B.C. Reg. 113/2023, deposited April 28, 2023, under the PROVINCIAL SALES TAX ACT [section 240]. Order in Council 264/2023, approved and ordered April 28, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended

(a) effective July 1, 2023, as set out in the attached Appendix 1, and

(b) effective November 1, 2023, as set out in the attached Appendix 2.

— K. CONROY, Minister of Finance; B. BAILEY, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Appendix 1

1 The Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended by adding the following section:

Prescribed eligible entities

3.1 For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of "eligible entity" in section 1 of the Act, the prescribed qualifications are that an entity

(a) is a not-for-profit business association,

(b) has a place of business in a designated accommodation area, and

(c) actively engages in one or more initiatives respecting the availability of affordable housing in the designated accommodation area.

2 Schedule 2 is amended

(a) in items 8 and 14 in column 4 by striking out "2023" and substituting "2028", and

(b) by adding the following item as indicated:

Appendix 2

1 Item 27 of Schedule 1 of the Designated Accommodation Area Tax Regulation, B.C. Reg. 93/2013, is amended

(a) in column 2 by striking out "District of Squamish" and substituting "Tourism Squamish Society", and

(b) in column 4 by striking out "2023" and substituting "2028".

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