B.C. Reg. 335/2006
O.C. 836/2006
Deposited December 4, 2006

Statute Revision Act

Attorney General
Statutes Correction Regulation, 2006

Corrections to Ministry of Attorney General statutes

1 The following statutes are corrected as set out in the attached Schedule:

(a) Administrative Tribunals Act;

(b) Class Proceedings Act;

(c) Coastal Ferry Act;

(d) Court of Appeal Act;

(e) Court Rules Act;

(f) Election Act;

(g) Electoral Districts Act;

(h) Evidence Act;

(i) Expropriation Act;

(j) Family Maintenance Enforcement Act;

(k) Interpretation Act;

(l) Notaries Act;

(m) Offence Act;

(n) Ombudsman Act;

(o) Patients Property Act;

(p) Power of Attorney Act;

(q) Public Guardian and Trustee Act.

Schedule

Administrative Tribunals Act

1 Sections 22 (1) and 23 (1) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 45, are amended by striking out "the appeal tribunal" and substituting "the tribunal".

2 Sections 22 (2) (a) and 23 (2) (a) are amended by striking out "the appeal tribunal's rules" and substituting "the tribunal's rules".

Class Proceedings Act

3 Section 19 (6) (g) of the Class Proceedings Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 50, is amended by striking out "favorable" and substituting "favourable".

Coastal Ferry Act

4 Section 62 (6) of the Coastal Ferry Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 14, is amended by striking out "subsection (1), is the arbitrator" and substituting "subsection (1), the arbitrator" and by striking out "at the beginning of the each" and substituting "at the beginning of each".

Court of Appeal Act

5 Section 25 (5) of the Court of Appeal Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 77, is repealed and the following substituted:

  (5)  If an appeal or application for leave to appeal has remained on the inactive appeal list for 180 consecutive days, on the 181st day it stands dismissed as abandoned.

Court Rules Act

6 Section 3 (1) (e) of the Court Rules Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 80, is amended by striking out "section 36 (2)" and substituting "section 40 (4)".

Election Act

7 Form 1 of the Schedule to the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended by striking out "To the District Electorial Officer" and substituting "To the District Electoral Officer".

Electoral Districts Act

8 Schedule 2 of the Electoral Districts Act, S.B.C. 1999, c. 31, is amended in the description of North Island by striking out "Albermarle" and substituting "Albemarle".

Evidence Act

9 Section 25 (5) (b) of the Evidence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 124, is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) whether printed or not, purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by

(i)  the minister, head, deputy minister or deputy head of a department of government of the British possession or of the foreign state, or

(ii)  the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made, or .

Expropriation Act

10 Section 30 (3) of the Expropriation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 125, is amended by striking out "provided for by by" and substituting "provided for by".

Family Maintenance Enforcement Act

11 Section 43 (4) of the Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 127, is amended by striking out "Section 106 (1) (o)" and substituting "Section 109 (1) (o)".

Interpretation Act

12 Section 29 of the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is amended

(a) in the definition of "Cascade Mountains" by striking out ", means" and substituting "means",

(b) in the definition of "herein" by striking out "section or Part" and substituting "section or part", and

(c) in paragraph (c) of the definition of "savings institution" by striking out "a extraprovincial trust corporation" and substituting "an extraprovincial trust corporation".

Notaries Act

13 The Schedule to the Notaries Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 334, is amended by striking out "MacBride" in both places and substituting "McBride".

Offence Act

14 Section 82 (1) of the Offence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 338, is amended by striking out "subsection (6)" and substituting "subsection (7)".

Ombudsman Act

15 The Schedule to the Ombudsman Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 340, is amended

(a)  by striking out the following:

Municipal Pension Board of Trustees

Teachers' Pension Board of Trustees

Public Service Pension Board of Trustees

College Pension Board of Trustees

British Columbia Safety Authority established under the Safety Authority Act

Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia , and

(b) by substituting the following:

33 The Municipal Pension Board of Trustees.

34 The Teachers' Pension Board of Trustees.

35 The Public Service Pension Board of Trustees.

36 The College Pension Board of Trustees.

37 The British Columbia Safety Authority established under the Safety Authority Act.

38 The Land Title and Survey Authority established under the Land Title and Survey Authority Act.

Patients Property Act

16 Section 15 (1) (a) of the Patients Property Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 349, is amended by striking out "disposing mind," and substituting "disposing mind, and".

17 Section 19.1 (4) (a) is amended by striking out "section 1," and substituting "section 1".

Power of Attorney Act

18 Form 2 of the Schedule to the Power of Attorney Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 370, is amended by striking out "Cross out one of the following alternatives)" and substituting "(Cross out one of the following alternatives)".

Public Guardian and Trustee Act

19 Section 26 (1) (b) and (1.1) of the Public Guardian and Trustee Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 383, is amended by striking out "of the Public Guardian and Trustee Act" and substituting "of this Act".

[Provisions of the Statute Revision Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 440, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 12]