B.C. Reg. 126/2026, deposited July 17, 2026, under the BUSINESS PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2), 2025 [section 27] and BUSINESS PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT [section 197]. Order in Council 331/2026, approved and ordered July 17, 2026.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective August 1, 2027,

(a) sections 1 to 7, 10, 11 and 13 to 26 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, S.B.C. 2025, c. 31, are brought into force, and

(b) the attached Credit Reporting and Credit Monitoring Regulation is made.

— N. SHARMA, Attorney General and Deputy Premier; J. OSBORNE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

CREDIT REPORTING AND CREDIT MONITORING REGULATION

Definition

1 In this regulation, "Act" means the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act.

Request respecting security alert information

2 (1) For the purposes of section 112.001 (2) of the Act, notice by telephone is prescribed as a manner of giving notice to a reporting agency of an individual’s request that any report prepared by the reporting agency include security alert information.

(2) For the purposes of section 112.001 (3) of the Act, an individual’s telephone number is prescribed as contact information that must be included in a security alert request by the individual.

(3) For the purposes of section 112.001 (6) of the Act, notice by telephone is prescribed as a manner of giving notice to a reporting agency of an individual’s request to update the individual’s contact information or to terminate a security alert request.

Request for freeze on disclosure of credit report

3 (1) In this section, "credit freeze request" has the same meaning as in section 112.002 (1) of the Act.

(2) For the purposes of section 112.002 (2) of the Act, notice by telephone is prescribed as a manner of giving notice to a reporting agency of an individual’s credit freeze request.

(3) For the purposes of section 112.002 (5) of the Act, notice by telephone is prescribed as a manner of giving notice to a reporting agency of an individual’s request to terminate, or to temporarily suspend, a credit freeze request.

(4) A reporting agency that receives a notice from an individual under section 112.002 (5) (b) of the Act to temporarily suspend a credit freeze request must suspend the credit freeze request for the period of time specified by the individual.

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