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  • 125 (1) On receiving a petition under this Part, the registrar, by order, must set a date, time and place for the hearing of the petition.
  • (2) At least 6 weeks before the date set for the hearing, the petitioner must serve a copy of the petition and a notice of hearing on the following persons:
  • (a) if the land affected by the petition is in a municipality, the municipality;
  • (b) if the land affected by the petition is in a local trust area, the person appointed under section 17(1)(a) of the Islands Trust Act as secretary to the Islands Trust Council;
  • (c) if the land affected by the petition is not in a municipality, the deputy minister to the minister charged with the administration of the Transportation Act and the regional district where the land is located;
  • (d) if the land affected by the petition is a part of an arterial highway, the deputy minister to the minister charged with the administration of the Transportation Act;
  • (e) the deputy minister to the minister charged with the administration of the Park Act;
  • (f) every owner of a parcel or charge on a parcel in the plan affected by the petition;
  • (g) every other person who, in the opinion of the registrar, might be affected by the petition.
  • (3) Unless the registrar otherwise orders, as soon as practicable after the report of the approving officer under section 124(1) or the report of the district highways manager under section 124(2) has been filed, the petitioner must serve it on the persons referred to in subsection (2) of this section.
  • (4) Section 315(1) applies to the service of documents under this section.

1979-219-125; 1993-52-1; 1997-25-42, effective March 26, 1998 (B.C. Reg. 85/98); 1998-34-278, effective September 23, 1998 (B.C. Reg. 311/98); 2003-66-44; 2004-44-122, effective December 31, 2004 (B.C. Reg. 547/2004).

FORMS

Form of Notice of Hearing

PRACTICE

Date of Hearing

The date of hearing should be set down for a date that provides sufficient time for six weeks’ service of a copy of the petition and notice of hearing pursuant to s. 125(2). Also note that an approving officer or a district highways manager may take as long as 60 days to deliver a report under s. 124 to the petitioner after receiving a request for such a report, including a copy of the petition, from the petitioner. The petitioner must file the report with the registrar before the date set for the hearing and serve it on the other persons described in s. 125(2).

Calculation of “At Least Six Weeks”

In calculating “at least six weeks”, see the Interpretation Act, s. 25.2.

Electronic Filing

Subsequent documents related to the service and hearing are attached to an electronic Declaration and submitted with any additional fees required.