Definition

1   In this regulation:

"Act" means the Unclaimed Property Act;

"judicial officer" means,

(a) in the case of funds in the Court of Appeal, a justice or registrar,

(b) in the case of funds in the Supreme Court, a judge, associate judge or registrar, and

(c) in the case of funds in the Provincial Court, a judge or registrar.

[am. B.C. Reg. 277/2023, Sch. 3, s. 3.]

Court funds

2   For the purposes of the Act, "unclaimed court funds" means funds, other than judicial interim release funds, that have been paid into court in a proceeding and that

(a) have remained in court for at least 5 years, and

(b) have been determined by a judicial officer for that court to be unclaimed court funds.