Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act
The new Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, effective May 1, 2024, and its associated Regulations are now available.
Annual Statutes for 2022 have now been added to BC Laws.
King's Printer content is delivered in an "open data format" through a REST API. Data use restrictions have also changed.
Intimate Images Protection Act
The new Intimate Images Protection Act effective January 29, 2024 is now available.
Amendments effective January 1, 2024 for the Crime Victim Assistance Act are now available.
Amendments effective September 1, 2023 for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act are now available.
Amendments effective September 1, 2023 for the Oil and Gas Activities Act are now available.
Amendments effective September 1, 2023 for the Supreme Court Civil Rules - 168/2009 are now available.
A provincial state of emergency has been declared due to the wildfires. Read more...
Amendments effective November 24, 2022 for the Strata Property Act are now available.
Amendments effective November 3, 2022 for the King's Counsel Act are now available.
Bill 44 - Building and Strata Statutes Amendment Act, 2022
Now available in Third Reading format, read more...
View listing of regulations, orders in council and ministerial orders as of March 2, 2022.
Amendments effective March 11, 2022 for the Election Act and new regulations effective March 18, 2022 are now available.
Employment Standards Regulation
Amendments effective January 1, 2022 for the Employment Standards Regulation - 396/95 are now available.
The provincial state of emergency has been extended due to the severe flooding and landslides. Read more...
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Amendments effective November 25, 2021 for the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act are now available.
Queen's Printer is pleased to announce the addition of the Historical Annual Statutes dating back to 1858.
New Civil Resolution Tribunal Legislation
The new Tribunal Small Claims Regulation effective January 1, 2019 is now available.
The new acts and regulations enacted as of
October 17th, 2018 are now available.
Amendments effective May 31, 2018 for the Local Government Act are now available.
Amendments effective March 15, 2018 for the Property Transfer Tax Act are now available.
Unofficial consolidations of BC Regulations in PDF format are now available. See the User Guide for more information.
Amendments effective November 2, 2017 for the Health Professions Act are now available.
Amendments effective October 30, 2017 for the Environmental Management Act are now available.
Amendments effective June 1, 2017 for the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act are now available.
Now available the consolidated Small Claims Rules with the new amendments effective June 1, 2017
The new Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act with the recent amendments of March 7, 2017 is now available.
To learn more about the Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP), click here
The new Fish and Seafood Act and associated regulations effective January 1st, 2017 are now available.
The new Societies Act effective November 28th, 2016 is now available.
The Real Estate Services Act consolidated with the recent amendments effective September 30th.
New: Act
The Private Training Act brought in force on September 1st is now available.
Available in Third Reading Bill format, read more...
The following legislation was amended by Bill 28, effective August 2, 2016
The Civil Resolution Tribunal Act enacted July 13th, 2016 is now available.
Amendments effective July 1st, 2016 for the Supreme Court Civil Rules and Supreme Court Family Rules are now available.
The Index of Current BC Regulations are now available in pdf format.
QP LegalEze to be discontinued effective April 29, 2016
Queen's Printer is pleased to announce the completion of content migration from QP LegalEze to BC Laws, as originally announced in March 2014 once this content migration was completed QP LegalEze would be discontinued.
Water Sustainability Act and the following new regulations are now in effect.
Local Government Act Revision effective January 1, 2016
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Now available Expropriation Compensation Board (ECB) Decisions from 1988 to 2006.
Now available Corporate Registry Notices – includes notices of company and extra-provincial company filings. The registry includes data from January 2003 to present.
Now available Private, Special and Local Acts – includes all current private, special and local acts from 1950 to the present.
Now available Gazette Part I – published weekly under the authority of the Queen's Printer Act. The Gazette contains published legal notices such as Calling for Tenders, Forest Development Plans, and Notice to Creditors. It includes issues from January 2003 to present.
Now available BC Gazette Part II – The electronic version of the BC Gazette Part II has the complete text of all new and amended regulations deposited under the Regulations Act in a fully-searchable format. It includes issues from October 2001 to present.
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