Regulations Amending the British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations: SOR/2019-238
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 153, Number 14
Registration
SOR/2019-238 June 24, 2019
SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION REGISTRATION ACT
The Lieutenant Governor in Council of British Columbia, pursuant to subsection 18(1) footnote a of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, S.C. 2004, c. 10, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations.
Regulations Amending the British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations
Amendments
1 Section 2 of the British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
2 A sex offender whose main residence is located in the Province of British Columbia may report under any of paragraphs 4.1(1)(a) to (b.2) or section 4.3 of the Act or provide any notification required under section 6 of the Act by telephone to the BCSOIRC.
2 Paragraphs 3(a) and (b) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:
- (a) a member or reservist of the RCMP;
- (b) a “provincial constable”, “municipal constable” or “designated constable”, within the meaning of section 1 of the Police Act, chapter 367 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996, as amended from time to time; and
- (c) a “special municipal constable”, within the meaning of section 1 of the Police Act, chapter 367 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996, as amended from time to time, who has previously been a member of the RCMP or a constable referred to in paragraph (b).
3 Item 1 of the schedule to the Regulations is replaced by the following:
| Item |
Designated place |
|---|---|
1 |
100 Mile House RCMP detachment, 841 Alder Avenue, 100 Mile House |
4 Item 7 of the schedule to the Regulations is replaced by the following:
| Item |
Designated place |
|---|---|
7 |
Anahim Lake RCMP detachment, 6641 Christensen Road, Anahim Lake |
5 Item 50 of the schedule to the Regulations is replaced by the following:
| Item |
Designated place |
|---|---|
50 |
Kelowna RCMP detachment, 1190 Richter Street, Kelowna |
Coming into Force
6 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
The British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations designate British Columbia police agencies as registration centres for the National Sex Offender Registry. These Regulations do the following:
- Expand the information that a sex offender may provide to the British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Centre by telephone;
- Expand the list of persons authorized in British Columbia to collect information from a sex offender; and
- Update addresses for three police agencies that have moved.