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2006 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 38th Parliament

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HONOURABLE CAROLE TAYLOR

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 4 – 2006

AGRICULTURE AND LANDS STATUTES

AMENDMENT ACT, 2006

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

Land Act

Section 59 (4) of the Land Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 245, is amended by striking out "

section 97 (1) " and substituting "

section 97 (1) or (1.1) ".

Section 97 (1) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) a public officer in the minister's ministry,

(

b) a government corporation as defined in the Financial Administration Act , or

(

c) another member of the Executive Council.

(

a) a public officer in the member's ministry, or

(

b) a government corporation as defined in the Financial Administration Act .

Section 105 (c.1) is amended by striking out " to which the minister has delegated a power under

section 97 (1) " and substituting " to which a power is delegated under

section 97 (1) or (1.1) ".

Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act

Section 3 (3) of the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 307, is repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) a public officer in the minister's ministry,

(

b) a government corporation as defined in the Financial Administration Act , or

(

c) another member of the Executive Council.

(

a) a public officer in the member's ministry, or

(

b) a government corporation as defined in the Financial Administration Act .

Commencement

5 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

Land Act

SECTION 1: [Land Act,

section 59] is consequential to the enactment of

section 97 (1.1) of

the Act by this Bill.

SECTION 2: [Land Act,

section 97] expands the minister's capacity under

section 97 (1) to

delegate the minister's powers or functions under the Act to include delegation

to other ministers. If a delegation is made to another minister, that minister is

given a limited capacity to subdelegate to his or her ministry's officials, to a

government corporation or to the Surveyor General.

SECTION 3: [Land Act,

section 105] is consequential to the enactment of

section 97 (1.1)

of the Act by this Bill.

Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act

SECTION 4: [Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act,

section 3] expands the minister's

capacity under

section 3 (3) to delegate the minister's powers or functions

under the Act to include delegation to other ministers. If a delegation is made

to another minister, that minister is given a limited capacity to subdelegate to

his or her ministry's officials or to a government corporation.

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