WHEREAS Kevin L. Boonstra of the City of Abbotsford, in the Province of British Columbia, has by his petition represented that Millar College of the Bible was incorporated in the Province of Saskatchewan by An Act to incorporate the Millar Memorial Bible Institute, 1944, c. 72, and desires to operate a Bible college in the City of Salmon Arm, in the Province of British Columbia;

AND WHEREAS the Millar College of the Bible is registered as an extraprovincial society under the Society Act;

AND WHEREAS Kevin L. Boonstra has by his petition requested that it be enacted as follows, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition;

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

Definitions

1  In this Act:

"college" means the extraprovincial society registered under the Society Act as Millar College of the Bible;

"degree in theology" means recognition of academic achievement in theological studies or in respect of preparation for a religious vocation that is specified in writing to be an associate or baccalaureate degree.

Object of college

2  The object of the college is the establishment of a school for the training of young men and women in a thorough and practical knowledge of the Bible to be used in any form of Christian activity to meet the need, of all the various Evangelical bodies, for trained workers

(a) on the prairies of Western Canada, and

(b) in home and foreign missionary work in general.

Authority to grant degrees in theology

3  Despite the University Act, the college may grant

(a) degrees in theology, including honorary degrees in theology,

(b) diplomas in theology, and

(c) certificates in theology

in its own right or jointly with any university, college or other institution of higher learning.

Provision of personal information

4  (1) In this section:

"personal education number" means a unique identification number for a student assigned or identified under section 170.3 (2) of the School Act;

"personal information" means recorded information about an identifiable individual;

"student" means a person who is, or is applying to be, enrolled as a student of the college.

(2) This section applies only if the college has been designated by the minister responsible for the administration of the School Act under section 168 (7) of that Act.

(3) The board of the college must require a student to provide the college with

(a) the student's personal education number, or

(b) the personal information necessary to obtain a personal education number for the student.

(4) The board of the college must submit the personal information collected under subsection (3) (b) to the minister responsible for the administration of the School Act to obtain a personal education number for the student.

(5) The board of the college may use a student's personal education number for the following purposes:

(a) carrying out its responsibilities in respect of operating a program or activity of the college;

(b) conducting research and statistical analysis of personal information in its possession;

(c) facilitating the provision of personal information under subsection (6).

(6) The board of the college must provide to the minister responsible for private post-secondary institutions the personal information about a student that is in the possession of the board of the college if the minister responsible for private post-secondary institutions requests that information.

(7) The minister responsible for private post-secondary institutions must provide to the minister responsible for the administration of the School Act the personal information about a student that is in the possession of the minister responsible for private post-secondary institutions if the minister responsible for the administration of the School Act requests that information and provides the minister responsible for private post-secondary institutions with a valid personal education number for that student.

(8) Section 168 (7) (a) (xvii) of the School Act must be read as applying to this Act.

Commencement

5  The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table: