B.C. Reg. 3/2004, deposited January 16, 2004, pursuant to the PUBLIC SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN ACT [Sections 3 and 7]. Order in Council 7/2004, approved and ordered January 15, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Long Term Disability Plan Regulation, B.C. Reg. 409/97 is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— S. SANTORI, Minister of Management Services; G. ABBOTT, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Appendix

1 The Long Term Disability Plan Regulation, B.C. Reg. 409/97, is amended in section 2.2

(a) by repealing paragraph (a) (ii) and substituting the following:

(ii) when an employee has no sick bank, or after it is exhausted, the employee shall receive a monthly benefit equal to the sum of:

Plan Type A — 70 percent of the first $2 600 of monthly earnings and 50 percent of the monthly earnings above $2 600;

Plan Type B — 70 percent of the first $2 300 of monthly earnings and 50 percent of the monthly earnings above $2 300;

Plan Type D — 68.3 percent of the first $2 400 of monthly earnings and 50 percent of the monthly earnings above $2 400;

Plan Type E and G — 68.3 percent of the first $2 200 of monthly earnings and 50 percent of the monthly earnings above $2 200;

Plan Type F and H — 68.3 percent of the first $2 500 of monthly earnings and 50 percent of the monthly earnings above $2 500;

Plan Type J — 70 percent of the regular gross monthly earnings., and

(b) in paragraph (b) by striking out "The date of disability for determining the commencement of the first two (2) years of disability shall be the day following the last month of the Short Term Illness and Injury Plan period, or of a period of equivalent duration" and substituting "The date of disability for determining the commencement of the first two (2) years (25 months for Plan Types A and B) of disability shall be the day following the last month of the Short Term Illness and Injury Plan period, or of a period of equivalent duration".

2 Section 2.3 is amended

(a) in paragraph (a) by striking out "for the first two years of disability except where accommodation has been made which enables an employee to work" and substituting "for the first two years of disability (25 months for Plan Types A and B) except where accommodation has been made which enables an employee to work",

(b) in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of paragraph (a) by striking out "After the first two years of total disability" and substituting "After the first two years (25 months for Plan Types A and B) of total disability",

(c) in paragraph (c) by striking out "who has received 24 months of Long Term Disability Plan benefit payments" and substituting "who has received 24 months (25 months for Plan Types A and B) of the long Term Disability Plan benefit", and

(d) in paragraph (f) by striking out "the provisions of 2.3 (e) above apply except that the rehabilitative employment may continue for 24 months from the date rehabilitative employment commenced." and substituting "the provisions of 2.3 (e) above apply except that the rehabilitative employment may continue for 24 months (25 months for Plan Types A and B) from the date rehabilitative employment commenced.".

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