1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament
FIRST READING
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HONOURABLE UJJAL DOSANJH
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER
RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTICULTURALISM,
HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION
Contents
| Section | |
| 1 | Liability of donor |
| 2 | Liability of director, agent, etc. |
| 3 | Application of Act |
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 A person who donates food, or who distributes donated food, to another person is not liable for damages resulting from injuries or death caused by the consumption of the food unless
(a) the food was adulterated, rotten or otherwise unfit for human consumption, and
(b) in donating or distributing the food, the person intended to injure or to cause the death of any person who consumed the food or acted in reckless disregard for the safety of others.
2 A director, agent or employee of a corporation, or a volunteer who provides services or assistance to a corporation, that donates food or that distributes donated food is not liable for damages resulting from injuries or death caused by the consumption of the food unless
(a) the food was adulterated, rotten or otherwise unfit for human consumption, and
(b) in donating or distributing the food, the director, agent, employee or volunteer intended to injure or to cause the death of any person who consumed the food or acted with reckless disregard for the safety of others.
3 This Act does not apply to a person who distributes donated food for profit.
This bill is intented to increase the donation of food to food banks and soup kitchens by limiting the liability of food donors, distributors and others who participate in the distribution of donated food.
The Bill provides that a person who donates food or who distributes donated food is not liable for injuries or death resulting from the consumption of the donated food unless the person intended to injure the recipient of the food or acted recklessly in donating or distributing the food.
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