1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament
THIRD READING


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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 9th day of April, 1997
Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk


HONOURABLE DAN MILLER
MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT
AND INVESTMENT

BILL 6 -- 1997
JOB PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1997

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

Job Protection Act

1 Section 20 of the Job Protection Act, S.B.C. 1991, c. 4, is repealed and the following substituted:

Sunset provision

20 (1) Sections 1 to 19 may be repealed on or after April 12, 1999 by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The repeal authorized by subsection (1) does not affect an economic plan or agreement that has force and effect under section 9 immediately before the date of the repeal, and sections 1 to 19 are deemed to remain in force on and after that date to the extent necessary to give the economic plan and the agreement force and effect according to their tenor.

 
Consequential Amendments

 
Forest Act

2 Section 50.2 (12) of the Forest Act, S.B.C. 1979, c. 140, is repealed and the following substituted:

(12) Subsection (11) and this subsection are repealed on the date, if any, on which sections 1 to 19 of the Job Protection Act are repealed under section 20 of that Act by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

 
Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996

3 Section 56 (12) of the Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 157, is repealed and the following substituted:

(12) Subsection (11) and this subsection are repealed on the date, if any, on which sections 1 to 19 of the Job Protection Act are repealed under section 20 of that Act by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

 
Job Protection, R.S.B.C. 1996

4 Section 20 of the Job Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 240, is repealed and the following substituted:

Sunset provision

20 (1) Sections 1 to 19 may be repealed on or after April 12, 1999 by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The repeal authorized by subsection (1) does not affect an economic plan or agreement that has force and effect under section 9 immediately before the date of the repeal, and sections 1 to 19 are deemed to remain in force on and after that date to the extent necessary to give the economic plan and the agreement force and effect according to their tenor.


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