No. 94 ORDERS OF THE DAY OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Thursday, April 26, 2012

1.30 p.m.

ROUTINE BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

1   Mr. Sultan to introduce a Bill intituled Family Compensation Act Amendment Act, 2011.

2   Ms. Kwan to introduce a Bill intituled Tenants’ Rights Protection Act, 2011.


STATEMENTS (STANDING ORDER 25b)

(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)


ORAL QUESTION PERIOD

(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)


PRESENTING PETITIONS


READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS


PRESENTING REPORTS


MOTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule A — Government Motions)

(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)


WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule B)


PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON NOTICE

24  Hon. D. McRae to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 24) intituled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012 to amend as follows:

SECTION 7, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:

Interim stays

20.4 (1) If, at the time of receiving a copy of the filed notice of appeal under section 20.3 (3) (a), the society has custody of the animal that is the subject of the appeal, the society

(a) continues to have custody of that animal, and

(b) unless section 12 applies, must not destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of that animal until the board makes a final determination of the appeal.

(2) If subsection (1) of this section applies,

(a) the owner of the animal remains liable, under section 20 (1), to the society for the reasonable costs incurred by the society with respect to that animal., and

(b) the board, on application by the society and at any time after the society receives the copy of the filed notice of appeal, may require the owner of the animal to pay all or part of those costs. (MOVED.)

SECTION 8, by renumbering the proposed section 22 as section 22 (1) and by adding the following subsection:

(2) The minister may, by order, require persons appointed under subsection (1) (b) to complete a specified training program or to hold specified qualifications.

26  Hon. S. Thomson to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 26) intituled Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012 to amend as follows:

SECTION 13, by adding the text shown as underlined and deleting the text shown as struck out:

13 Section 1 of the Occupiers Liability Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 337, is amended by adding the following definitions:

“limited liability entity”, in relation to a resource road, means either each of the following:, including any employees and contractors:

(a) the maintainer, if any, of the resource road;

(b) the government;

“maintainer”, in relation to a resource road, means the person, including, without limitation, the government, that is obligated or authorized under an enactment to maintain the resource road, but does not include a prescribed person or a person within a prescribed class of persons;

“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is

(a) intended to be self-propelled, and

(b) designed primarily for travel on land on surfaces other than rails;

“resource road” means any road or portion of a road that is

(a) on Crown land, and

(b) used or intended for use by motor vehicles,

but does not include a municipal highway or a provincial public highway as those terms are defined in the Transportation Act; .

SECTION 13.1, by adding the following section:

13.1 Section 2 is amended

(a) by renumbering section 2 as section 2 (1),

(b) in subsection (1) by striking out sections 4 and 9, and substituting sections 4 and 9 and subsection (2) of this section,, and

(c) by adding the following subsection:

(2) This Act establishes the duty of care to which a limited liability entity is subject in relation to a resource road in all circumstances other than those referred to in section 3.1 (2).

SECTION 14, in proposed section 3.1 (1), by adding the text shown as underlined:

3.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who enters onto or otherwise uses a resource road is deemed to have willingly assumed all risks, and a person who is, in relation to the resource road, a limited liability entity is, in relation to that resource road, subject only to the duty of care set out in section 3 (3) and, for that purpose, a reference in section 3 (3) to an occupier is deemed to include a reference to a limited liability entity.

SECTION 14, by deleting proposed section 3.1 (2) and substituting the following:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the duty of care to which a limited liability entity is subject in relation to a resource road

(a) in prescribed circumstances,

(b) if the person in relation to whom the duty of care is owed is a prescribed person or a person within a prescribed class of persons, or

(c) if under another enactment or at law a limited liability entity is subject to a more limited duty of care than the duty of care to which the limited liability entity is subject under subsection (1).

(2.1) In the situation referred to in subsection (2) (c), the limited liability entity is subject to the more limited duty of care.

31  Hon. S. Bond to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 31) intituled Motion Picture Amendment Act, 2012 to amend as follows:

SECTION 9, as it amends section 12 (2), by deleting the text shown as struck out:

(2) An inspector who conducts an inspection under subsection (1) (a) may seize

(a) any motion picture, or a copy of any motion picture, that the inspector believes will be exhibited in a theatre and

(i) that has not been reviewed or approved, as applicable, by the director under section 5, or

(ii) that does not have attached to it a certificate or other evidence as required under section 2,


ORDERS OF THE DAY

Throne speech debate

(Hon. M. Polak adjourned the debate.)


Committee of supply

Report of Resolutions passed in Committee of Supply

SECTION A: March 5, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28, April 16, 19, 24.

Outstanding Summaries of Estimates — Section A

Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

Ministry of Advanced Education.

Ministry of Agriculture.

Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development (Vote 17).

Ministry of Environment.

Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation.

Ministry of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government.

Ministry of Social Development.


PRIVATE MEMBERS’ TIME

(Monday morning only)

(See Schedule D)


PUBLIC BILLS AND ORDERS AND GOVERNMENT MOTIONS ON NOTICE

COMMITTEE

Committee —

Bill (No. 24) intituled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2012, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Agriculture. (Section 4 stood down.) (Amendment to Section 7.)

Committee —

Bill (No. 26) intituled Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Committee —

Bill (No. 30) intituled Energy and Mines Statutes Amendment Act, 2012, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing.

Committee —

Bill (No. 31) intituled Motion Picture Amendment Act, 2012, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

Committee —

Bill (No. 32) intituled Energy and Water Efficiency Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing.

SECOND READING

Second Reading —

Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General.

Second Reading —

Bill (No. 14) intituled Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2011, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government.

Second Reading —

Bill (No. 35) intituled Pharmaceutical Services Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.


PRIVATE BILLS


PUBLIC BILLS IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS

(See Schedule D)


ADJOURNED DEBATE ON OTHER MOTIONS

CRAIG JAMES
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly