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WITNESS SECURITY ACT

[SBC 2019] CHAPTER 21

SECTION	EFFECTIVE DATE
NOTE: Links below go to act content as it was prior to the changes made on the effective date. (PIT covers changes made from September 6, 2000 to "current to" date of the act.)
Act	January 1, 2020
1	May 1, 2025
3	May 1, 2025
47	May 1, 2025
58	January 1, 2020

Act was brought into force by 2019-21-1 to 58, effective January 1, 2020 (BC Reg 237/2019).

Section 1 definition of "designated agency" BEFORE amended by 2024-16-171, effective May 1, 2025 (BC Reg 48/2025).

"designated agency" means the police force designated under section 47 [designation of designated agency] as the designated agency;

Section 3 (2) BEFORE amended by 2024-16-172, effective May 1, 2025 (BC Reg 48/2025).

(2) The minister may not designate as the director a person who is a member of a police force referred to in section 1.1 [police forces in British Columbia] of the Police Act.

Section 47 (1) BEFORE amended by 2024-16-173, effective May 1, 2025 (BC Reg 48/2025).

(1) The minister may designate one of the following as the designated agency:

(a) the provincial police force within the meaning of the Police Act;

(b) a municipal police department within the meaning of the Police Act;

Section 58 (5) (part) BEFORE amended by 2019-40-28, effective January 1, 2020 [coming into force of 2019-21-58(5)].

(5) For the purposes of section 45 (2) (c) [non-compellability in proceedings], the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations