CONSOLIDATION

Order Designating British Columbia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code

SOR/2009-278

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on November 1, 2009



OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. The last amendments came into force on November 1, 2009. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on November 1, 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS Order Designating British Columbia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code 1

Province Designated

*2

Coming into Force

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on November 1, 2009

ii

Registration SOR/2009-278

October 1, 2009

CRIMINAL CODE Order Designating British Columbia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code P.C. 2009-1629

October 1, 2009

Whereas British Columbia has legislative measures that protect recipients of payday loans and that provide for limits on the total cost of borrowing under a payday loan agreement; And whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia has requested that the Governor in Council designate that province for the purposes of section 347.1a of the Criminal Codeb; Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Industry, pursuant to subsection 347.1(3)a of the Criminal Codeb, hereby makes the annexed Order Designating British Columbia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code.

a

S.C. 2007, c. 9, s. 2

b

R.S., c. C-46

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on November 1, 2009

Order Designating British Columbia for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code

Province Designated 1 British Columbia is designated for the purposes of section 347.1 of the Criminal Code.

Coming into Force 2 This Order comes into force at 12:00 a.m., Pacific time or — in that part of the province in the Mountain time zone — Mountain time, on the first day on which all of the following are in force: *

(a) the Business Practices and Consumer Protection

(Payday Loans) Amendment Act, 2007, S.B.C. 2007, c. 35, except for the following: (i) sections 112.12 to 112.15 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 2, as enacted by section 4, (ii) sections 5 and 6, and (iii) paragraph 189(4)(f.6) of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 2, as enacted by section 8; (b) sections 5.1 and 7.3 of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 294/2004, as enacted by B.C. Reg. 57/2009; and (c) the Payday Loans Regulation, as enacted by B.C. Reg. 57/2009. *

[Note: Order in force November 1, 2009.]

Current to June 20, 2022 Last amended on November 1, 2009

