B.C. Reg. 316/2004, deposited July 8, 2004, pursuant to the COMMUNITY CHARTER TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS ACT, 2003 [Section 3 (1) (d) and (2)]. Order in Council 688/2004, approved and ordered July 7, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Community Charter Interim Regulations, B.C. Reg. 429/2003 is amended by adding the following section:

Tax exemptions for community care facilities and assisted living residences

7 (1) Tax exemptions may be provided under section 224 of the Community Charter for land and improvements owned or held by a person or organization and operated as a licenced community care facility, or as a registered assisted living residence, under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.

(2) Subsection (1) is deemed to have come into force on May 14, 2004 and is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after that date.

— M. COELL, Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services; G. BRUCE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

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