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B.C. Reg. 37/2005

O.C. 85/2005
Deposited February 11, 2005

Unclaimed Property Act

Court Funds Regulation

Definition

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Unclaimed Property Act;

"judicial officer" means,

(a) in the case of funds in the Court of Appeal, a justice or registrar,

(b) in the case of funds in the Supreme Court, a judge, master or registrar, and

(c) in the case of funds in the Provincial Court, a judge or registrar.

Court funds

2 For the purposes of the Act, "unclaimed court funds" means funds, other than judicial interim release funds, that have been paid into court in a proceeding and that

(a) have remained in court for at least 5 years, and

(b) have been determined by a judicial officer for that court to be unclaimed court funds.

[Provisions of the Unclaimed Property Act, S.B.C. 1999, c. 48, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 17]