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Section

Definitions

Tuition freeze

Power to make regulations

This Act prevails over all others

Sunset provision

Commencement

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"freeze period" means the period beginning on

April 1, 1999 and ending on March 31, 2000;

"post secondary institution" means a university,

college or other institution established under the University Act , the

University of Northern British Columbia Act , the Royal Roads University

Act , the Technical University of British Columbia Act , the

College and Institute Act, the Institute of Technology Act or the Open

Learning Agency Act ;

"tuition fee" means a fee charged by a post

secondary institution for a graduate, undergraduate, career, technical, vocational or

developmental program and includes a mandatory ancillary fee that has the effect of

increasing the cost of tuition, but does not include a student association fee or a fee

charged to an international student or a fee charged for a contract service or a

continuing education program.

Tuition freeze

(1) The tuition fees charged by a post secondary

institution for programs that are provided during the freeze period must not exceed the

tuition fees charged by the institution immediately before the freeze period.

(2) The tuition fee charged by a post secondary institution for a

new program must not exceed the tuition fee charged by the institution for similar

existing programs.

Power to make regulations

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations referred to in

section 41 of the

Interpretation Act .

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in

Council may make regulations as follows:

(

a) for the purpose of applying this Act to the particular

circumstances of the individuals and post secondary institutions affected by this Act;

(

b) defining a word or expression used but not defined in this

Act.

(3) Regulations under this

section may be made effective

retroactively to a date on or after the date on which this Act comes into force.

This Act prevails

over all others

4 In the event of a conflict between this Act and any other

enactment, this Act prevails.

Sunset provision

5 This Act expires on March 31, 2000.

Commencement

6 This Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1,

1999 and is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date.

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Bill is to re-enact the Tuition Fee Freeze Act to extend the

tuition fee freeze period until March 31, 2000 and to change the date on which the Act

expires from March 31, 1999 to March 31, 2000.

Copyright © 1999: Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada