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amended by B.C. Reg. 35/2026
effective September 1, 2026
1 Section 12.6 (1) of the Passenger Transportation Regulation, B.C. Reg. 266/2004, is amended
(a) in the definition of "driving record check" by striking out "section 12.61 (b)" and substituting "section 12.61 (a) (ii)", and
(b) in the definition of "police record check" by striking out "section 12.61 (a)" and substituting "section 12.61 (a) (i)".
2 Section 12.61 is repealed and the following substituted:
12.61 A person must not drive a passenger directed vehicle under a licence unless all of the following conditions are met:
(a) for the purposes of section 42.2 (1) (a) [prescribed record checks required for drivers of passenger directed vehicles] of the Act, the person has obtained both of the following:
(i) a police record check in the form of a police information check, with vulnerable sector screening, obtained in accordance with section 12.62 (1) to (3) of this regulation;
(ii) a driving record check obtained in accordance with section 12.62 (1), (4) and (5) of this regulation;
3 Section 12.62 (5) is amended by striking out "The results of a driving record check" and substituting "A driving record check".
4 Section 12.68 is amended by adding the following paragraph:
(d.1) the date on which the record check certificate was issued; .
5 The following section is added:
12.681 (1) A licensee must not issue a record check certificate to a person unless
(a) the police record check and driving record check for the person were conducted no more than 3 months before the record check certificate is issued, or
(b) the licensee is authorized to issue the record check certificate under section 42.21 (4) [review of acquired record or results of prescribed record checks] of the Act.
(2) If a person acquires a record that includes a matter, whether or not a prescribed matter, after the prescribed record checks were conducted but before the licensee issues a record check certificate to that person,
(a) the person must, as soon as practicable, notify the licensee of the new record, and
(b) the licensee must not issue a record check certificate to the person unless the person provides a new police record check or driving record check, whichever applies to the matter.
6 Section 12.69 is repealed and the following substituted:
12.69 (1) A record check certificate expires 2 years from the anniversary of the certificate holder's birth that occurs nearest to the date on which the record check certificate was issued.
(2) Despite section 12.68 (d.1) and subsection (1) of this section, a record check certificate issued before the date that this subsection comes into force
(a) is not required to set out in it the date on which the record check certificate was issued, and
(b) expires on the date stated on the record check certificate.
7 Section 12.7 is amended by striking out "must notify a person, in writing," and substituting "must notify a person, promptly and in writing,".
8 Section 12.71 is repealed.
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