law matters that are outstanding.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the words and expressions used in that subsection have the same meanings as they have in Appendix B [Early Resolution and Case Management Model] of the Provincial Court (Family) Rules.

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