B.C. Reg. 163/2019, deposited July 8, 2019, under the LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT [section 296]. Order in Council 416/2019, approved and ordered July 8, 2019.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective September 16, 2019, the Regional District of Central Okanagan Regulation, B.C. Reg. 391/89, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. ROBINSON, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; S. SIMPSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Section 4 (1) of the Regional District of Central Okanagan Regulation, B.C. Reg. 391/89, is amended

(a) by striking out "The Regional District" and substituting "Subject to section 6.1 (2), the Regional District", and

(b) by striking out "to make bylaws under Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 20 of the Local Government Act" and substituting "to make bylaws under Divisions 1 and 3 of Part 2 and Division 9 of Part 3 of the Community Charter and Division 3 of Part 16 of the Local Government Act".

2 Section 6 is amended by striking out "The Regional District" and substituting "Subject to section 6.1 (2), the Regional District".

3 The following section is added:

Restrictions on authority to regulate in relation to passenger directed vehicles

6.1 (1) In this section:

"passenger directed vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act;

"passenger directed vehicle authorization" has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act;

"regional district" means the Regional District of Central Okanagan;

"transportation network services authorization" has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act.

(2) The regional district must not, in exercising its additional powers under section 4 (1) or 6,

(a) regulate in relation to the number of passenger directed vehicles that may be operated under passenger directed vehicle authorizations or transportation network services authorizations, or

(b) prohibit vehicles referred to in paragraph (a) from operating in the regional district, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the issuance of a licence to a person to operate a vehicle referred to in that paragraph for the sole reason that the person holds a licence, issued by a municipality or another regional district, to operate the vehicle.

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