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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 21st day of July, 2015
Craig James, Clerk of the House
HONOURABLE SUZANNE ANTON
MINISTER OF JUSTICE
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 19 of the Ombudsperson Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 340, is amended
(a) in subsection (2) by striking out "Subject to section 18 and to subsection (4)," and substituting "Subject to section 18 and to subsections (4) and (5),", and
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(5) If the Ombudsperson is investigating a matter referred to the Ombudsperson under section 10 (3),
(a) subsection (2) of this section does not apply, and
(b) despite any other enactment the Ombudsperson may exercise any power under section 15 in order to investigate and report on the matter referred to the Ombudsperson under section 10 (3).
2 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.