Section 1 definition of "administration of justice" BEFORE amended by 2007-14-141, effective December 1, 2007 (BC Reg 354/2007).

"administration of justice" means the

(a) provision, maintenance and operation of

(i)  courts of justice in British Columbia,

(ii)  court registry and land title offices,

(iii)  correctional centres as defined in the Correction Act, and prisons and lockups operated by

(A)  police forces,

(B)  police departments,

(C)  designated policing units, as defined in section 1 of the Police Act, or

(D)  designated law enforcement units, as defined in section 1 of the Police Act,

(iv)  the offices of coroner, Crown counsel, probation officers, court workers and sheriffs, and their officers, and

(v)  the police forces and police departments and any designated policing unit and designated law enforcement unit, as those terms are defined in section 1 of the Police Act,

for the purpose of their functions, including functions given to the courts or offices, or to any official of them, under an Act or rule or regulation made under an Act,

(b) prosecution of offences, and

(c) provision of adequate legal services, including the operation of legal aid offices;