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2005 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 38th Parliament

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HONOURABLE CAROLE TAYLOR

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 3 – 2005

BUDGET MEASURES

IMPLEMENTATION ACT (N o . 2), 2005

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

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Section 4.1 (9) of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, S.B.C. 2000, c. 23, is repealed and the following substituted:

(9) This

section is repealed on March 31, 2009.

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act

Section 1 of the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 424, is amended in the definition of "residence" by striking out " or " at the end of paragraph (a), by adding " ,or " at the end of paragraph (

b) and by adding the following paragraph:

(

c) if an applicant leases a manufactured home site as defined in the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act , that manufactured home site .

Transitional

Presentation and reporting obligations for 2005-2006 fiscal year

(1) In this section, "new main estimates" means the main estimates for the 2005-2006 fiscal year presented under

section 6 (2) of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act .

(2) The new main estimates, and the documents presented or made public in relation to the new main estimates under

(

a) section 7 [economic and fiscal forecasts] ,

(

b) section 8 [major capital project information] ,

(

c) section 12 [government strategic plan] , or

(

d) section 13 [service plans]

of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act , are the ones that apply for the purposes of

Part 2 [Fiscal Reports] and

Part 4 [Service Plan Reports] of that Act in relation to the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

(3) The new main estimates are the ones that apply for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

Commencement

4 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item

Column 1

Provisions of Act

Column 2

Commencement

Anything not elsewhere covered by this table

The date of Royal Assent

Section 2

October 1, 2005

Explanatory Notes

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

SECTION 1: [Budget Transparency and Accountability Act,

section 4.1] extends the term

of the accounting policy advisory committee under this

section for 3 years.

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act

SECTION 2: [Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act,

section 1] includes manufactured home

sites to the definition of "residence".

SECTION 3: [Transitional – Presentation and reporting obligations for 2005-2006 fiscal

year] clarifies which main estimates and other documents are to be used for

the purposes of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act and the Balanced

Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the 2005-2006

fiscal year.

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