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Marginal note:Interpretation

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• (2) Despite paragraph (1)(b),

  • (a) a person appointed to a position under a law of British Columbia that is incorporated by reference in these Regulations is considered to have been appointed to the same position for the purposes of these Regulations for as long as the person remains in that position under that law of British Columbia; and

  • (b) a provincial body, program or fund established or continued under a law of British Columbia that is incorporated by reference in these Regulations is considered to have been established or continued for the purposes of these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Specified officials and bodies

  (3) For greater certainty, a person or body that has a power, duty or function under a law of British Columbia that is incorporated by reference in these Regulations has the same power, duty or function under these Regulations, subject to the adaptations set out in sections 11 to 21.

• Marginal note:References are to laws as incorporated and adapted

  (4) If a law of British Columbia is incorporated by reference in these Regulations, a reference to that law in an incorporated law or in any notice, form, instrument or other document issued under an incorporated law is to be read as a reference to that law as incorporated by reference in, and as adapted by, these Regulations.

Marginal note:Registration

22 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

Marginal note:Offence

• 8 (1) A person who contravenes a provision of an incorporated law within the port of Prince Rupert is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction under these Regulations if similar acts or omissions outside the port of Prince Rupert constitute an offence under an equivalent provision of the laws of British Columbia incorporated by reference in these Regulations or under a provision of the laws of British Columbia that was adapted for the purposes of these regulations, and is subject to the same fines or term of imprisonment, or both, set out in the laws of British Columbia that apply for the contravention of the equivalent or adapted provision.

• Marginal note:Administrative monetary penalties

  (2) A person who contravenes a provision of an incorporated law within the port of Prince Rupert is liable to the same administrative monetary penalty as set out in the laws of British Columbia that would apply with respect to a similar act or omission outside the port of Prince Rupert that constitutes a contravention of the equivalent provision of the laws of British Columbia incorporated by reference in these Regulations, or the provision of the laws of British Columbia that was adapted for the purposes of these Regulations.

Marginal note:Previous permits, authorizations, orders and exemptions deemed valid

10 Any permits, authorizations, orders or exemptions — including any amendments to them — issued by the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission in relation to liquefied natural gas activities and liquefied natural gas related activities at the port of Prince Rupert before the day on which these Regulations come into force are considered to have been issued under these Regulations and to be valid for the purposes of these Regulations.

Marginal note:Reliance on Prince Rupert Port Authority authorizations

16 Instead of issuing a permit or giving an authorization under the Oil and Gas Activities Act, the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission may rely on a permit issued, or other authorization given, by the Prince Rupert Port Authority before the day on which these Regulations come into force.