Acts in Force | December 2018

Current from August 15, 2018 up to and including October 23, 2018

December 2018

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CANNABIS CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT, S.B.C. 2018, C. 29 (BILL 30)
Sections 144 to 153 in force October 1, 2018. Section 2 of Part 1, Part 3, Divisions 4 to 6 of Part 4, Part 5 other than section 80, Part 6, Part 7 other than section 117, 122 and 126, and sections 142, 143, 157 to 159 and 162 of Part 9 in force October 17, 2018

CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AMENDMENT ACT, 2018, S.B.C. 2018, C. 27 (BILL 26)
Section 1(a), insofar as it enacts the definition of “Indigenous child”, section 1(c), insofar as it enacts the definitions of “First Nation” and “First Nation child”, section 1(e), insofar as it enacts the definition of “Treaty First Nation”, sections 14 and 16, section 18(a), as it repeals and replaces only subsection (2) of section 34 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 46 and section 27 in force October 1, 2018

LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT, S.B.C. 2015, C. 19
Section 83(b) is in force October 1, 2018

MEDICARE PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 2003, S.B.C. 2003, C. 95 (BILL 92)
Section 1, section 2, as it enacts section 15(1)(d) of the Medicare Protection Act, except as it enacts the text “, 18.1 ” in section 15(1)(d)(i), (ii) and (iii), sections 3 and 4, section 5, except as it enacts section 18.1 of the Medicare Protection Act, section 6, as it enacts sections 19 and 20 of the Medicare Protection Act, except as it enacts the text “, 18.1 (3)” in section 20(2), sections 7 and 8, section 12, as it amends section 46 of the Medicare Protection Act, except as it enacts the text “, 18.1 (I) or (2)” in section 46 (5.1 ) and section 15 are in force October 1, 2018. Section 2, insofar as that section was not brought into force by section 1(b) of Schedule 1 of B.C. Reg. 178/2018, section 5, as it enacts section 18.1 of the Medicare Protection Act, section 6, insofar as that section was not brought into force by section 1(e) of Schedule 1 of B.C. Reg. 178/2018, section 9 and section 12, insofar as that section was not brought into force by section 1(g) of Schedule 1 of B.C. Reg. 178/2018. are in force April 1, 2019

MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 2), 2018, S.B.C. 2018, C. 23 (BILL 24)
Sections 18 to 20 and 22 to 26 are in force October 1, 2018

MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT ACT, 2010, S.B.C. 2010, C. 14 (BILL 14)
Sections 16, 17 and 18 are in force October 17, 2018

MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT ACT, 2018, S.B.C. 2018, C. 18 (BILL 17)
Sections 2, 3 and 4, section 16(a), as it enacts section 210(2)(k.01) of the Motor Vehicle Act, sections 18 and 24 are in force October 17, 2018

STATUTE REVISION ACT, R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 440
The revised Trespass Act, R.S.B.C. 2018, c. 3, is brought into force, effective October 1, 2018