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Volume 63, No. 18

232/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

September 22, 2020

B.C. Reg. 232/2020 , deposited September 18, 2020, under the COURT RULES ACT [section 1]. Order in Council 517/2020, approved and ordered September 18, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, are amended as set out

in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

b) effective October 4, 2021, the Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009,

are amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— D. EBY, Attorney General ; C. TREVENA, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

1 The Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, are amended in Rule 12-6 by

adding the following subrules:

Application of Rule 12-6

(0.1) Subrules (1) to (12) of this Rule do not apply during the period starting on September 28,

2020 and ending on October 3, 2021.

Rules during specified period

(0.2) During the period referred to in subrule (0.1),

(

a) a trial must be heard by the court without a jury regardless of whether a

party filed or served a notice, or paid any sum for the jury and the jury process,

under this Rule,

(

b) the court may transfer a proceeding to the Provincial Court of British Columbia

under

section 15 of the Supreme Court Act even though a party has filed a notice requiring a jury trial under this Rule, and

(

c) a party may not apply for an adjournment of a trial because the party may

want to require that the trial be heard by the court with a jury, unless the court

otherwise orders.

Schedule 2

1 The Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, are amended in Rule 12-6 by

repealing subrules (0.1) and (0.2).

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