Family Law Act

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Family Law Act

[SBC 2011] CHAPTER 25

Part 14 — Repeals, Related Amendment and Consequential Amendments

Repeals

Section(s)		Affected Act
257		Family Law Act
258-259		Family Relations Act

Related Amendment

Section(s)		Affected Act
260		Family Law Act

Consequential Amendments

Section(s)		Affected Act
261-278		Adoption Act
279-281		Adult Guardianship Act
282		Business Corporations Act
283		Carbon Tax Act
284		Child Care BC Act
285		Child Care Subsidy Act
286-304		Child, Family and Community Service Act
305-313		Commercial Arbitration Act
314		Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act
315		Court of Appeal Act
316-317		Court Order Enforcement Act
318		Court Rules Act
319		Credit Union Incorporation Act
320-321		Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act
322		Criminal Injury Compensation Act
323		Election Act
324		Employee Investment Act
325		Employment and Assistance Act
326		Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
327		Employment Standards Act
328-330		Enforcement of Canadian Judgments and Decrees Act
331-335		Estate Administration Act
336-338		Evidence Act
339		Expropriation Act
340		Family Compensation Act
341-351		Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
352-356		Family Relations Act
357		Financial Disclosure Act
358		Financial Institutions Act
359-360		Forest Act
361		Gaming Control Act
362		Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
363		Health Professions Act
364		Home Owner Grant Act
365		Hotel Room Tax Act
366		Human Tissue Gift Act
367		Independent School Act
368		Indian Self Government Enabling Act
369		Industrial Roads Act
370-376		Infants Act
377-378		Insurance Act
379-380		Insurance Amendment Act, 2009
381		Insurance (Vehicle) Act
382		Insurance Premium Tax Act
383-386		Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act
387		Judicial Compensation Act
388-392		Land (Spouse Protection) Act
393		Land Tax Deferment Act
394-395		Land Title Act
396-399		Law and Equity Act
400		Legal Profession Act
401		Local Government Act
402		Logging Tax Act
403-406		Marriage Act
407		Medicare Protection Act
408		Members' Conflict of Interest Act
409		Mental Health Act
410		Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
411-412		Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2011
413		Motor Fuel Tax Act
414-416		Name Act
417		Notaries Act
418-419		Parental Responsibility Act
420-423		Pension Benefits Standards Act
424-425		Personal Property Security Act
426		Property Law Act
427-428		Property Transfer Tax Act
429-430		Provincial Court Act
431-433		Public Guardian and Trustee Act
434-436		Public Sector Pension Plans Act
437		Rent Distress Act
438-439		Representation Agreement Act
440		Residential Tenancy Act
441-443		School Act
444		Securities Act
445		Small Business Venture Capital Act
446		Social Service Tax Act
447		South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act
448		Supplements Repeal Act
449		Taxation (Rural Area) Act
450		Tobacco Tax Act
451		Utilities Commission Act
452		Victims of Crime Act
453-462		Vital Statistics Act
463-464		Wills Act
465-469		Wills, Estates and Succession Act
470		Wills, Estates and Succession Amendment Act, 2011
471		Wills Variation Act
472-478		Workers Compensation Act
479-480		Youth Justice Act
481		Schedule to this Act

Commencement

482 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item	Column 1 Provisions of Act	Column 2 Commencement
1	Anything not elsewhere covered by this table	The date of Royal Assent
2	Sections 1 to 256	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
3	Sections 259 and 260	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
4	Sections 262 to 299	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
5	Section 300	On the coming into force of section 24 of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2011, S.B.C. 2011, c. 13
6	Sections 301 to 335	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
7	Sections 338 to 351	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
8	Sections 357 to 368	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
9	Sections 370 to 380	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
10	Sections 382 to 387	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
11	Section 389	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
12	Sections 391 to 396	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
13	Sections 398 to 402	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
14	Sections 406 and 407	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
15	Sections 412 and 413	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
16	Sections 415 to 425	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
17	Sections 427 to 436	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
18	Sections 438 to 441	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
19	Sections 443 to 462	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
20	Sections 465 to 471	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
21	Section 473	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
22	Section 475	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council
23	Sections 478 to 481	By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council

Schedule

(Section 481)

Item	Column 1 Act being amended	Column 2 Section or other provision
1	Bee Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 29	5 (3) (a)
2	Community Care and Assisted Living Act S.B.C. 2002, c. 75	21 (5)
3	Community Charter S.B.C. 2003, c. 26	41 (5) 43 (2)
4	Cooperative Association Act S.B.C. 1999, c. 28	208 (4)
5	Emergency Program Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 111	19 (3)
6	Environmental Management Act S.B.C. 2003, c. 53	87 (4) (b)
7	Estate Administration Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 122	103 (3)
8	Fisheries Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 149	21 (6)
9	Forest Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 157	60.93 155 (e)
10	Forest and Range Practices Act S.B.C. 2002, c. 69	22.3 (3) (b)
11	Forest and Range Practices Amendment Act, 2003 S.B.C. 2003, c. 55	17, as it enacts section 27.2 (5) (b) of the Forest and Range Practices Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 69
12	Forestry Revitalization Act S.B.C. 2003, c. 17	6 (6)
13	Forests Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2003 S.B.C. 2003, c. 56	2, as it enacts section 10.1 (4) (b) of the Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 157
14	Heritage Conservation Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 187	11 (4)
15	Hospital Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 200	48 (5) 49 (2)
16	Industrial Operation Compensation Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 222	3 (4)
17	Labour Relations Code R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 244	97
18	Land Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 245	91 (2) (b) and (3)
19	Library Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 264	29 (6)
20	Limitation Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 266	1, in paragraph (a) (v) of the definition of "local judgment"
21	Local Government Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 323	747.2 (8) (b) 813.13 (6) 939 (9) 969 (4)
22	Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act S.B.C. 2002, c. 77	51 (5)
23	Partnership Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 348	27 (j)
24	Property Transfer Tax Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 378	37 (2) (o)
25	Range Act S.B.C. 2004, c. 71	41
26	Residential Tenancy Act S.B.C. 2002, c. 78	58 (5)
27	South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act S.B.C. 1998, c. 30	46 (4) (f) (ii)
28	Strata Property Act S.B.C. 1998, c. 43	175 (2) (b) 211 (4) 214 (4)
29	Vancouver Charter S.B.C. 1953, c. 55	314 (1) (g) and (3) (a) 570 (3) 595 (4)
30	Water Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 483	47 (1)