BILL 24 — 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT, 2021

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

1 Section 1 (1) of the Environmental Management Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 53, is amended

(a) in paragraph (a) of the definition of "packaging" by adding "including a material, substance or object that is sold or distributed separately from the commodity or product that it will protect, contain or transport," after "product,", and

(b) by adding the following definition:

"single-use product" means a product that is ordinarily disposed of after a single use or short-term use, whether or not the product could be reused; .

2 Section 11 is amended

(a) by adding "distribute," after "use,", and

(b) by striking out "disposable products" in both places and substituting "single-use products".

3 Section 21 (1) is amended

(a) in paragraph (i) by striking out "activities operations" and substituting "activities, operations",

(b) by repealing paragraph (o) and substituting the following:

(o) prohibiting or restricting the use, distribution, offer for sale or sale of packaging, product containers or single-use products or any material used in packaging, product containers or single-use products; ,

(c) in paragraph (p) by striking out "content, shape, weight, nature and volume of packaging used per unit of product" and substituting "material, content, shape, nature, weight and volume of packaging, including the weight and volume of packaging used per unit of product", and

(d) in paragraphs (q), (r) and (t) by adding ", single-use products" after "product containers".

4 Section 22 (2) is amended

(a) by repealing paragraph (q) and substituting the following:

(q) prohibiting or restricting the use, distribution, offer for sale or sale of packaging, product containers or single-use products or any material used in packaging, product containers or single-use products; ,

(b) in paragraph (r) by striking out "content, shape, weight, nature and volume of packaging used per unit of product" and substituting "material, content, shape, nature, weight and volume of packaging, including the weight and volume of packaging used per unit of product", and

(c) in paragraphs (s), (t) and (v) by adding ", single-use products" after "product containers".

Commencement

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