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Business registration in Canada — British Columbia

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

232 matching statutes

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Court Rules Act

    1 provisions

    The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make court rules, but must first get the Attorney General’s recommendation and consultation with specified court chiefs for rules under sections 1 to 4.

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Home Owner Grant Act

    3 provisions

    This provision defines key terms and sets the main grant, supplement, occupancy, and reporting rules for the Home Owner Grant Act.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Municipal Finance Authority Act

    1 provisions

    This Act continues the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia and sets rules for its board, borrowing, securities, funds, rates, and related municipal financing arrangements.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    National Instrument 44-102

    3 provisions

    This provision sets rules for base shelf prospectuses, including when an issuer can file them, when shelf supplements must be used, and when the shelf procedures cannot be used.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Financial Services Authority Act

    1 provisions

    This Act creates the BC Financial Services Authority and sets out its board, chief executive officer, powers, financial controls, and regulation-making authority.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Insurance (Vehicle) Act

    5 provisions

    This provision defines key terms and sets out who must operate, administer, report for, or use the vehicle insurance plan, plus some time limits and notice requirements.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Provincial Sales Tax Exemption and Refund Regulation

    2 provisions

    Eligible charities can get a refund of tax on qualifying medical equipment, and on related software used to run that equipment, if the equipment was bought with charity funds and used by a health facility to treat or diagnose patients.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    National Instrument 81-107

    2 provisions

    This instrument sets governance rules for investment funds, including when managers must refer conflict-of-interest matters to an independent review committee and what that committee must do.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act

    5 provisions

    This Act sets tax rules for owners of residential property in specified areas, including tax rates, declaration filing, and several exemptions.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Expropriation Act

    2 provisions

    This provision sets the rules for expropriating land, including notice, approval, inquiry, possession, abandonment, and compensation.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Land Owner Transparency Act

    3 provisions

    This part requires transferees and certain land owners to file transparency declarations or transparency reports, and it sets filing, certification, notice, and update duties.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Provincial Symbols and Honours Act

    1 provisions

    This Act protects British Columbia symbols and honours, limits unauthorized use of the Coat of Arms and tartan, and sets rules for the Order of British Columbia, the Medal of Good Citizenship, and police officer commissions.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act

    7 provisions

    This part gives the Lieutenant-Governor in Council power to make regulations and says those regulations must be published in the Gazette; it also contains many section-specific validations and special powers for named municipalities.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Civil Forfeiture Act

    3 provisions

    This Act sets out when property can be forfeited to the government and when the director or court can seek related preservation, disclosure, and protection orders.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Hydro and Power Authority Act

    1 provisions

    The Act continues the BC Hydro and Power Authority, sets out how it is governed, and gives it powers over power supply, borrowing, expropriation, funding, and related operations.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Employment Standards Act

    4 provisions

    This provision defines key terms and sets several basic employment rules on pay, records, hours, holidays, special clothing, gratuities, and hiring practices.

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  • Canada — British Columbia

    Motor Vehicle Act Regulations

    2 provisions

    This segment sets rules for driver training schools, instructors, and instructor training facilities, including licensing, records, security, vehicle requirements, and advertising limits.

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