Land Title Practice Manual

Provincial Statutes

In This Volume

Applications in Relation to Dissolved Statutory Corporations

The Province has enacted the following statutes that dissolve three statutory corporations and transfer and vest the dissolved corporations’ property in the government or another specified corporate entity:

  1. Public Agency Accommodation Act, S.B.C. 2006, c. 7—dissolves the British Columbia Buildings Corporation
  2. Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2010, S.B.C. 2010, c. 2—dissolves the Homeowner Protection Office
  3. Provincial Capital Commission Dissolution Act, S.B.C. 2014, c. 1—dissolves the Provincial Capital Commission.

The three statutes are equivalent with respect to their effects and the processes they establish for subsequent dealings in titles and interests by the government or other corporate entity specified in the legislation. In particular, each statute provides that the new owner of the property may, in its own name, effect a transfer and execute any record in its own name and that the registrar must give the record the same effect as if it had been executed by the former owner (i.e., either “British Columbia Buildings Corporation”, “Homeowner Protection Office”, or “Provincial Capital Commission”, as the case may be).

In order to ensure that land title records are clear and that future users are made aware of the reason for the non-standard treatment of the name of the transferor, all applications filed in accordance with these statutes must state “Pursuant to the [name of applicable statute]” in either Item 1 of the form or after the name of the transferor.

An application to update the name on title from the dissolved corporate entity (i.e., “British Columbia Buildings Corporation”, “Homeowner Protection Office”, or “Provincial Capital Commission”, as the case may be) to either the government or other corporate entity specified in the legislation must be made by application for Change of Name using either an electronic Form 17 Fee Simple or, where the change of name is for a charge, the Form 17 Charge, Notation or Filing.

  1. Agricultural Credit Act, Section 7 [§69.3]

  2. Agricultural Land Commission Act, Section 22 [§69.4]

  3. Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, Sections 38, 94, and 120 [§69.5]

  4. Carbon Tax Act, Sections 61 and 64 [§69.6]

  5. Civil Forfeiture Act, Sections 16 and 23 [§69.7]

  6. Community Charter, Part 7 [§69.8]

  7. Employment Standards Act, Sections 79, 87, 91, and 119 [§69.9]

  8. Environmental Management Act, Sections 59, 115, 117, and 119(1) [§69.10]

  9. Escheat Act, Sections 19 to 21 [§69.11]

  10. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Belt Tax Act, Sections 8 and 12 [§69.12]

  11. Family Maintenance Enforcement Act, Section 26 [§69.13]

  12. Fire Services Act, Sections 22 and 23 [§69.14]

  13. Forest Act, Section 130 [§69.15]

  14. Home Conversion and Leasehold Loan Act, Section 15 [§69.16]

  15. Home Mortgage Assistance Program Act, Section 5 [§69.17]

  16. Home Owner Grant Act, Section 17 [§69.18]

  17. Home Purchase Assistance Act, Section 13 [§69.19]

  18. Homeowner Interest Assistance Act, Section 5 [§69.20]

  19. Homeowner Protection Act, Sections 10.1, 26, 27.1, and 28.4 [§69.21]

  20. Human Rights Code, Sections 37 to 39 [§69.22]

  21. Income Tax Act, Sections 17, 50, 74, and 91 [§69.23]

  22. Insurance Premium Tax Act, Sections 21 and 24 [§69.24]

  23. International Business Activity Act, Sections 34, 42, and 45 [§69.25]

  24. Labour Relations Code, Section 135 [§69.26]

  25. Land Act, Section 94 [§69.27]

  26. Land Tax Deferment Act, Sections 7, 7.1, 7.2, and 11 [§69.28]

  27. Liquor Control and Licensing Act, Sections 51 and 54 [§69.29]

  28. Local Government Act, Sections 36, 400, 658, 667, 716, and 717 [§69.30]

  29. Logging Tax Act, Sections 28 and 31 [§69.31]

  30. Manufactured Home Act, Sections 28 to 31 [§69.32]

  31. Medicare Protection Act, Sections 37 and 39 [§69.33]

  32. Mineral Land Tax Act, Sections 10, 11, and 13 [§69.34]

  33. Mineral Tax Act, Sections 31 and 34 [§69.35]

  34. Mines Act, Section 17 [§69.36]

  35. Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act, Section 8 [§69.37]

  36. Motor Fuel Tax Act, Sections 55 and 57.1 [§69.38]

  37. Offence Act, Section 82 [§69.39]

  38. Property Transfer Tax Act, Sections 11, 26, and 28 [§69.40]

  39. Provincial Home Acquisition Act, Section 5A [§69.41]

  40. Provincial Sales Tax Act, Sections 218 and 221 [§69.42]

  41. Public Health Act, Sections 35 and 36 [§69.43]

  42. Resort Associations Act, Sections 9 and 10 [§69.44]

  43. Resort Municipality of Whistler Act, Section 20 [§69.45]

  44. South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act, Section 169.46 [§69.46]

  45. Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act, Section 114 [§69.47]

  46. Taxation (Rural Area) Act, Sections 30 to 32 and 37 [§69.48]

  47. Tobacco Tax Act, Sections 28, 31, and 32.1 [§69.49]

  48. Utilities Commission Act, Section 95 [§69.50]

  49. Vancouver Charter, Sections 395A, 414, 436, and 444 [§69.51]

  50. Workers Compensation Act, Sections 264 and 265 [§69.52]

  51. Administrative or Monetary Penalties Under Provincial Statutes [§69.53]