SCHEDULE 1 - Definitions

"aboriginal government"

means an aboriginal organization exercising governmental functions;

"adjudicator"

means a person designated under section 60;

"commissioner"

means the commissioner appointed under section 37(1) or 39(1);

"educational body"

means

(a) a university as defined in the University Act,

(b) the University of Northern British Columbia,

(c) an institution as defined in the College and Institute Act,

(d) the British Columbia Institute of Technology continued under the Institute of Technology Act,

(e) the Open Learning Agency established under the Open Learning Agency Act, or

(f) a board as defined in the School Act;

"employee", in relation to a public body,

includes a person retained under a contract to perform services for the public body;

"exercise of prosecutorial discretion"

means the exercise by Crown Counsel, or by a special prosecutor, of a duty or power under the Crown Counsel Act, including the duty or power

(a) to approve or not to approve a prosecution,

(b) to stay a proceeding,

(c) to prepare for a hearing or trial,

(d) to conduct a hearing or trial,

(e) to take a position on sentence, and

(f) to initiate an appeal;

"head", in relation to a public body,

means

(a) if the public body is a ministry or office of the government of British Columbia, the member of the Executive Council who presides over it,

(b) if the public body is designated in, or added by regulation to, Schedule 2, the person designated as the head of that public body in that Schedule or by regulation,

(c) in any other case, the person or group of persons designated under section 76.1 as the head of the public body;

"health care body"

means

(a) a hospital as defined in section 1 of the Hospital Act,

(b) a Provincial auxiliary hospital established under the Hospital (Auxiliary) Act,

(c) a regional hospital district and a regional hospital district board under the Hospital District Act,

(d) a local board of health as defined in the Health Act,

(e) a metropolitan board of health established under the Health Act, or

(f) a Provincial mental health facility as defined in the Mental Health Act;

"judicial administration record"

means a record containing information relating to a judge, master or a justice of the peace, including

(a) scheduling of judges and trials,

(b) content of judicial training programs,

(c) statistics of judicial activity prepared by or for a judge, and

(d) a record of the judicial council of the Provincial Court.

"law enforcement"

means

(a) policing, including criminal intelligence operations,

(b) investigations that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction being imposed, or

(c) proceedings that lead or could lead to a penalty or sanction being imposed;

[Order 13, Order 36]

"local government body"

means

(a) a municipality as defined in the Municipal Act or the Resort Municipality of Whistler Act,

(b) the City of Vancouver,

(c) a regional district as defined in section 766 of the Municipal Act,

(d) an improvement district as defined in the Municipal Act,

(e) a local area as defined in the Local Services Act,

(f) a greater board as defined in section 943 of the Municipal Act or any incorporated board that provides similar services and is incorporated by letters patent,

(g) a board of variance established under section 961 of the Municipal Act or section 572 of the Vancouver Charter,

(h) the trust council, the executive committee, a local trust committee and the trust fund board, as these are defined in the Islands Trust Act,

(i) the Okanagan Basin Water Board,

(j) a water users' community as defined in the Water Act,

(k) the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Board,

(l) a municipal police board established under section 23 of the Police Act,

(m) a library board as defined in the Library Act,

(n) any board, committee, commission, panel, agency or corporation that is created or owned by a body referred to in paragraphs (a) to (m) and all the members or officers of which are appointed or chosen by or under the authority of that body, or

(o) a board of cemetery trustees established under section 18 of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act;

"local public body"

means

(a) a local government body,

(b) a health care body,

(c) an educational body, or

(d) a governing body of a profession or occupation, if the governing body is designated in, or added by regulation to, Schedule 3;

"minister responsible for this Act"

means the member of the Executive Council charged by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council with the administration of this Act;

"officer of the Legislature"

means the Auditor General, the Commissioner appointed under the Members' Conflict of Interest Act, the Information and Privacy Commissioner or the Ombudsman;

"personal information"

means recorded information about an identifiable individual, including

(a) the individual's name, address or telephone number,

(b) the individual's race, national or ethnic origin, colour, or religious or political beliefs or associations,

(c) the individual's age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or family status,

(d) an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual,

(e) the individual's fingerprints, blood type or inheritable characteristics,

(f) information about the individual's health care history, including a physical or mental disability,

(g) information about the individual's educational, financial, criminal or employment history,

(h) anyone else's opinions about the individual, and

(i) the individual's personal views or opinions, except if they are about someone else;

[Order 27]

"personal information bank"

means a collection of personal information that is organized or retrievable by the name of an individual or by an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to an individual;

"prosecution"

means the prosecution of an offence under an enactment of British Columbia or Canada;

"public body"

means

(a) a ministry of the government of British Columbia,

(b) an agency, board, commission, corporation, office or other body designated in, or added by regulation to, Schedule 2,

(c) a local public body,

but does not include

(d) the office of a person who is a member or officer of the Legislative Assembly, or

(e) the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court or Provincial Court;

"record"

includes books, documents, maps, drawings, photographs, letters, vouchers, papers and any other thing on which information is recorded or stored by graphic, electronic, mechanical or other means, but does not include a computer program or any other mechanism that produces records;

"third party", in relation to a request for access to a record or for correction of personal information,

means any person, group of persons or organization other than

(a) the person who made the request, or

(b) a public body;

"trade secret"

means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, product, method, technique or process, that

(a) is used, or may be used, in business or for any commercial advantage,

(b) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use,

(c) is the subject of reasonable efforts to prevent it from becoming generally known, and

(d) the disclosure of which would result in harm or improper benefit.

SCHEDULE 2 - Public Bodies

Public Body				Head


Advisory Committee to the		Minister of Health and
Medical Services Commission		Minister Responsible for Seniors

Appeal Boards (Forest Act and		Minister of Forests
Range Act)(each Board)

Aquaculture Industry Advisory Board	Minister of Agriculture, 
					Fisheries and Food

Assessment Appeal Board			Chair

Assessment Committee 			Minister of Health and 
(Mental Health Act)			Minister Responsible for Seniors

Audit Committee 			Minister of Health and 
(Medical Service Act)			Minister Responsible for Seniors

Auditor Certification Board		Minister of Finance 
					and Corporate Relations

B.C. Mushroom Marketing Board		Chair

B.C. Pavilion Corporation 		Chair of the Board of Directors

Blueberry Industry Development Council	Chair

Board of Brand Commissioners		Minister of Agriculture, 
					Fisheries and Food

Board of Examiners (Education)		Minister of Education and
					Minister Responsible for
					Multiculturalism and Human Rights

Board of Examiners (Municipal Affairs)	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and 	Housing

Boards of Cemetery Trustees 		Minister of Labour and Consumer 
(each Board)				Services and 
					Minister Responsible for
					Constitutional Affairs

Boards of Reference (each Board)	Minister of Education and 
					Minister Responsible for
					Multiculturalism and Human 
					Rights

British Columbia Agricultural Industry	Chair
Development Council

British Columbia Arts Board		Minister of Tourism and Minister 
					Responsible for Culture

British Columbia Assessment Authority	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Board of Parole	Chair

British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg	Chair
Commission

British Columbia Buildings Corporation	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Chicken Marketing 	Chair
Board

British Columbia Community 		Minister of Tourism and
Pride Program			 	Minister Responsible for 
					Culture

British Columbia Council on Admissions	Minister of Advanced Education,
and Transfer				Training and Technology

British Columbia Council 	        Minister of Education and
of Human Rights				Minister Responsible for
					Multiculturalism and Human
					Rights

British Columbia Courthouse Library	Chair
Society

British Columbia Cranberry Marketing	Chair
Board

British Columbia Educational 		Minister of Finance and
Institution Capital Financing		Corporate Relations
Authority

British Columbia Egg Marketing Board	Chair

British Columbia Energy Council		Minister of Energy, Mines and
					Petroleum Resources

British Columbia Ferry Corporation	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Festival of the Arts	Minister of Tourism and
Society					Minister Responsible for
					Culture

British Columbia Film Development	Minister of Tourism and
Society					Minister Responsible for
					Culture

British Columbia Forest Museum		Minister of Tourism and
					Minister Responsible for
					Culture

British Columbia Forest Research	Minister of Forests
Advisory Committee

British Columbia Game Farm Advisory	Minister of Agriculture,
Council					Fisheries and Food

British Columbia Gaming Commission	Chair

British Columbia Grape Marketing Board	Chair

British Columbia Health Research	Minister of Health and Minister
Foundation				Responsible for Seniors

British Columbia Heritage Trust		Minister of Tourism and
					Minister Responsible for
					Culture

British Columbia Hog Marketing		Chair
Commission

British Columbia Housing and Employment	Minister of Finance and
Development Financing Authority		Corporate Relations

British Columbia Housing Management	Chair
Commission

British Columbia Hydro and Power	Chair of the Board of Directors
Authority

British Columbia Lottery Corporation	President

British Columbia Marketing Board	Chair

British Columbia Milk Marketing Board	Chair

British Columbia Oyster Board		Chair

British Columbia Peace River Grain	Chair
Development Council

British Columbia Petroleum Corporation	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Petroleum Corporation	General Manager
(Kitimat)

British Columbia Police Commission	Chair

British Columbia Racing Commission	Chair

British Columbia Regional Hospital	Minister of Finance and
Districts Financing Authority		Corporate Relations

British Columbia Review Board		Chair

British Columbia Round Table on the	Minister of Environment, 
Environment and the Economy		Lands and Parks

British Columbia Salmon Marketing	Chair
Council

British Columbia School Districts	Minister of Finance and
Capital Financing Authority		Corporate Relations

British Columbia Securities Commission	Chair 

British Columbia Sheep and Wool		Chair
Commission

British Columbia Sport and Recreation	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Advisory Council			Recreation and Housing

British Columbia Student Assistance	Minister of Advanced Education,
Appeals Committee			Training and Technology

British Columbia Summer and Winter	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Games Society				Recreation and Housing

British Columbia Systems Corporation	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Trade Development	Chair of the Board of Directors
Corporation

British Columbia Transit Corporation	Chair of the Board of Directors

British Columbia Tree Fruit Marketing	Chair
Board

British Columbia Turkey Marketing Board	Chair

British Columbia Utilities Commission	Chair

British Columbia Vegetable Marketing	Chair
Commission

British Columbia Wine Institute		Chair

British Columbia Year of Music		Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

British Columbia Youth Council		Minister of Advanced Education,
					Training and Technology

Building Code Appeal Board		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Building Safety Standards Advisory	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Council					Recreation and Housing

Bull Control Committees 		Minister of Agriculture,
(each Committee)			Fisheries and Food

Carmanah Valley Forest Management	Minister of Forests
Advisory Committee

Cattle Industry Development Board	Chair

Cemetery and Funeral Services Advisory	Minister of Labour and
Council					Consumer Services and 
					Minister Responsible for
					Constitutional Affairs

Chip Export Advisory Committee		Minister of Forests

Class "C" Provincial Park Boards	Minister of Environment, Lands
(each Board)				and Parks

C.M.A. Parking Association		Minister of Environment, Lands
					and Parks

Commercial Appeals Commission		Chair

Commission on Resources and Environment	Commissioner

Commissions of Inquiry 			Chair
(each Commission)

Committee of Special Advisors		Minister of Labour and Consumer
(Industrial Relations Act)		Services and Minister Responsible
					for Constitutional Affairs

Committee on Public Participation in	Minister of Advanced Education,
Science and Technology			Training and Technology

Compensation Fairness Commission	Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

Construction Industry Advisory Council	Minister of Labour and Consumer
					Services and Minister Responsible 
					for Constitutional Affairs

Courts of Revision (each Court)		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Credit Union Deposit Insurance		Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

Corporation of British Columbia

Creston Valley Wildlife Management	Minister of Environment, Lands
Authority				and Parks

Criminal Injury Compensation Section 	Chair
of the Workers' Compensation Board

Crop Insurance Advisory Committees	Minister of Agriculture,
(each Committee)			Fisheries and Food

Downtown Revitalization Program 	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Society					Recreation and Housing

Duke Point Developments			Minister of Environment, Lands
					and Parks

Education Advisory Council		Minister of Education and
					Minister Responsible for
					Multiculturalism and Human
					Rights

Electoral Boundaries Commission		Chair

Electrical Safety Advisory Committee	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Electrical Safety Appeal Board		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Electrical Safety Board of Review	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Elevating Devices Appeal Board 		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Elevating Devices Safety Advisory	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Emergency Health Services Commission	Minister of Health and Minister
					Responsible for Seniors


Emergency Medical Assistants 		Minister of Health and Minister
Licensing				Responsible for Seniors

Environmental Appeal Board		Minister of Environment, Lands
					and Parks

Expropriation Compensation Board	Chair

Financial Institutions Commission	Chair and Chief Executive
					Officer

Fire Code Committee			Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Fire Safety Advisory Council		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Fire Services Advisory Board		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

First Peoples' Heritage, Language and	Minister of Aboriginal
Culture Advisory Committee		Affairs

First Peoples' Heritage, Language and	Minister of Aboriginal
Culture Council				Affairs

Forensic Psychiatric Services		Minister of Health and
Commission				Minister Responsible for
					Seniors

Forest Research Council			Minister of Forests

Forest Resource Commission		Minister of Forests

Friends of Barkerville Society		Minister of Tourism and
					Minister Responsible for 
					Culture

Friends of Fort Steele Society		Minister of Tourism and
					Minister Responsible for
					Culture

Gas Safety Advisory Committee		Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Gas Safety Appeal Board			Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Habitat Conservation Fund Public	Minister of Environment,
Advisory Board				Lands and Parks

Health Facilities Association of        Minister of Health and
British Columbia			Minister Responsible for
					Seniors

Health Professions Council		Minister of Health and Minister 
					Responsible for Seniors

Hospitals Foundation of			Minister of Health and Minister
British Columbia			Responsible for Seniors

Income Assistance Advisory Council	Minister of Social Services

Independent Schools Teacher		Minister of Education and
					Certification Committee
					Minister Responsible for
					Multiculturalism and Human
					Rights

Industrial Inquiry Commissions             Minister of Labour and
(each Commission)			Consumer Services and Minister
					Responsible for
					Constitutional Affairs

Industrial Relations Council		Commissioner

Insurance Corporation of British	President and CEO
Columbia

Insurance Council of British Columbia	Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

International Financial Centre		Minister of Economic
Vancouver Society			Development, Small Business 
					and Trade

International Maritime Centre -		Minister of Economic

Vancouver Society			Development, Small Business
					and Trade

Job Protection Commission		Minister of Economic Development,
					Small Business and Trade

Justice Development Commission		Chair

Kilby Museum Historic Society		Minister of Tourism and Minister
					Responsible for Culture

Law Reform Commission			Chair

Legal Services Society			Chair

Liquor Appeal Board			Chair

Mediation and Arbitration Board		Minister of Energy, Mines
					and Petroleum Resources

Medical Appeal Board (Hospital Act)	Minister of Health and Minister
					Responsible for Seniors

Medical Review Board			Minister of Health and Minister
					Responsible for Seniors

Medical Review Panels (Workers		Minister of Labour and
Compensation Act) (each Panel)		Consumer Services and Minister
					Responsible for Constitutional
					Affairs

Medical Services Commission		Minister of Health and Minister
					Responsible for Seniors

Mineral Tax Review Board		Minister of Energy, Mines and
					Petroleum Resources

Minister's European Community		Minister of Economic
Advisory Committee			Development, Small Business 
					and Trade

Motion Picture Appeal Board		Chair

Motor Carrier Commission		Chair

Native Courtworkers and Counselling	President 
Association of British Columbia

North America Free Trade Advisory	Minister of Economic
Committee				Development, Small Business 
					and Trade

Notaries Public, Board of Examiners	Chair

Office of the Auditor General		Auditor General

Office of the Commissioner appointed	Commissioner
under the Members' Conflict of
Interest Act

Office of the Information and Privacy	Commissioner
Commissioner

Office of the Ombudsman			Ombudsman

Office of the Premier and		Premier
Executive Council Operations

Office of the Public Trustee		Public Trustee

Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority	Chair of the Board of Directors

Order of British Columbia Advisory	Minister of Government
Council					Services

Pacific National Exhibition		President

Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism	Minister of Tourism and Minister
					Responsible for Culture

Pension Benefits Standards Advisory	Minister of Labour and
Council					Consumer Services and Minister 
					Responsible for Constitutional
					Affairs

Pharmacare Advisory Committee		Minister of Health and Minister
					Responsible for Seniors

Plain Language Institute of British	Chair
Columbia Society

Plumbing Code Advisory Committee	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Power Engineers and Pressure Vessel	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Safety Advisory Committee		Recreation and Housing

Power Engineers and Pressure Vessel	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
Safety Appeal Board			Recreation and Housing

Premier's Advisory Council for 		Minister of Government Services
Persons with Disabilities

Premier's Advisory Council on Science	Minister of Advanced
and Technology				Education, Training and
					Technology

Private Investigators and Security	Chair
Agencies Advisory Board

Private Post Secondary Education	Minister of Advanced
Commission				Education, Training and
					Technology

Provincial Adult Care Facilities	Minister of Health and Minister
Licensing Board				Responsible for Seniors

Provincial Advisory Committee on	Minister of Social Services
Services to Adults with a Mental
Handicap

Provincial Agricultural 		Chair
Land Commission

Provincial Apprenticeship Board		Minister of Advanced Education,
					Training and Technology

Provincial Capital Commission		Minister of Aboriginal Affairs

Provincial Child Care Facilities	Minister of Health and Minister
Licensing Board				Responsible for Seniors

Provincial Rental Housing Corporation	Minister of Municipal Affairs,
					Recreation and Housing

Provincial Tourist Advisory Council	Minister of Tourism and Minister
					Responsible for Culture

Public Documents Committee		Minister of Government Services

Public Interest Inquiry Boards		Minister of Labour and
(each Board)				Consumer Services and Minister
					Responsible for Constitutional
					Affairs

Public Service and Public Sector	Minister of Finance and
Inquiry Commission			Corporate Relations

Public Service Commission		Minister of Government Services

Purchasing Commission			Minister of Government Services

Raspberry Industry Development Council	Chair

Real Estate Foundation of British	Minister of Finance and
Columbia				Corporate Relations

Regional Advisory Committees		Minister of Economic
(each Committee)			Development, Small Business 
					and Trade

Regional Advisory Councils on Services	Minister of Social Services
to Adults with a Mental Handicap 
(each Council)

Review Panels (Mental Health Act)	Minister of Health and Minister 
					Responsible for Seniors

Science Council of British Columbia	Minister of Advanced Education,
					Training and Technology

Seed Control Committees			Minister of Agriculture,
(each Committee)			Fisheries and Food

Seed Potato Control Committees		Minister of Agriculture,
(each Committee)			Fisheries and Food

Seniors Advisory Council		Minister of Health and Minister 
					Responsible for Seniors

Skagit Environmental Endowment		Minister of Environment,
Commission				Lands and Parks

Special Advisory Committee on Ethical	Minister of Health and Minister
Issues in Health Care			Responsible for Seniors

Standing Committee on Student		Minister of Advanced Education,
Financial  Assistance			Training and Technology

Superannuation Commission		Minister of Government Services

Terry Fox Medical Research Foundation	Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

The ICA Foundation of British Columbia	Minister of Economic Development,
					Small Business and Trade

Timber Export Advisory Committee	Minister of Forests

Travel Assurance Board			Minister of Labour and
					Consumer Services and Minister
					Responsible for 
					Constitutional Affairs

Treasury Advisory Board			Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

TRIUMF-KAON Venture Office Advisory	Minister of Finance and 
Board					Corporate Relations

Vancouver Regional Transit Commission	Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

Victoria Rediscovery Society		Minister of Tourism and Minister
					Responsible for Culture

Victoria Regional Transit Commission	Minister of Finance and
					Corporate Relations

Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled	Minister of Advanced Education,
Persons Appeal Secretariat		Training and Technology

Whistler Land Corporation Development	Minister of Environment,
Ltd.					Lands and Parks

Workers' Compensation Board		Chair of the Board of Governors

Workers' Compensation Review Board	Chair

Youth Program Committee			Chair

SCHEDULE 3 - Governing Bodies of Professions or Occupations