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B.C. Reg. 129/2005
O.C. 239/2005
Deposited March 18, 2005
effective March 31, 2005
This consolidation is current to April 22, 2025.
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Safety Standards Act

Monetary Penalties Regulation

[Last amended December 5, 2022 by B.C. Reg. 268/2021]

Definition

1   In this regulation, "Act" means the Safety Standards Act.

Prescribed provisions of the Act

2   For the purpose of section 40 (1) (a) [monetary penalties] of the Act, the following provisions of the Act are prescribed:

(a) section 63 (b) [general prohibitions — regulated work];

(b) section 63 (c) [general prohibitions — regulated product];

(c) section 68 [alteration of regulated products];

(d) section 69 (2) (a) [use or possession of a regulated product];

(e) section 70 (1) [disposal of regulated products — certification mark];

(f) section 70 (2) [disposal of regulated products — unsafe operation];

(g) section 71.1 [offering and advertising to do regulated work].

[am. B.C. Reg. 268/2021.]

Criteria

3   Before a safety manager imposes a monetary penalty on a person, the safety manager must consider the following:

(a) previous enforcement actions under the Act for contraventions of a similar nature by the person;

(b) the extent of the harm, or of the degree of risk of harm, to others as a result of the contravention;

(c) whether the contravention was deliberate;

(d) whether the contravention was repeated or continuous;

(e) the length of time during which the contravention continued;

(f) any economic benefit derived by the person from the contravention.

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Safety Standards Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 39, s. 89.]