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O.C. 127/2022

March 11, 2022

April 1, 2022

Public Interest Disclosure Act

Government Body Designation (Public Interest Disclosure) Regulation

[Last amended April 7, 2026 by B.C. Reg. 51/2026]

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Designation of government bodies and heads of government bodies

For the purposes of the

definitions of "government body" and "head" in

section 1 of the Public Interest Disclosure Act ,

an organization listed in Column 1 of the

Schedule is designated a government body, and

a person listed in Column 2 of the

Schedule is designated the head of the government body listed opposite in Column 1.

Prescribed classes of employees

In this section:

health facility means a health facility that is usually operated by a specified body;

licensee has the same meaning as in the Health Professions and Occupations Act ;

specified body means any of the following:

a regional health board designated under the Health Authorities Act ;

the British Columbia Emergency Health Services, a corporation continued under the Emergency Health Services Act ;

the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, a corporation continued under the Forensic Psychiatry Act ;

the Providence Health Care Society, a society as defined in

section 1 of the Societies Act ;

the Provincial Health Services Authority, a society as defined in

section 1 of the Societies Act .

For the purposes of the definition of employee in

section 1 of the Public Interest Disclosure Act , the following classes of persons are prescribed:

members of government bodies designated in the

Schedule to this regulation who exercise an adjudicative function of a tribunal;

licensees

when they are receiving training or providing services at a health facility, or

when they are receiving training or providing services through a website, online service or similar electronic application on behalf of a health facility.

[en. B.C. Reg. 131/2023, Sch. 2, s. 1; am. B.C. Reg. 128/2025, s. 3.]

School board trustees

For certainty, director within the meaning of the Public Interest Disclosure Act does not include a trustee of a board of education established under

Part 4 of the School Act .

[en. B.C. Reg. 245/2023, s. 1.]

Schedule

[am. B.C. Regs. 243/2022; 253/2022, s. 6; 131/2023, Sch. 1 and Sch. 2, s. 2; 187/2023, Sch., s. 4; 245/2023, s. 2 (b); 112/2024; 273/2024; 51/2026, App. 2.]

Column 1 Government Body

Column 2 Head of Government Body

0838465 B.C. Ltd.

President

0839565 B.C. Ltd.

President

BC Assessment

President and Chief Executive Officer

BC Council for International Education

Executive Director

BC Family Maintenance Agency

Chief Executive Officer

BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA)

Chief Executive Officer

BC Games Society

President

BC Housing

Chief Executive Officer

BC Infrastructure Benefits

President and Chief Executive Officer

BC Patient Safety and Quality Council

Chief Executive Officer

BC Pavilion Corporation

President and Chief Executive Officer

BC Shared Health Services

Chief Executive Officer

BC Transit

President and Chief Executive Officer

BCR Properties Ltd.

President and Chief Executive Officer

British Columbia Emergency Health Services

President and Chief Executive Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority

British Columbia Energy Regulator

Chief Executive Officer

British Columbia Energy Regulator

Commissioner

British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board

Chair

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

British Columbia Institute of Technology

President

British Columbia Investment Management Corp.

Chief Executive Officer

British Columbia Lottery Corporation

Chair

British Columbia Railway Company

President and Chief Executive Officer

British Columbia Review Board

Chair

British Columbia Safety Authority

President and Lead Executive Officer

British Columbia Securities Commission

Chair

British Columbia Utilities Commission

Chair

Building Code Appeal Board

Chair

Camosun College

President

Capilano University

President and Vice Chancellor

Civil Resolution Tribunal

Chair

Coast Mountain College

President and Chief Executive Officer

College of New Caledonia

President and Chief Executive Officer

College of the Rockies

President and Chief Executive Officer

Columbia Basin Trust

President and Chief Executive Officer

Columbia Power Corporation

President and Chief Executive Officer

Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board

Chair

Community Living British Columbia

Chief Executive Officer

Creative BC

Chief Executive Officer

Destination British Columbia

President and Chief Executive Officer

Douglas College

President and Chief Executive Officer

Economic Trust of the Southern Interior

Chief Executive Officer

Emily Carr University of Art and Design

President and Vice Chancellor

Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Employment Standards Tribunal

Chair

Energy Resource Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Environmental Appeal Board

Chair

Financial Services Tribunal

Chair

First Peoples' Cultural Council

Chief Executive Officer

Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission

President and Chief Executive Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority

Forest Appeals Commission

Chair

Forest Practices Board

Chair

Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Fraser Health Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Haida Gwaii Management Council

Chair

Health Professions Review Board

Chair

Hospital Appeal Board

Chair

Human Rights Tribunal

Chair

Infrastructure BC (Partnerships British Columbia Inc.)

President and Chief Executive Officer

Innovate BC

President and Chief Executive Officer

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

President and Chief Executive Officer

Insurance Council of British Columbia

Chief Executive Officer

Interior Health Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Island Coastal Economic Trust

Chief Executive Officer

Justice Institute of British Columbia

President

Knowledge Network

Chief Executive Officer

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

President and Vice Chancellor

Labour Relations Board

Chair

Langara College

President and Chief Executive Officer

Legal Aid BC

Chief Executive Officer

Mental Health Review Board

Chair

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology

President

North Island College

President

Northern Development Initiative Trust

Chief Executive Officer

Northern Health Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Northern Lights College

President and Chief Executive Officer

Office of the British Columbia Container Trucking Commissioner

British Columbia Container Trucking Commissioner

Okanagan College

President

Passenger Transportation Board

Chair

Property Assessment Appeal Board

Chair

Providence Health Care Society

President and Chief Executive Officer

Provincial Agricultural Land Commission

Chair

Provincial Health Services Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Public Guardian and Trustee

Public Guardian and Trustee

Royal British Columbia Museum

Chief Executive Officer

Royal Roads University

President and Vice Chancellor

Safety Standards Appeal Board

Chair

School boards (each board) under the School Act

Superintendent of schools

Selkirk College

President and Chief Executive Officer

Simon Fraser University

President and Vice Chancellor

SkilledTradesBC

Chief Executive Officer

Skilled Trades BC Appeal Board

Chair

Surface Rights Board

Chair

Thompson Rivers University

President and Vice Chancellor

Transportation Investment Corporation

President and Chief Executive Officer

University of British Columbia

President and Vice Chancellor

University of Northern British Columbia

President and Vice Chancellor

University of the Fraser Valley

President and Vice Chancellor

University of Victoria

President and Vice Chancellor

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Vancouver Community College

President and Chief Executive Officer

Vancouver Island Health Authority

President and Chief Executive Officer

Vancouver Island University

President and Vice Chancellor

Vancouver Wharves Ltd.

President

Victoria Regional Transit Commission

Chair

Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal

Chair

Workers' Compensation Board

President and Chief Executive Officer

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Public Interest Disclosure Act , S.B.C. 2018, c. 22, s. 48.]