HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 2 (2) (a) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, is repealed and the following is substituted:

(a) to a change in the surname of one spouse to the surname of the other spouse or to the surname of both spouses, hyphenated or combined; .

2 Section 3 is amended:

(a) in paragraph (b) by striking out "or",

(b) in paragraph (c) by striking out "marriage." and substituting "marriage, or", and

(c) by adding the following paragraph:

(d) use the surname of both spouses, hyphenated or combined.