B.C. Reg. 129/2026, deposited July 17, 2026, under the FUEL PRICE TRANSPARENCY ACT [section 23]. Order in Council 334/2026, 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 the Fuel Price Transparency Regulation, B.C. Reg. 52/2020, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— A. DIX, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions; N. SHARMA, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 The Fuel Price Transparency Regulation, B.C. Reg. 52/2020, is amended by adding the following Part:

Part 3 – Fees

Administrator may set and collect fees

9 (1) For the purpose of recovering the expenses arising out of the administration of the Act in a fiscal year, the administrator may, by order, do all of the following:

(a) set fees;

(b) require payment of the fees in a specific manner or at a specific time;

(c) exempt a responsible person or a class of responsible persons from the payment of a fee.

(2) The administrator may collect the fees from responsible persons, a class of responsible person or a particular responsible person.

Administrator must first hold hearing

10 (1) The administrator must hold a hearing before setting fees under section 9 in the following circumstances:

(a) the first time the administrator sets fees under that section;

(b) each time the administrator modifies the methodology for setting fees under that section.

(2) A hearing under subsection (1) must be held in a manner that gives a person affected an opportunity to make submissions about the setting of fees.

(3) The administrator may make rules respecting a hearing under subsection (1).

Interest on unpaid fees

11 (1) The rate of interest payable under section 21.1 (2) of the Act is, during each successive 3-month period beginning on July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1 in each year, 3% above the prime lending rate of the principal banker to the Province on the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding that 3-month period.

(2) Interest payable under section 21.1 (2) of the Act must be

(a) compounded monthly, and

(b) calculated on the number of days since the last compounding of interest or, where no compounding has yet occurred, since the interest commencement date.

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