HONOURABLE MARGARET MACDIARMID
MINISTER OF LABOUR, CITIZENS' SERVICES
AND OPEN GOVERNMENT

BILL 53 — 2012

FAMILY DAY ACT

Contents
1  Family Day established as public holiday
2  Day set by regulation
3-4  Consequential Amendments
5  Commencement

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

Family Day established as public holiday

1  The day in February prescribed under this Act is a public holiday to be observed as "Family Day".

Day set by regulation

2  The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe a day in February to be observed as "Family Day".

 
Consequential Amendments

Employment Standards Act

3 Section 1 (1) of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113, is amended in the definition of "statutory holiday" by adding "Family Day," after "New Year's Day,".

Interpretation Act

4 Section 29 of the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is amended in paragraph (b) of the definition of "holiday" by adding ", Family Day" after "Remembrance Day".

Commencement

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