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Volume 49, No. 9

B.C. Reg. 100/2006

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 9, 2006

B.C. Reg. 100/2006, deposited April 27, 2006, pursuant to the HOME OWNER GRANT ACT [Section 18]. Order in Council 284/2006, approved and ordered April 27, 2006.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective January 1, 2006, the Home Owner Grant Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— C. TAYLOR, Minister of Finance; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

Section 6 of the Home Owner Grant Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2002, is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) (

a) and (

b) and substituting the following:

(

a) the person with disabilities, in order to manage normal daily functioning, either

(

i) is receiving physical assistance in the principal residence in respect of which the owner is incurring costs that exceed $150 per month,

(ii) has required structural modifications to the principal residence in respect of which the owner has incurred costs that exceed $2 000, or

(iii) has purchased a principal residence with structural modifications completed by a previous owner that

(

A) meet the owner's disability needs, and

(

B) has a value that exceeds $2 000;

(

b) a certificate, in Form B of

Schedule 2 to this regulation, has been filed with the collector,

(

i) from a medical practitioner confirming that the information provided about the person named in Form B is true, and

(ii) from the owner

(

A) certifying that because of the disability the owner is incurring costs for physical assistance or has incurred costs for structural modifications to the principal residence or has purchased a principal residence with structural modifications completed by a previous owner, and

(

B) if applicable, certifying that the owner is the spouse or relative of the person with disabilities and resides with the person with disabilities. , and

(

b) in subsection (2) by adding ", in respect of Part B (b) (

i) and (ii) of the form" after "must retain".

2 The following

section is added:

Threshold amount

8 For the purposes of sections 2 (3), 3 (4), 4 (4) and 5 (4) of the Act, the threshold amount is $780 000.

Schedule 2 is amended in Part B of Form B by repealing paragraphs (

b) and (

d) and substituting the following:

(

b) I certify that, in order for my spouse or relative or me to manage normal daily functioning in my principal residence,

(

i) I am incurring costs for physical assistance in my principal

residence that exceed $150 per month [ ],

(ii) I have incurred costs for structural modifications to my principal

residence that exceed $2 000 [ ], or

(iii) I have purchased my principal residence with structural

modifications completed by a previous owner that meet my

disability needs and those modifications have a value that exceeds $2 000; [ ],

(

d) I understand that I must retain the original receipts and documentation supporting the costs referred to in paragraph (b) (

i) and (ii) for a period of 6 years and must provide those receipts and documentation on request by my municipal or provincial tax collector or by the Home Owner Grant Administration Branch.

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