Section 1 definition of "municipal employee" BEFORE amended by 2000-11-3, effective January 1, 2001.

"municipal employee" means a person who

(a) is employed or appointed by the council of a municipality, by a francophone education authority, or by the board of a school district or regional district, and

(b) is designated by the council, board or francophone education authority, as the case may be, to be a municipal employee;

  Section 1 definition of "municipal official", paragraph (a) before amended by 2000-11-3, effective January 1, 2001.

(a) is a member of the council of a municipality or the board of a regional district, or

  Section 1 definitions of "local trust committee" and "trust council" were added by 2000-11-3, effective January 1, 2001.

  Section 1 definition of "disclosure clerk", subparagraph (b) (i) BEFORE amended by 2003-52-63, effective January 1, 2004 (BC Reg 465/2003, repealing BC Reg 428/2003).

(i)  in the case of an official or employee in relation to a municipality or regional district, the local government officer assigned responsibility under section 198 of the Local Government Act,

  Section 1 definition of "municipal official", paragraph (b) BEFORE amended by 2007-16-40, effective July 1, 2007 (BC Reg 194/2007).

(b) is a member of a board of school trustees constituted under the School Act, or is a member of the board of directors of a francophone education authority,

  Section 3 (f) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-271, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(f) a description and location of land located in British Columbia in which the nominee or public employee, or a trustee for that person, owns an interest or has an agreement entitling him or her to acquire an interest.

  Section 4 (b) BEFORE amended by 2000-11-4, effective January 1, 2001.

(b) specify the matters listed in section 3, limited for section 3 (b), (c), (d) and (f) to the regional district that includes the municipality, school district or francophone school district for which the official is elected or nominated, or the employee is employed or appointed.

  Section 5 (1) (c) BEFORE amended by 2003-70-142, effective March 29, 2004 (BC Reg 64/2004).

(c) name of each of the corporation's subsidiaries, within the meaning of section 1 (3) of the Company Act,

  Section 5 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by 2011-25-357, effective March 18, 2013 (BC Reg 131/2012).

(b) jointly by a nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee, or by a trustee for him or her, and one or more of his or her spouse, child, brother, sister, mother or father,

  Section 5 (1) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-272(a), effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(a) by a nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee, or by a trustee for him or her, or

(b) jointly by a nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee, or by a trustee for him or her, and one or more of his or her spouse, child, sibling or parent,

  Section 5 (2) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-272(b) and (c), effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(2) For the purposes of sections 3 and 4 and this section, a person is deemed to be a trustee for a nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee if the person

(a) holds a share in a corporation or an interest in land either for the benefit of the nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee, or in circumstances where the nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee is liable to pay, under the Income Tax Act (Canada), income tax on income received by him or her on the share or land interest, or

(b) has entered into an agreement entitling him or her to acquire an interest in land for the benefit of the nominee, municipal official, public employee or municipal employee.

  Section 6 (4) BEFORE amended by 2000-11-5, effective January 1, 2001.

(4)  On receiving a written disclosure by a municipal employee, the disclosure clerk must send a copy of it to the mayor, councillors and members, as the case may be, of the municipality, district, board of directors of a francophone education authority or board of school trustees responsible for the employment or appointment of the municipal employee.

  Section 10 (1) and (3) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-273, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(1) It is a defence to a charge under section 9 to show that the municipal official, public employee or municipal employee complied with section 3 or 4 to the best of his or her knowledge or belief.

(3) If, in a prosecution under section 9, it is alleged that a person was a trustee for a municipal official, public employee or municipal employee, the onus is on the municipal official, public employee or municipal employee to show that the person was not a trustee on his or her behalf.