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Volume 52, No. 5

B.C. Reg. 91/2009

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 10, 2009

B.C. Reg. 91/2009 , deposited March 6, 2009, pursuant to the WATER ACT [Section 101]. Order in Council 173/2009, approved and ordered March 5, 2009.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Groundwater Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/2004, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— B. PENNER, Minister of Environment ; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 2 of the Groundwater Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/2004, is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by repealing paragraph (

d) and substituting the following:

(

d) remove from the register of qualified well drillers or the register of qualified well pump installers any person who

(

i) fails to meet a requirement for registration,

(ii) fails to maintain a requirement for registration,

(iii) is no longer actively working in Canada as a well driller or well pump installer, or

(iv) is deceased. , and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(3) Subsection (1) (d) (ii) applies on and after November 1, 2010.

2 Sections 3 and 4 are repealed and the following substituted:

Registration and qualifications – qualified well driller

(1) A person May apply to the comptroller for registration as a qualified well driller by completing an application in the form specified by the comptroller.

(2) The applicant for registration under subsection (1) must provide with the application proof satisfactory to the comptroller that the applicant

(

a) is at least 19 years of age, and

(

b) holds one of the following:

(

i) a Certificate of Qualification as a Water Well Driller issued by the Province of British Columbia;

(ii) an equivalent certificate issued by another province or territory of Canada;

(iii) a certificate as a Groundwater Drilling Technician issued by the Canadian Ground Water Association.

(3) On approving the application, the comptroller must register the person as a qualified well driller and issue an identification card to him or her.

(4) The registration of a person who provided documented evidence acceptable to the comptroller under

section 3 (2) (b) (

i) as that

section was before its repeal on October 31, 2006 is not affected by that repeal or by

section 2 (d) (ii).

Registration and qualifications – qualified well pump installer

(1) A person May apply to the comptroller for registration as a qualified well pump installer by completing an application in the form specified by the comptroller.

(2) The applicant for registration under subsection (1) must provide with the application proof satisfactory to the comptroller that the applicant

(

a) is at least 19 years of age, and

(

b) holds one of the following:

(

i) a Certificate of Qualification as a Well Pump Installer issued by the Province of British Columbia;

(ii) an equivalent certificate issued by another province or territory of Canada;

(iii) a certificate as a Groundwater Pump Technician of a particular class issued by the Canadian Ground Water Association.

(3) On approving the application, the comptroller must register the person as a qualified well pump installer and issue an identification card to him or her.

(4) The registration of a person who provided documented evidence acceptable to the comptroller under

section 4 (2) (b) (

i) as that

section was before its repeal on October 31, 2006 is not affected by that repeal or by

section 2 (d) (ii).

Section 5 is amended by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) if the person is no longer actively working in Canada as a well driller or well pump installer.

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