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About British Columbia Legislative Databases on CanLII
This page contains specific details and notices about the consolidated statutes and regulations and the annual statutes from British Columbia. For further information about legislation on CanLII, please read our general section about legislation.
Content
The consolidated statutes and regulations and the annual statutes from British Columbia are updated weekly by CanLII, from BC Laws.
Consolidated Statutes
The consolidated statutes database started on January 1, 2009 and contains point-in-time versions of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996 (RSBC 1996 - other RSBC years may also be available) as well as several chapters of the annual Statutes of British Columbia (SBC). These versions are "in force versions", that is, versions of the text as it was legally binding during a certain period of time.
CanLII cites these statutes as follows:
- by the chapter number of the RSBC 1996, as for example: Municipal Finance Authority Act, RSBC 1996, c 325; or
- by the annual chapter number of the SBC, as for example: Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3), SBC 2001, c 44.
Consolidated Regulations
The consolidated regulations database started on January 1, 2009 and contains point-in-time versions of the British Columbia Regulations (BC Reg) enabled by a consolidated statute. These versions are "posted versions", that is, versions of the text as it was posted on the official printer's website and downloaded by CanLII at certain dates.
CanLII cites these regulations by their BC Reg number, as for example: Family Maintenance Enforcement Act Regulation, BC Reg 346/88.
Annual Statutes
The annual statutes database brings together the assented statutes once enacted by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since March 1997. They include new Acts as well as Acts that amend existing consolidated Acts.
CanLII refers to annual statutes by their Statutes of British Columbia (SBC) chapter number, as for example:
- Arbitration Act, SBC 2020, c 2;
- British Columbia Neurotrauma Fund Contribution Act, SBC 1997, c 3.
Notices
Copyright
The King's Printer for British Columbia holds copyright in the materials published in these databases, on behalf of the Province of British Columbia. Please refer to the King's Printer License – British Columbia for further details.
Official Versions of the BC Laws Website
These materials contain information that has been derived from information originally made available by the Province of British Columbia at: http://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca and this information is being used in accordance with the King's Printer Licence – British Columbia available at: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/standards/Licence.html. They have not, however, been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of, the Province of British Columbia and THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL VERSION.