HONOURABLE SUZANNE ANTON
MINISTER OF JUSTICE

BILL 27 – 2016

HUMAN RIGHTS CODE AMENDMENT ACT, 2016

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Sections 7 (1) and 8 (1) of the Human Rights Code, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 210, are amended by adding ", gender identity or expression," after "sexual orientation".

2 Section 9 is amended by striking out "sexual orientation or sex" and substituting "sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression".

3 Section 10 (1) is amended by adding "gender identity or expression," after "sexual orientation,".

4 Sections 11, 13 (1) and 14 are amended by adding ", gender identity or expression," after "sexual orientation".

5 Section 41 (1) is amended by adding "sexual orientation, gender identity or expression," after "sex,".

6 Section 42 (1) (a) is amended by striking out "or sex," and substituting "sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression,".

Commencement

7  This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.