HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 2 (2) of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 41, is amended by adding "that the person is in a prescribed class of persons or" after "satisfied".

2 Section 26 (2) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(p) prescribing classes of persons for the purposes of section 2 (2) [persons with disabilities] by reference to a status or benefit that

(i) is conferred by the government, the government of Canada or an agent of either of those governments, and

(ii) in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, evidences a mental or physical impairment at least as severe as that described in section 2 (2) (a) and (b).

Commencement

3  This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

 
Explanatory Notes

SECTION 1: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, section 2] authorizes the minister to designate a person in a prescribed class as a person with disabilities.

SECTION 2: [Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act, section 26] authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe classes of persons for the purposes of section 2 (2) of the Act by reference to a certain status or benefit.