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MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING ACT

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 310

SECTION	EFFECTIVE DATE
NOTE: Links below go to act content as it was prior to the changes made on the effective date. (PIT covers changes made from September 6, 2000 to "current to" date of the act.)
Act	December 9, 2002

Act BEFORE repealed by 1999-38-51, effective December 9, 2002 (BC Reg 339/2002).

Ministry of Social Services and Housing Act

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 310

Contents
Section
	1	Ministry
	2	Duties and powers of minister
	3	Responsibility of ministry
	4	Staff

Ministry

1 There is to be a ministry of the public service of British Columbia called the Ministry of Social Services and Housing, over which the minister presides.

Duties and powers of minister

2 The duties and powers of the minister extend to executing laws enacted by the Legislature and orders of the Lieutenant Governor in Council relating to the subjects enumerated in section 3, and to the direction of all public bodies, officers and servants employed in their execution.

Responsibility of ministry

3 The ministry is responsible for

(a) all matters relating to social and public welfare and social assistance in British Columbia, and

(b) programs relating to the provision of housing in British Columbia.

Staff

4 A deputy minister and other officers and employees required for the conduct of the ministry's business may be appointed under the Public Service Act.