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

1 Section 7 (4) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is amended

(a) by striking out "pay fees under section 75 (1) (a) or (b)" and substituting "pay fees under section 75 (1) (b)", and

(b) by repealing paragraph (d).

2 Section 52 (1) is amended by striking out ", other than to require an application fee,".

3 Section 75 (1) (a) is repealed.

4 Section 76 (2) (i.1) is amended by striking out "an application fee and".

Commencement

5 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 7] is consequential to amendments made by this Bill to the Act.

CLAUSE 2: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 52] is consequential to amendments made by this Bill to the Act.

CLAUSE 3: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 75] repeals the discretionary authority for the head of a public body to require an applicant to pay a prescribed application fee.

CLAUSE 4: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, section 76] repeals the regulation-making authority in respect of prescribing an application fee.