British Columbia Bill 3 (Government) — 5th Parliament, 40th Session — Previous Version 1
5-40 Gov Bill 3-1
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2016 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 40th Parliament
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HONOURABLE MICHELLE STILWELL
MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
BILL 3 – 2016
EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AMENDMENT ACT, 2016
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
SECTION 1: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act,
section 2] authorizes the minister to designate a person in a prescribed class as a person with disabilities.
Section 2 (2) of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 41, is amended by adding " that the person is in a prescribed class of persons or " after " satisfied ".
SECTION 2: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act,
section 26] authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe classes of persons for the purposes of
section 2 (2) of the Act by reference to a certain status or benefit.
Section 26 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph:
(
p) prescribing classes of persons for the purposes of
section 2 (2) [persons with disabilities] by reference to a status or benefit that
(ii) in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, evidences a mental or physical impairment at least as severe as that described in
section 2 (2) (
a) and (b).
Commencement
3 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Explanatory Notes
SECTION 1: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act,
section 2] authorizes the minister to designate a person in a prescribed class as a person with disabilities.
SECTION 2: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act,
section 26] authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe classes of persons for the purposes of
section 2 (2) of the Act by reference to a certain status or benefit.
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