BILL 22 – 2006
PROVINCIAL SYMBOLS AND HONOURS AMENDMENT ACT, 2006

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

1 Sections 1 (2) and 7 (2) of the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 380, are amended by striking out "Provincial Secretary" and substituting "minister".

2 The following section is added:

Mammal emblem

6.1 The non-albino, white colour phase of the mammal known taxonomically as Ursus americanus and commonly known as the Spirit Bear is the mammal emblem of British Columbia.

3 Section 12 is amended by adding the following definitions:

"Chancellor" means the Chancellor referred to in section 13 (2);

"secretary" means the secretary appointed under section 14.1.

4 Section 13 is amended

(a) by renumbering the section as section 13 (1), and

(b) by adding the following subsection:

(2) The Lieutenant Governor

(a) is a member of the Order without further appointment, and

(b) while in office as Lieutenant Governor, is the Chancellor of the Order.

5 Section 14 (a), (d) and (e) is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) the Chancellor;

(d) the deputy minister, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat;

(e) for a 2 year term, a president of a university established or continued under the University Act, the Royal Roads University Act or the Thompson Rivers University Act, chosen in turn in the order determined by the advisory council; .

6 The following section is added:

Secretary of the advisory council

14.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an employee of the government to be the secretary of the advisory council.

(2) The secretary's function is to maintain the records of the advisory council and Order and perform other duties that the advisory council may require.

7 Section 18 is amended

(a) by renumbering the section as section 18 (1), and

(b) by adding the following subsection:

(2) The insignia referred to in subsection (1) are the following:

(a) a medal in the form of a stylized flowering dogwood bearing the Shield of Arms of British Columbia and the Crown, worn with a green, gold, white and blue ribbon;

(b) a lapel pin in the form of a stylized flowering dogwood bearing the Shield of Arms of British Columbia and the Crown.

8 The following section is added:

Resignation and termination

18.1 (1) A member may resign from the Order by giving written notice of his or her intention to resign, signed by the member, to the Chancellor.

(2) The Chancellor may terminate a person's membership in the Order

(a) on the recommendation of the advisory council, and

(b) with the approval of the executive council.

(3) If a person's membership in the Order is terminated under subsection (2), the termination is effective when the Order in Council respecting the person's membership is rescinded.

(4) If a person ceases to be a member of the Order under subsection (1) or (2), the person must immediately return the following to the secretary:

(a) the commission evidencing the appointment of the member;

(b) the insignia of the Order that were presented to the person.

9 Section 20 (a) is repealed.

Commencement

10 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.