Mental Health Act - BC Laws

Explanatory Note for Table of Legislative Changes — RS96 Act/Supp

This Table shows Act provisions or changes enacted

• in the Supplement to the Act published in the 1996 Revision, and
• between January 1, 1997 (the day after the Act was consolidated for the 1996 Revision) and December 31, 2004.

The Table may have 1, 2 or to 3 parts: "Changes by Regulation" or "Order" (italics) lists provisions authorizing changes by regulation or order in council, "Changes Not in Force" (italics) identifies changes that are not in force, and "Changes in Force" identifies changes that have come into force, as of December 31, 2004.

The "Section" column identifies sections of the Act affected by changes; sections not changed are not listed. The "Change" column shows the nature of the changes (see abbreviations below). The "Citation" column cites the enactments making the changes. The "Into force" column (under "Changes Not in Force") shows how changes are to come into force. The "Effective date" column (under "Changes in Force") indicates when changes have come into force.

Abbreviations that may be used:
am = amended conseq = consequential eff = effect(ive) en = enacted	per = under, pursuant to RA = Royal Assent re-en = re-enacted reg = regulation	rem = remainder rep = repealed retro = retroactive Supp = Supplement

The Users Guide to the Table of Legislative Changes provides more information on the content and structure of the tables.