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Volume 68, No. 16

157/2025

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 7, 2025

B.C. Reg. 157/2025 , deposited October 2, 2025, under the MENTAL HEALTH ACT [sections 43 and 55] and MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT, 2022 [section 9]. Order in Council 456/2025, approved and ordered October 2, 2025.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) effective December 3, 2025, the Mental Health Amendment Act, 2022 , S.B.C. 2022, c. 17, is brought into force,

(

b) effective December 3, 2025, the Mental Health Regulation, B.C. Reg. 233/99, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

c) effective March 18, 2026, the Mental Health Regulation, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— N. SHARMA, Attorney General ; J. BRAR, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 5 of the Mental Health Regulation, B.C. Reg. 233/99, is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice to patients

5 The director must ensure that copies of the following are posted in a conspicuous place that is accessible to patients in the designated facility:

(

a) the Act;

(

b) sections 1 to 10 of this regulation;

(

c) Form 13, if that form is being used to provide a notice under

section 34 of the Act;

(

d) Form 13.1, if that form is being used to provide a notice under

section 34 of the Act;

(

e) Form 14, if that form is being used to provide a notice under

section 34.1 of the Act;

(

f) Form 14.1, if that form is being used to provide a notice under

section 34.1 of the Act.

2 The following

section is added:

Exception to notice of event

5.1

(1) Despite

section 47 of the Act, a director is authorized not to give a notice of event to a rights advice service with respect to a patient if both of the following conditions are met:

(

a) the patient is on leave under

section 37 of the Act;

(

b) the director has given to the patient sufficient information to enable the patient to contact a rights advice service.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b), the director must do both of the following:

(

a) give the information in writing or another form appropriate to the patient’s skills and abilities;

(

b) make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient is able to understand the information given.

Section 11 is amended

(

a) in subsection (13) by adding " or Form 13.1 " after " Form 13 ",

(

b) in subsection (14) by adding " or Form 14.1 " after " Form 14 ",

(

c) by repealing subsection (16) and substituting the following:

(16) A notice under

section 34.2 (1) of the Act must be

(

a) in Form 16 or 16.2, in the case of the near relative of a patient referred to in

section 34.2 (1) (

a) of the Act, or

(

b) in Form 16 or 16.1, in the case of the near relative of a patient referred to in

section 34.2 (1) (

b) of the Act. , and

(

d) by adding the following subsection:

(23) A notice of event under

section 47 of the Act must be in Form 22.

4 Forms 7, 13, 14 and 16 are repealed.

5 The attached Forms 7, 13, 13.1, 14, 14.1, 16, 16.1, 16.2 and 22 are added.

Schedule 2

Section 5 (

c) to (

f) of the Mental Health Regulation, B.C. Reg. 233/99, is repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) Forms 13.1 and 14.1.

Section 11 is amended

(

a) in subsection (13) by striking out " Form 13 or ",

(

b) in subsection (14) by striking out " Form 14 or ", and

(

c) in subsection (16) by striking out " in Form 16 or " wherever it appears and substituting " in Form ".

3 Forms 13, 14 and 16 are repealed.

Form 7

Form 13

Form 13.1

Form 14

Form 14.1

Form 16

Form 16.1

Form 16.2

Form 22

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