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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 21st day of November, 2019
Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Acting Clerk of the House
HONOURABLE DAVID R. P. EBY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 26 of the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is repealed and the following substituted:
26 (1) In this section, "Pacific Time" means 7 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
(2) A reference to time in British Columbia is a reference to Pacific Time.
Consequential Amendments
Election Act
2 Section 56 (3) of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended by striking out "Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Saving Time, as applicable" and substituting "Pacific Time".
3 Section 75 (3) is amended by striking out "Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Saving Time, as applicable," and substituting "Pacific Time".
4 Form 1 of the Schedule is amended by striking out "[Pacific Standard Time] [Pacific Daylight Saving Time]" wherever it appears and substituting "Pacific Time".
Vancouver Charter
5 Section 194 of the Vancouver Charter, S.B.C. 1953, c. 55, is repealed.
6 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.