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MR. ANDREW WEAVER
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
This Bill would amend the Personal Information Protection Act to replace gendered language with gender neutral language.
1 Section 8 of the Personal Information Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 2003, c. 63, is amended
(a) in subsection (2) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their" and by striking out "he or she" and substituting "they",
(b) in subsection (2) (a) by striking out "is a beneficiary" and substituting "are a beneficiary",
(c) in subsection (2) (b) by striking out "is not the applicant" and substituting "are not the applicant", and
(d) in subsection (3) (b) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
2 Section 9 is amended
(a) in subsection (2) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their", and
(b) in subsection (3) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
3 Section 23 is amended
(a) in subsection (3) (e) by striking out "he or she was" and substituting "they were", and
(b) in subsection (4) (d) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
4 Section 27 is amended by striking out "access to his or her personal information" and substituting "access to their personal information" and by striking out "correction of his or her personal information" and substituting "correction of their personal information".
5 Section 38.1 (1) is amended by striking out "he or she considers" and substituting "they consider".
6 Section 51 is amended by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
7 Section 52 is amended
(a) in subsection (2) (a) (i) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their",
(b) in subsection (2) (b) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their", and
(c) in subsection (2) (c) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
8 Section 56 is amended
(a) in subsection (1) (c) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their", and
(b) in subsection (1) (d) by striking out "his or her" and substituting "their".
This Bill would amend the Personal Information Protection Act to replace gendered language with gender neutral language.