Definition

1   In this regulation, "Act" means the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

Relationship of Act to other enactments — exception

2   For the purposes of section 3 (1) (b) [relationship of Act to other Acts] of the Act, the following provisions of the following enactments prevail:

(a) section 51 of the Evidence Act;

(b) section 38 of the Witness Security Act.

[en. B.C. Reg. 131/2023, Sch. 3.]

Additional circumstances for
refusing or stopping investigation

3   (1) For the purposes of section 22 (2) (g) [circumstances for refusing or stopping investigation] of the Act, a prescribed reason is that the investigation of the disclosure would serve no useful purpose because the subject matter of the disclosure is being, or has been, appropriately dealt with.

(2) For the purposes of section 22 (2) (g) of the Act, in relation to the investigation of a complaint of reprisal under section 35 of the Act, a prescribed reason is that the subject matter of the complaint of reprisal relates primarily to a matter that is being, or has been, appropriately dealt with under a collective agreement or employment contract.