B.C. Reg. 214/2024, deposited July 15, 2024, under the FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT [section 19]. Order in Council 489/2024, approved and ordered July 15, 2024.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the attached Property Tax (Doig River First Nation Lands Agreement) Remission Regulation is made.

— K. CONROY, Minister of Finance; G. CHOW, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

PROPERTY TAX (DOIG RIVER FIRST NATION
LANDS AGREEMENT) REMISSION REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Additional Lands" has the same meaning as in the agreement;

"agreement" means the Doig River First Nation Lands Agreement, effective February 16, 2023, between the Doig River First Nation, British Columbia and Canada;

"Alternate Lands" has the same meaning as in the agreement;

"Designated Entity" has the same meaning as in the agreement;

"eligible property tax" means tax imposed under

(a) the Hospital District Act,

(b) section 388 of the Local Government Act,

(c) the Local Services Act,

(d) the Police Act,

(e) section 119 or 120.1 of the School Act, or

(f) the Taxation (Rural Area) Act;

"eligible taxation year" means the 2025, 2026 or 2027 calendar year.

Remission

2 Authorization is given for the remission of eligible property tax, imposed for an eligible taxation year in relation to lands specified in section 3 or improvements on or in those lands, that is paid or payable to the government by

(a) the Doig River First Nation, or

(b) a Designated Entity.

Specified lands

3 Any of the following lands that are transferred in accordance with the agreement to the Doig River First Nation or a Designated Entity are specified for the purposes of section 2:

(a) Additional Lands;

(b) Alternate Lands.

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