Amendments included in the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023, will update legal statutes that impact British Columbians.
The proposed amendments to the Societies Act are updates to a 2021 amendment that added a new regulation to allow post-secondary student societies to receive member lists from post-secondary institutions.
The Human Tissue Gift Act governs organ and tissue donation in B.C., providing that organs may be donated for therapeutic purposes, medical education or scientific research and prohibiting the sale of any tissue or body part other than blood for these purposes.
A proposed amendment to the Strata Property Act will clarify that strata corporations are no longer permitted to have, enforce or pass age-restriction bylaws, with the exception of 55-plus age-restriction bylaws.
Amendments to the Child, Family and Community Service Act will expand eligibility and services available to youth and young adults who were in government care to better support them as they transition to adulthood, something it didn’t previously have the legal authority to do.
This proposed legislation will amend the Child, Family and Community Service Act to allow the Ministry of Children and Family Development to provide supports to all former youth from government care up to the age of 27, as well as expand the supports and services for youth as they leave government care and transition into adulthood.
The amendments to the Vancouver Charter provide the City of Vancouver with a modernized general fee authority and enhance Vancouver’s ability to recover costs when it does work for a property owner who has breached a bylaw.
Amendments will ensure that RoadSafetyBC continues to support the modernization of the Motor Vehicle Act to improve public safety and increase confidence in the justice system.
Amendments will ensure the alignment of the Community Living Authority Act with government commitments to community inclusion and meaningful and lasting reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
The amendment will ensure that the statutory holiday entitlement for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation applies to unionized workers covered by the Employment Standards Act, regardless of their collective agreement provisions.
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