This is part of an archived statute consolidation that is current to May 14, 2001 and includes changes enacted and in force by that date.

"Point in Time" Act Content

LAND SURVEYORS ACT
[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 248

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SECTION EFFECTIVE DATE
51 November 1, 2000

Section 51 BEFORE changes were made by 2000-24-25 effective November 1, 2000 (BC Reg 280/00).

Corporate registration

51 (1) The board must issue a land surveying company permit to a company that is incorporated under the Company Act and is in good standing under that Act if the board is satisfied that

(a) the name of the company includes the words "land surveying",

(b) all of the voting shares are legally and beneficially owned by a member or members in good standing,

(c) all of the nonvoting shares are legally and beneficially owned by

(i) members,

(ii) the spouse of a member who is a shareholder,

(iii) a person who, although not married to a member who is a shareholder, lives with the member and has lived with that member as husband or wife for a period of not less than 2 years,

(iv) a child, as defined in the Family Relations Act, of a member who is a shareholder, or

(v) any other relative of a member who is a shareholder, if the relative resides with that member,

(d) all of the directors of the company are members in good standing, and

(e) all of the persons who will be practising as land surveyors on behalf of the company are members in good standing or are under the direct supervision of a member in good standing.

(2) The board may refuse to issue a permit under subsection (1) if

(a) the land surveying company has previously had its permit revoked, or

(b) a shareholder of the land surveying company was a shareholder of a land surveying company that previously had its permit revoked.


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