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2 Subject to the definitions established by section 1 of this Schedule, section 1 of the Schedule to the Local Government Act applies to this Act.

2003-26-Schedule-2, effective January 1, 2004 (B.C. Reg. 423/2003); RS 2015-1-RevSch.

CROSS REFERENCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Interpretation of Words and Phrases

Section 2 of the Schedule to the Local Government Act provides that unless a term is otherwise defined in the Local Government Act or a contrary intention appears in it, definitions in the Community Charter apply to terms used in the Local Government Act.

See also the discussion on the “Interpretation of Words and Phrases” at the Introduction located in the front material of this Manual and s. 40 of the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238 at “40 Definitions in Community Charter and Local Government Act apply to other enactments” in chapter 43 (Interpretation Act), which extends the application of terms defined in the Local Government Act and the Community Charter (other than the term “municipality”) to all enactments relating to municipal and regional district matters.