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Volume 63, No. 7

83/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 21, 2020

B.C. Reg. 83/2020 , deposited April 16, 2020, under the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 210] and the COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT [section 11]. Order in Council 175/2020, approved and ordered April 16, 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 Motor Vehicle Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 334/91, is amended as set out

in the attached Appendix 1, and

(

b) the Commercial Transport Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 328/91, is amended as

set out in the attached Appendix 2.

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

Appendix 1

1 The Motor Vehicle Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 334/91, is amended by adding the

following section:

Fees during COVID-19 emergency

(1) In this section:

"COVID-19 emergency" means the emergency that is the subject of

(

a) the notice provided on March 17, 2020 by the provincial health officer under

section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act , and

(

b) the declaration of a state of emergency made on March 18, 2020, and any extension

of that declaration, under

section 9 of the Emergency Program Act ;

"end of the COVID-19 emergency" means the later of the following:

(

a) the date on which the provincial health officer provides notice under

section 59 (

b) of the Public Health Act that the COVID-19 emergency has passed;

(

b) the date on which the last extension of the declaration of a state of emergency,

referred to in paragraph (

b) of the definition of "COVID-19 emergency", expires or

is cancelled.

(2) This

section applies despite

section 2.

(3) The fee set out in item 4 (b) (i) [knowledge test] of the

Schedule does not apply in relation to a person who takes a knowledge test

for a learner's licence before the date that is 90 days after the end of the COVID-19

emergency if

(

a) the learner's licence is a Class 5L, 6L, 7L or 8L licence, and

(

b) the person

(

i) held a learner's licence of the same class that expired after March 16, 2020

and before the date that is 90 days after the end of the COVID-19 emergency, and

(ii) has not previously taken a knowledge test for a learner's licence of the

same class under this exemption.

(4) The fee set out in item 5 (i) [issuance of number plate] of the

Schedule does not apply in relation to a person who makes an application under

section 3 (7) of the Act before the date that is 60 days after the end of the COVID-19

emergency.

(5) The fee set out in item 14 (a) [issuance of BC Parks number plate] of the

Schedule is reduced to $32 in relation to a person who makes an application

under

section 3 (7) of the Act before the date that is 60 days after the end of the

COVID-19 emergency.

(6) This

section is repealed on the date that is 100 days after the end of the

COVID-19 emergency.

Appendix 2

1 The Commercial Transport Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 328/91, is amended by adding

the following section:

Fees during COVID-19 emergency

(1) In this section:

"COVID-19 emergency" means the emergency that is the subject of

(

a) the notice provided on March 17, 2020 by the provincial health officer under

section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act , and

(

b) the declaration of a state of emergency made on March 18, 2020, and any extension

of that declaration, under

section 9 of the Emergency Program Act ;

"end of the COVID-19 emergency" means the later of the following:

(

a) the date on which the provincial health officer provides notice under

section 59 (

b) of the Public Health Act that the COVID-19 emergency has passed;

(

b) the date on which the last extension of the declaration of a state of emergency,

referred to in paragraph (

b) of the definition of "COVID-19 emergency", expires or

is cancelled.

(2) This

section applies despite

section 1.

(3) The fee set out in item 3 (c) (i) [issuance of number plate] of the

Schedule does not apply in relation to a person who makes an application under

section 6 (5) of the Commercial Transport Act before the date that is 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

(4) The fee set out in item 3 (c) (ii) [issuance of BC Parks number plate] of the

Schedule is reduced to $32 in relation to a person who makes an application

under

section 6 (5) of the Commercial Transport Act before the date that is 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

(5) This

section is repealed on the date that is 70 days after the end of the

COVID-19 emergency.

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