BILL 17 – 2004
LAND SURVEY STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2004

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Coal Act

1 Section 28 of the Coal Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 51, is repealed and the following substituted:

Survey rules

28 The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act respecting the surveying of land and locations under this Act.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

2 Schedule 3 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is amended by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors".

Land Act

3 Section 73 of the Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 245, is amended

(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act for surveys under this Part. , and

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "Without limiting subsection (1), the" and substituting "The".

4 Section 73 (1) is amended by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors".

Land Survey Act

5 Section 11 of the Land Survey Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 247, is amended in the definition of "coordinate control monument" by striking out "13 (1)" and substituting "13 (2)".

6 Section 12 is repealed and the following substituted:

Orders and rules for integrated survey areas

12 (1) The Surveyor General may make orders as follows:

(a) constituting a portion of British Columbia an integrated survey area and defining its boundaries;

(b) redefining or readjusting the boundaries of an existing integrated survey area;

(c) extending, reducing, subdividing or annulling any existing integrated survey area or merging all or part of it with another integrated survey area or areas;

(d) establishing the density of control monuments in or surrounding the integrated survey area.

(2) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act for surveys under this Part.

7 Section 12 (2) is amended by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors".

8 Section 13 is repealed and the following substituted:

Integrated survey area plan or map

13 (1) If an integrated survey area has been constituted under section 12 (1), the Surveyor General must file a plan in the land title office or Crown land registry or publish an electronic map of the integrated survey area.

(2) The plan or electronic map must show the location and designation of the coordinate control monuments, the boundary of the integrated survey area and any other information the Surveyor General considers necessary.

(3) The Surveyor General may file an amended plan or publish an amended electronic map for a plan or electronic map filed under subsection (1).

(4) The plan or electronic map filed under subsection (1) or (3) is the official plan of the location of the coordinate control monuments and boundary of the integrated survey area.

(5) If a plan is filed or an electronic map is published under subsection (1), the Surveyor General must file a certificate in the land title office or Crown land registry or publish an electronic listing setting out the values for the coordinate control monuments located in the integrated survey area.

(6) The Surveyor General may file an amended certificate or publish an amended electronic listing for a certificate or listing filed under subsection (5).

(7) The certificate or electronic listing filed under subsection (5) or (6) is the official certificate or electronic listing of the coordinate control monuments.

9 Section 14 (1) (c) is amended by striking out "regulations made by the Surveyor General" and substituting "rules made under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act".

10 The following Part is added:

Part 2.1 -- General

Powers of Surveyor General

14.1 The Surveyor General may do any or all of the following:

(a) approve types of control monuments for the purposes of this Act;

(b) approve types of reference posts;

(c) require electronic submission of survey plans and specify standards for electronic submission of survey plans;

(d) issue survey instructions to a practising land surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act for integrated control surveys;

(e) require the correction and readjustment of coordinate control monument values within integrated survey areas and require the filing of supplementary certificates setting out new or amended coordinates and updating the official plan of an integrated survey area;

(f) make rules for the conduct of surveys and the preparation of explanatory plans under section 70 of the Land Title Act;

(g) if a parcel is being created under the Land Act, require an unsurveyed road to be posted at specified widths and locations;

(h) issue instructions for surveys under the Mineral Tenure Act to a practising land surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act.

Land Surveyors Act

11 Section 1 of the Land Surveyors Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 248, is amended

(a) by repealing the definitions of "board", "member", "member in good standing" and "secretary", and

(b) by adding the following definitions:

"board" means the board of management constituted under section 6;

"land surveyor" means a person admitted as a land surveyor under section 47;

"land surveyor associate" means a person who, for a Canadian jurisdiction other than British Columbia, has a status recognized under the bylaws as equivalent to that of a land surveyor, is registered as a land surveyor associate in compliance with the bylaws and is not in default for fees, dues or costs payable to the corporation;

"land surveyor in training" means a person who is registered with the corporation as a land surveyor in training and who is not in default for fees, dues or costs payable to the corporation;

"member" means a land surveyor, land surveyor associate or land surveyor in training;

"nonpractising land surveyor" means a land surveyor whose name has, after application by that person, been placed on a list of nonpractising land surveyors and who is not in default for fees, dues or costs payable to the corporation;

"practising land surveyor" means a land surveyor who is not in default for fees, dues or costs payable to the corporation, who is not under suspension and who is not a nonpractising land surveyor;

"president" means the person elected as president under section 25 (2);

"secretary" means the secretary appointed under section 6 (7);

"vice president" means the person elected as vice president under section 25 (2).

12 Section 1 is amended

(a) by repealing the definition of "corporation" and adding the following:

"association" means the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors; , and

(b) in the definitions of "land surveyor associate", "land surveyor in training", "nonpractising land surveyor" and "practising land surveyor" by striking out "corporation" wherever it appears and substituting "association".

13 Sections 2 and 3 are repealed and the following substituted:

Corporation of Land Surveyors

2 (1) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia is continued as a corporation consisting of the members.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the corporation has the powers and capacity of a natural person of full capacity.

14 Section 2 is repealed and the following substituted:

Association of Land Surveyors

2 (1) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia is renamed the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors and is continued as a corporation consisting of the members.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the association has the powers and capacity of a natural person of full capacity.

15 Section 4 (1) is amended

(a) by striking out "The corporation" and substituting "The association",

(b) in paragraph (a) by striking out "government" and substituting "governance",

(c) in paragraphs (b), (g) and (i) by striking out "corporation" and substituting "association", and

(d) by repealing paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) and substituting the following:

(c.1) categories of membership, associated rosters and applicable fees or dues;

(e) examination and admission of those persons applying to become members;

(l) procedures for elections.

16 Section 5 (1) and (3) is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) Bylaws may be passed only at a general meeting of the corporation.

(3) Bylaws passed by the board under subsection (2) are bylaws of the corporation.

17 Sections 5 (1) to (4), 6 (1), (4) and (6), 8 (4) (b), 10 (1), 14 (2), 25 (2), 31, 33 (a), (b), (d), (g) and (h), 34 (2), 46 (2), 57, 59 (4), 60 (1) and (11), 72, 73, 74 and 75 (1), (2) and (4) are amended by striking out "corporation" wherever it appears and substituting "association".

18 Section 6 is repealed and the following substituted:

Board of management

6 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the business, property and affairs of the corporation are to be managed, and its powers may be exercised, by the board of management.

(2) The board consists of

(a) the president, vice president and other members of the board elected under section 25 or appointed or elected under subsection (4) of this section,

(b) the Surveyor General of British Columbia,

(c) the last preceding president so long as he or she is a practising land surveyor, and

(d) the secretary.

(3) Members of the board hold office until

(a) their term of office expires, or

(b) they resign, die or cease to be practising land surveyors.

(4) An elected member of the board who ceases to hold office under subsection (3) (b) must be replaced by a practising land surveyor appointed by the board or, failing an appointment, elected at an extraordinary general meeting of the corporation.

(5) Subsection (3) applies to a member of the board appointed or elected under subsection (4).

(6) The number of elected members of the board may be varied by bylaw or by resolution of a general meeting of the corporation.

(7) The board must appoint from among the practising land surveyors, a secretary, who holds office at the pleasure of the board.

(8) The secretary must not be dismissed except by the votes of at least 3/5 of the other members of the board.

19 Section 7 (d), (f), (g) and (i) is repealed and the following substituted:

(d) disciplining members found guilty of misconduct or unprofessional conduct as provided in this Act;

(f) dealing with applications to become members;

(g) providing for the term of articles for a land surveyor in training;

(i) ordering a member or former member to appear before the board; .

20 Section 9 is repealed.

21 Section 10 is repealed and the following substituted:

General meetings

10 (1) An annual general meeting of the corporation must be held in British Columbia once in each calendar year on a date and at a place determined by the board.

(2) An extraordinary general meeting may, and on the written request of 10 practising land surveyors must, be convened by order of the president or vice president, by notice to all practising land surveyors.

(3) Thirty practising land surveyors form a quorum at a general meeting.

(4) Notice of a meeting ordered under subsection (2) must be sent, at least 15 days before the date of the meeting in a manner prescribed by bylaw, to each practising land surveyor.

22 Sections 11 and 12 are repealed.

23 Sections 14, 15 and 17 are repealed and the following substituted:

Election of board

14 (1) The elected members of the board are to be elected, by votes to be counted at the annual general meeting, for a term specified in the bylaws in the manner provided by this Act and the bylaws.

(2) The corporation, by a resolution at an extraordinary general meeting, may fill vacancies for elected members of the board.

(3) A person may not be elected a member of the board unless the person is a practising land surveyor and has been a practising land surveyor continuously for the 3 month period before the annual general meeting.

24 Section 16 (1) is amended by striking out "members in good standing" in both places and substituting "practising land surveyors".

25 Section 18 is amended by striking out "member in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor".

26 Section 19 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "Sections 15 to" and substituting "Sections 16 and",

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "the extraordinary" and substituting "an extraordinary", and

(c) by repealing subsection (3).

27 Section 20 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "or extraordinary general meeting", and

(b) by repealing subsections (2) to (4) and substituting the following:

(2) A voter must personally mark his or her ballot paper and fill in the declaration on it as provided by bylaw.

28 Sections 22 and 23 are repealed.

29 Section 25 is repealed and the following substituted:

Votes for candidates and officers

25 (1) At an election of members of the board held at a general meeting, the vacancies on the board must be filled by the candidates who receive the highest number of votes.

(2) The president and vice president of the corporation must be elected as provided by bylaw.

30 Section 27 is repealed and the following substituted:

Secretary must declare result

27 On completion of the scrutiny and counting of votes and any drawing of lots under section 26, the secretary must at once declare the result of the election and cause the names of those elected to be published in the Gazette within 30 days of declaring the result of the vote.

31 Section 30 (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) The board must meet at least annually to admit candidates as members and for other business.

32 Section 31 is amended by adding "and treasurer" after "registrar".

33 Section 32 is repealed.

34 Section 34 is amended

(a) in subsections (1) and (6) by striking out "members in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyors",

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "member otherwise in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor",

(c) in subsection (2) (a) by striking out "member" in both places and substituting "practising land surveyor",

(d) in subsection (3) by striking out "member in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor", and

(e) by repealing subsection (7) and substituting the following:

(7) Each year the secretary must publish in the Gazette the name of any practising land surveyor who since the publication of an earlier list of practising land surveyors has ceased to be a practising land surveyor.

35 Sections 35 to 41 are repealed and the following substituted:

Land surveyor in training

35 A person must be admitted as a land surveyor in training if the person complies with the requirements of the bylaws.

Bylaws respecting land surveyors in training and admission as land surveyor

35.1 The bylaws may specify any or all of the following:

(a) the form and term of training for a land surveyor in training;

(b) the fees to be paid by a land surveyor in training;

(c) the basis for admission as a land surveyor in training of an individual who has started similar training outside of British Columbia;

(d) the recognition of training outside of British Columbia as equivalent to training as a land surveyor in training for the purposes of this Act;

(e) setting the conditions under which a land surveyor in training may take an examination for admission as a land surveyor;

(f) setting conditions and fees for admission as a land surveyor.

36 Sections 42 to 44 are repealed and the following substituted:

Land surveyor associate may sit examinations to become land surveyor

44 A person registered as a land surveyor associate may be permitted to sit the examinations to become a land surveyor if the person complies with the bylaws.

37 Section 45 is amended

(a) by striking out "member" and substituting "land surveyor", and

(b) in paragraph (c) by striking out "all the prerequisites of this Act for admission." and substituting "this Act and the bylaws."

38 Section 46 (1) is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) Before becoming a land surveyor, a candidate for admission as a land surveyor must take and sign before a member of the board an oath or affirmation in the form established by bylaw.

39 Section 47 is repealed and the following substituted:

Admission as land surveyor

47 Admission as a land surveyor is effected by resolution of the board and entry of the land surveyor's name in a register of members kept by the secretary.

40 Section 48 is amended by striking out "member who" and substituting "land surveyor who".

41 Section 49 is amended

(a) in subsection (3) by striking out "member in good standing or a member whose name is on a list of nonpractising members" and substituting "member",

(b) in subsection (5) by striking out "member of the corporation" and substituting "member", and

(c) in subsection (6) (b) by striking out "punishment," and substituting "discipline,".

42 Section 50 is amended by striking out "member in good standing" in both places and substituting "practising land surveyor".

43 Section 51 (1) is amended

(a) in paragraph (b) by striking out "a member or members in good standing" and substituting "one or more practising land surveyors",

(b) in paragraph (d) by striking out "members in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyors", and

(c) in paragraph (e) by striking out "members in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyors" and by striking out "member in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor".

44 Section 53 is amended by striking out "member in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor".

45 Section 55 (2) (a) is amended by striking out "reprimand" and substituting "discipline".

46 Section 56 (1) (e) (ii) is repealed and the following substituted:

(ii) remains a member but ceases to be a practising land surveyor.

47 Section 59 is amended

(a) in subsections (1) (c) and (3) by striking out "member in good standing" and substituting "practising land surveyor",

(b) in subsection (3) by striking out ""B.C. L. S."" and substituting ""B. C. L. S." or "P. L. S."", and

(c) in subsection (4) by striking out "member" in both places and substituting "land surveyor" and by striking out "members" and substituting "land surveyors".

48 Section 60 (1) and (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) If the board determines that a member has breached or is in breach of a bylaw of the corporation or that a former member had, while a member, breached a bylaw of the corporation, the board may do one or more of the following by order:

(a) censure the member or former member;

(b) suspend the member for a period, not longer than 6 months, that the board thinks fit;

(c) fine the member or former member an amount not more than $5 000;

(d) order the member to participate in a peer mentoring or educational program at the member's expense;

(e) suspend the former member from the right to be reinstated as a member for a period, not longer than 6 months, that the board thinks fit and place conditions on the former member's right to be reinstated as a member, including the condition that the former member participate in a peer mentoring or educational program at the former member's expense.

(2) If the board determines that a member has been guilty of unprofessional conduct or that a former member, while a member, was guilty of unprofessional conduct, the board may do one or more of the following by order:

(a) censure the member or former member;

(b) suspend the member for a period that the board thinks fit or expel the member;

(c) fine the member or former member an amount not more than $10 000;

(d) order the member to participate in a peer mentoring or educational program at the member's expense;

(e) suspend the former member from the right to be reinstated as a member for a period that the board thinks fit and place conditions on the former member's right to be reinstated as a member, including the condition that the former member participate in a peer mentoring or educational program at the former member's expense;

(f) prohibit the former member from applying to be reinstated as a member.

49 Section 61 is repealed and the following substituted:

Summons to appear

61 (1) Before disciplining a member or former member, the board must summon the member or former member to appear before them by summons signed by the secretary, or, in the secretary's absence, by 2 members of the board, giving the member or former member reasonable notice and indicating with reasonable particularity the matters the member or former member will be called on to answer.

(2) If a member or former member fails to appear as required by a summons, the board may proceed in the member's or former member's absence and make any order or decision it could have made if the member or former member were present.

50 Section 62 (1) (a) is amended by striking out "member," and substituting "member or former member,".

51 Section 63 (1) to (4) is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) The board has full power to inquire into a suspected breach of a bylaw or suspected unprofessional conduct by a member or former member, and, without any complaint having been made, may summon the member or former member to appear before the board for examination as to the matters specified in the summons.

(2) On return of the summons or at an adjournment of the hearing, the board may examine the member or former member on oath.

(3) If a member or former member is summoned under this section, the board may discipline the member or former member under section 60 if the member or former member

(a) fails to appear before the board,

(b) refuses to be sworn or to answer questions put to the member or former member to the board's satisfaction, or

(c) is found by the board, on examination or on the evidence of witnesses, to have been guilty of breach of a bylaw or of unprofessional conduct.

(4) The powers conferred by this section may be exercised against a member or former member whether or not the member or former member is under suspension.

52 Section 65 is repealed and the following substituted:

Entry of disciplinary action in register

65 If a member or former member is disciplined under section 60 (1) (b) or (e) or (2) (b), (e) or (f)

(a) the secretary must record the effect of the discipline order against the name of the member or former member in the register of members, and

(b) a notice of the discipline order must be published in the Gazette within 15 days of the making of the order.

53 Section 66 is amended by striking out everything after "may be" and substituting "appealed to the Supreme Court by the member or former member affected."

54 Section 67 (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) The notice of appeal must be served on the board.

55 The following section is added:

Power to make rules for surveys

75 (1) For the purposes of this Act and the following enactments, the corporation may make rules for surveys:

(a) section 28 of the Coal Act;

(b) section 73 of the Land Act;

(c) sections 12 (2) and 14 (1) (c) of the Land Survey Act;

(d) section 385 (5) of the Land Title Act;

(e) section 64 of the Mineral Tenure Act;

(f) section 121 (3) of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act;

(g) section 24 (1) (a) of the Pipeline Act;

(h) sections 68 (4) and 244 (1) (e) of the Strata Property Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the corporation may do one or more of the following:

(a) make rules for the design and specifications for permanent survey monuments or reference posts;

(b) for the purposes of a rule made under subsection (1), provide for the exemption of a particular survey from the application of rules made under subsection (1);

(c) make rules requiring a land surveyor to report damage to or destruction of a control monument to the Surveyor General;

(d) for surveys under the Land Act, make rules allowing new posts to be set on existing lines without retracement in appropriate circumstances if certain conditions are met;

(e) make rules allowing modified posting of bare land strata lots for the purposes of the Strata Property Act.

(3) Rules made under subsections (1) and (2) do not have effect until approved by order of the Surveyor General.

(4) The Surveyor General may recommend to the corporation that the corporation make a rule or amend a rule made under this section and, if the corporation fails to act on the recommendation within the time specified by the Surveyor General, the Surveyor General, by order, may amend the rules made by the corporation.

Land Title Act

56 Section 67 (b) of the Land Title Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 250, is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) the plan must comply with the rules respecting surveys and plans made under section 385 (5) for the purposes of this section; .

57 Section 68 (5) is repealed and the following substituted:

(5) A posting plan must comply with the rules respecting surveys and plans made under section 385 (5) for the purposes of this section.

58 Section 70 (2) is amended by striking out "regulations of the Surveyor General," and substituting "rules made under section 385 (5),".

59 Section 113 (3) (b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(b) comply with section 116 and the rules respecting surveys and plans made under section 385 (5) for the purposes of this section.

60 Section 114 (1) (d) is repealed and the following substituted:

(d) the plan complies with this Part and the applicable rules respecting surveys and plans made under section 385 (5).

61 Section 138 is amended by repealing the definition of "geodetic elevation" and substituting the following:

"geodetic elevation" means an elevation derived from a source approved by the Surveyor General.

62 Section 144 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) (f) (i) by striking out "by regulation of the Surveyor General," and substituting "by a rule made under section 385 (5),", and

(b) by repealing subsection (2) (c) and substituting the following:

(c) comply with the rules respecting surveys and plans made under section 385 (5) for the purposes of this Part, .

63 Section 366 (3) is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) The plan referred to in subsection (2) (c) must be based on a survey that complies with this Act, rules made under section 385 (5) and any standards set by the Surveyor General for a survey plan intended for deposit under this Act.

64 Section 367 (2) (d) (ii) is amended by striking out "survey that complies with regulations of the Surveyor General and this Act" and substituting "survey, that complies with this Act and the rules made under section 385 (5),".

65 Section 373.73 is amended

(a) by adding "and" at the end of subsection (1) (a) and by repealing subsection (1) (b), and

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "and (b)".

66 Section 385 (5) is repealed and the following substituted:

(5) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act for the purposes of sections 67 to 70, 113 to 115, 138 to 144, 366 and 367.

67 Section 385 (5) is amended by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors".

Mineral Tenure Act

68 Section 64 of the Mineral Tenure Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 292, is amended

(a) by repealing subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following:

(1) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act that the corporation considers necessary or advisable respecting the conduct of surveys for the purposes of mineral titles under this Act and all matters that relate to those surveys.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make different rules for different classes of mineral titles. , and

(b) by repealing subsection (3) (b) and substituting the following:

(b) a statement in the form set out in the rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act made for the purposes of this section, and .

69 Section 64 is amended

(a) in subsections (1) and (2) by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors", and

(b) in subsection (1) by striking out "corporation" and substituting "association".

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act

70 Section 121 (2) and (3) of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 361, is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) A survey under this section must be made in accordance with the requirements of the Surveyor General and the rules made under subsection (3).

(3) The Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia may make rules under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act that the corporation considers necessary or advisable for surveys, and all matters that relate to surveys, required under this Act.

71 Section 121 (3) is amended by striking out "Corporation of Land Surveyors of the Province of British Columbia" and substituting "Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors" and by striking out "corporation" and substituting "association".

Pipeline Act

72 Section 24 (1) of the Pipeline Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 364, is repealed and the following substituted:

(1) Within 3 years after completion of the pipeline, the company must do the following:

(a) complete the surveying and posting of the right of way according to applicable rules made under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act;

(b) submit to the Surveyor General for approval the plans of the survey through Crown land as required under the rules referred to in paragraph (a).

Strata Property Act

73 Section 68 (4) of the Strata Property Act, S.B.C. 1998, c. 43, is repealed and the following substituted:

(4) Despite subsections (1) to (3), but subject to the regulations, in the case of a bare land strata plan, the boundaries must be shown on the strata plan

(a) by reference to survey markers, and

(b) in compliance with rules, if any, made under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act for the purposes of this section.

74 Section 244 (1) (e) is repealed and the following substituted:

(e) comply with rules, if any, made under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act for the purposes of this section, .

Transitional Provision

Transitional

75 On the approval, by order, of the Surveyor General of rules enacted under section 75 of the Land Surveyors Act, the General Survey Instruction Regulation, B.C. Reg. 229/2001, is repealed.

Commencement

76 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table: