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B.C. Reg. 197/2021
O.C. 475/2021
Deposited July 12, 2021
effective July 15, 2021
This consolidation is current to October 7, 2025.
Link to consolidated regulation (PDF)

Community Charter and Taxation (Rural Area) Act

Tax Notice (Home Owner Grant)
Regulation

Definitions

1   In this regulation:

"grant" has the same meaning as in the Home Owner Grant Act;

"property" has the same meaning as in the Home Owner Grant Act;

"property taxes" has the same meaning as in the Home Owner Grant Act;

"tax notice" means any of the following:

(a) a notice referred to in section 237 [general tax notices], 238 [copies of tax notices] or 241 (1) [taxation based on supplementary roll] of the Community Charter;

(b) a notice referred to in section 11 [date for payment of taxes] or 12 [due date for taxes levied in supplementary taxation notices] of the Taxation (Rural Area) Act;

(c) a notice referred to in section 401A (3) [supplementary roll] of the Vancouver Charter or a tax statement referred to in section 403 [mailing and content of tax statements] of that Act.

Including grant applications with tax notices

2   An application for a grant is considered to be included with a tax notice if the tax notice sets out the address of a publicly accessible website, maintained by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance, at which an application for a grant may be accessed free of charge.

Content of tax notice

3   A tax notice issued in relation to a property must include all of the following information:

(a) the amount of the grant that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 or 3 of the Home Owner Grant Act, as applicable to the property, opposite the amount of the property taxes set out in column 1 of that applicable Schedule;

(b) the amount of the grant that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 or 4 of the Home Owner Grant Act, as applicable to the property, opposite the amount of the property taxes set out in column 1 of that applicable Schedule;

(c) the amount of the property taxes on the property that are due if no amount of a grant is applicable;

(d) the amount of the property taxes remaining due after deducting the amount of the grant referred to in paragraph (a);

(e) the amount of the property taxes remaining due after deducting the amount of the grant referred to in paragraph (b).

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, s. 282 and the Taxation (Rural Area) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 448, s. 57.]