The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.
The printed version remains the official version.
MACKLIN McCALL
HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
CLAUSE 1: [Emergency and Disaster Management Act, section 6] provides for the establishment of a certain committee by the minister in the exercise of the minister’s powers under subsection (1).
1 Section 6 of the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, S.B.C. 2023, c. 37, is amended by adding the following subsection:
(1.1) In carrying out the powers conferred under subsection (1), the minister must establish a committee to support the development of a provincial organization, to be called BC Volunteer Corps, that has the purpose of
(a) encouraging and facilitating volunteerism for the purposes of this Act, and
(b) creating a centralized platform for individuals to access volunteer opportunities and training programs.
2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
CLAUSE 1: [Emergency and Disaster Management Act, section 6] provides for the establishment of a certain committee by the minister in the exercise of the minister’s powers under subsection (1).
