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77.1 Appointment Of Regional District And Islands Trust Approving Officers

In This Volume

  • 77.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by order, do one or more of the following:
  • (a) authorize a regional district board to appoint a person as an approving officer for the rural area of the regional district;
  • (b) authorize the trust council under the Islands Trust Act to appoint a person as an approving officer for the rural area of the trust area under that Act;
  • (c) if an order under paragraph (a) or (b) applies, provide that section 83.1 does not apply in relation to the regional district or trust area.
  • (2) An order under subsection (1)(a) or (b) must be requested by resolution of the regional district board or trust council, as applicable, and must be recommended by the minister charged with the administration of the Transportation Act.
  • (3) An order under subsection (1)(a) or (b) may include one or more of the following:
  • (a) requirements that must be met before the authorization becomes effective;
  • (b) conditions relating to the appointment of the approving officer under this section;
  • (c) provisions respecting the transition to the exercise of authority by an approving officer appointed under this section including, without limiting this, exceptions and modifications respecting how applications that are pending at the time the authorization becomes effective are to be dealt with.
  • (4) If a regional district board or the trust council is authorized under subsection (1), it must appoint an approving officer for the rural area of its jurisdiction.
  • (5) An approving officer appointed under this section must be
  • (a) the regional district or trust area engineer,
  • (b) the chief planning officer,
  • (c) some other employee of the regional district or trust council appointed by the board or council, as applicable, or
  • (d) a person who is under contract with the regional district or trust council.

1997-25-32, effective March 26, 1998 (B.C. Reg. 85/98); 2003-66-39; 2004-44-122, effective December 31, 2004 (B.C. Reg. 547/2004).

PRACTICE

The registrar may require confirmation of appointments.

CROSS REFERENCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Section 1 of the Act defines “rural area” to mean “an area outside a municipality”.