1992 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 35th Parliament
FIRST READING


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MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION,
TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY

BILL 23 -- 1992

UNIVERSITY AMENDMENT ACT, 1992

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

1 Section 80 of the University Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 419, is repealed.

2 Section 82 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) A college or Provincial institute designated under the College and Institute Act may, where entitled to do so under that Act, issue associate degrees in its own name.

 
Consequential Amendment

 
College and Institute Act

3 Section 3 (d) of the College and Institute Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 53, is repealed and the following substituted:

(d) require an institution to

(i) issue a diploma or certificate to a student who has successfully completed an accredited course of instruction given by that institution, or

(ii) grant an associate degree to a student who has met the applicable standards for associate degrees established by policy or directives under section 2 (1) (a); .

4 Section 12 (2) (f) is repealed and the following substituted:

(f) approve diplomas, certificates and associate degrees to be awarded by the institution on completion of instruction by a student; .

Commencement

5 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.


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