The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is an independent provincial tribunal responsible for adjudicating applications in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).
The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is an independent provincial tribunal responsible for adjudicating applications in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) - the limited physical land in which agricultural products can be grown in BC and where preferential land is zoned for agriculture uses.
Responsible for administering the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Encourages farming on agricultural land in collaboration with other communities of interest. Encourages governments and first nation communities to enable and accommodate farm use of agricultural land and uses compatible with agriculture in their plans, bylaws and policies.
The ALC will also reconsider and hear appeals of some types of its decisions. The ALC is established under the Agricultural Land Commission Act and is responsible for enforcing provisions of the Act.
The purpose as set out in the legislation is to:
Regulates and governs engineers and geoscientists under the Professional Governance Act
Only individuals and firms licensed by Engineers and Geoscientists BC are permitted by law to undertake and assume responsibility for engineering and geoscience projects in BC.
The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) is an independent body with the mandate to regulate the profession of architecture in the interest of the public through a responsive framework. The AIBC was established in 1920 by provincial statute, and since 2023, has governed the profession under the authority of the Professional Governance Act.