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44 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a panel of 3 individuals for the purpose of appointing the first directors of the Authority.

  • (2) For the purpose of facilitating the appointment of the first directors,
  • (a) each of the government, the Law Society of British Columbia and the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors must provide to the panel a list of at least 3 and not more than 5 qualified nominees for each director to be appointed from their nominees, and
  • (b) each stakeholder entity not referred to in paragraph (a) must provide to the panel a list of at least 3 and not more than 5 qualified nominees.
  • (3) After receiving the lists of nominees provided under subsection (3), the panel must appoint as directors one of the nominees from each of the submitted lists.
  • (4) If a stakeholder entity does not comply with subsection (2), the panel must appoint an individual as director, and that director is deemed to be appointed from the nominees of that stakeholder entity.
  • (5) For the purpose of appointing the first directors of the Authority, the references in section 6(1) to section 7(1) and section 7(2) must be read as references to section 44(2)(a) and section 44(2)(b), respectively.
  • (6) Despite section 6(2), the panel must establish a term of office for each director that is a period of not more than 3 years.
  • (7) Sections 7 and 13 do not apply to the appointment of the first directors of the Authority.
  • (8) Despite section 15(1), the panel may appoint one of the directors as chair.
  • (9) Despite section 33, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an individual as the first chief executive officer of the Authority to carry out the functions and duties referred to in section 33 and may set the remuneration of the chief executive officer.
  • (10) In addition, the first chief executive officer may exercise all of the powers, functions and duties of the directors until the directors hold their first meeting.
  • (11) The directors must appoint a chief executive officer within 1 year of the first meeting of the directors.

2004-66-44 (1) to (8), effective November 5, 2004 (B.C. Reg. 488/2004); 2004-66-44 (9) to (11), effective November 19, 2004 (B.C. Reg. 496/2004); 2004-66-172, effective January 21, 2005.