British Columbia Order in Council — Bringing into force s. 1 of the Evidence Amendment Act (O.C. 468/2020)

O.C. 468/2020

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that (

a) section of the Evidence Amendment Act, 2020, S.B.C. 2020, c. 7, is brought into force, and (

b) the attached Expert Evidence Regulation is made. Attorney General Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Evidence Amendment Act, 2020, S.B.C. 2020, c. 7, s. 4; Evidence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 124, ss. 12.1 and 12.2 Other: R10394233 August 10, 2020 EXPERT EVIDENCE REGULATION Definition In this regulation, “Act” means the Evidence Act. Fast track vehicle injury proceeding For the purposes of the definition of “fast track vehicle injury proceeding” in

section 12.1 of the Act, a vehicle injury proceeding that is a fast track action under the Supreme Court Civil Rules is prescribed as a fast track vehicle injury proceeding. Exemptions for certain expert evidence 3

(1) In this section, “responding report” means a report served under Rule 11-6 (4) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules.

(2) The limits in relation to expert evidence set out in

section 12.1 (2) of the Act do not apply to an expert or expert’s responding report if a party serves the responding report to respond to a report that was served on the party within 126 days before the scheduled trial date for the vehicle injury proceeding.

(3) The limit in relation to reports from experts set out in

section 12.1 (2) (a) (ii) or (b) (ii) of the Act does not apply to a supplementary report referred to in Rule 11-6 (5) or (6) of the Supreme Court Civil Rules.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 468/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0468 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	cf08c878cefb253d4edac870f4b0725596d610af

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