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2002 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 37th Parliament

THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational

purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 21st day of November, 2002

Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk

HONOURABLE GEOFF PLANT

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER

RESPONSIBLE FOR TREATY NEGOTIATIONS

BILL 72 – 2002

LOBBYISTS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2002

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

Section 11 (2) (

c) of the Lobbyists Registration Act, S.B.C. 2001, c. 42, is repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) prescribing any fee required to be paid under paragraph (

b) or the manner of determining the fee, and providing for different fees or for the waiver of a fee based on one or more of the following:

(

i) the manner in which a return is submitted to the registrar;

(ii) the time at or within which a return is submitted to the registrar;

(iii) the class of lobbyist by or in relation to whom a return is submitted to the registrar; .

Transitional

(1) In this section, "consultant lobbyist" and

"registrar" have the same meaning as in the Lobbyists Registration Act .

(2) Despite

section 3 (1) (

a) of the Lobbyists Registration Act, a person who was a consultant lobbyist on October 28, 2002 must, within 30 days after that date, file with the registrar a return in the form prescribed by that Act and containing the information required by

section 4 of that Act.

Commencement

Section 2 is deemed to have come into force on October 28, 2002 and is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date.

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