2005 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 38th Parliament
THIRD READING


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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 17th day of October, 2005
Ian D. Izard, Q.C., Law Clerk


HONOURABLE CAROLE TAYLOR
MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 3 -- 2005

BUDGET MEASURES
IMPLEMENTATION ACT (No. 2), 2005

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

 
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

1 Section 4.1 (9) of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, S.B.C. 2000, c. 23, is repealed and the following substituted:

(9) This section is repealed on March 31, 2009.

 
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act

2 Section 1 of the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 424, is amended in the definition of "residence" by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (a), by adding ",or" at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following paragraph:

(c) if an applicant leases a manufactured home site as defined in the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, that manufactured home site .

 
Transitional

Presentation and reporting obligations for 2005-2006 fiscal year

3 (1) In this section, "new main estimates" means the main estimates for the 2005-2006 fiscal year presented under section 6 (2) of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act.

(2) The new main estimates, and the documents presented or made public in relation to the new main estimates under

(a) section 7 [economic and fiscal forecasts],

(b) section 8 [major capital project information],

(c) section 12 [government strategic plan], or

(d) section 13 [service plans]

of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, are the ones that apply for the purposes of Part 2 [Fiscal Reports] and Part 4 [Service Plan Reports] of that Act in relation to the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

(3) The new main estimates are the ones that apply for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

Commencement

4 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item Column 1
Provisions of Act
Column 2
Commencement
1 Anything not elsewhere covered by this table The date of Royal Assent
2 Section 2 October 1, 2005

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