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MS. KARIN KIRKPATRICK
HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
CLAUSE 1: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, section 1] amends the definition of "exempt land" and adds a definition of "land use regulation bylaw" and a definition of "zoning bylaw".
1 Section 1 of the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, S.B.C. 2023, c. 32, is amended
(a) by repealing the definition of "exempt land" and substituting the following:
"exempt land" means
(a) any land in respect of which a land use regulation bylaw or zoning bylaw permits the use of land for short-term rental accommodation services or similar services, or
(b) prescribed land where the principal residence requirement does not apply; , and
(b) by adding the following definitions:
"land use regulation bylaw", in relation to exempt land, has the same meaning as in section 455 of the Local Government Act;
"zoning bylaw", in relation to exempt land, has the same meaning as zoning by-law in section 559 of the Vancouver Charter.
CLAUSE 2: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, section 36] repeals the provision that establishes the authority to continue use does not apply.
2 Section 36 is repealed.
3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
CLAUSE 1: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, section 1] amends the definition of "exempt land" and adds a definition of "land use regulation bylaw" and a definition of "zoning bylaw".
CLAUSE 2: [Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, section 36] repeals the provision that establishes the authority to continue use does not apply.