B.C. Reg. 229/2024, deposited July 15, 2024, under the MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT ACT, 2015 [section 60], MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2024 [section 81] and MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [sections 210 and 215.51]. Order in Council 517/2024, 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, effective January 1, 2025,

(a) sections 27, 29 and 33 of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2015, S.B.C. 2015, c. 13, are brought into force,

(b) sections 67 and 68 of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, S.B.C. 2024, c. 10, are brought into force, and

(c) the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. FARNWORTH, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier; G. CHOW, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 The title of Division 43 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is repealed and the following substituted:

Division 43 – Administrative and Immediate Roadside Driving Prohibitions and Vehicle Impoundment Programs .

2 The following section is added to Division 43:

Prescribed requirements for statements and evidence

43.10 (1) For the purposes of sections 94.4 (3), 94.5 (1) (a), 215.48 (3) and 215.49 (1) (a) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed for statements attached to an application for review under section 94.4 or 215.48:

(a) the statement must be in writing;

(b) the statement must be submitted on pages with a maximum dimension of 21.59 cm by 27.94 cm or 8.5 in. by 11 in.;

(c) the statement must not exceed 30 pages in total;

(d) if typewritten, the statement must

(i) be in Times New Roman, Arial or any other similar font that is at least 11 points in size,

(ii) have margins of at least 2.50 cm or 0.98 in., and

(iii) have lines that are, at a minimum, single-spaced;

(e) whether handwritten or typewritten, the statement must be legible.

(2) If an applicant for a review under section 94.4 or 215.48 of the Act wishes the superintendent to consider evidence as well as a statement, subject to subsection (3), the statement must be submitted in a manner that is segregated from the evidence.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the statement and evidence, combined, are 30 or fewer pages in total.

(4) For certainty, the page limit under subsection (1) (c) does not apply to any evidence attached to the application for review.

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