B.C. Reg. 169/2024, deposited July 2, 2024, under the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 209 (2)]. Order in Council 384/2024, approved and ordered July 2, 2024.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. FLEMING, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure; G. HEYMAN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Section 23.01 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is amended by repealing the definition of "authority" and substituting the following:

"authority" means the following:

(a) the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure;

(b) the council of a municipality;

(c) the governing body of a treaty first nation;

(d) a Nisga’a Government;

(e) a person duly authorized by a person or body referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); .

2 The following section is added:

First Nations language on stop sign

23.13 (1) In this section, "First Nations authority" means the following:

(a) the governing body of a treaty first nation;

(b) a Nisga’a Government;

(c) a person duly authorized by a body referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) to exercise authority in relation to this section.

(2) If a First Nations authority erects a Stop (Regulatory) sign as set out in Schedule 1, the First Nations authority may, despite section 23.02,

(a) add the word "STOP" in a First Nations language, or

(b) replace the word "STOP" in the English language with the word "STOP" in a First Nations language.

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