Law Reform Commission of BC

Last revised September 02, 2022

The British Columbia Law Reform Commission was created in 1969 by the Law Reform Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 254. Its operations ran from 1970 until the end of March 1997. In an attempt to reduce his Ministry's expenditures, Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh reduced funding of the Law Reform Commission*. Government funding was discontinued after the end of March 1997**.

According to the Act, the BC Law Reform Commission's function was "to take and keep under review all the law of British Columbia, including statute law, common law and judicial decisions, with a view to its systematic development and reform, including the codification, elimination of anomalies, repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments, reduction in the number of separate enactments and generally the simplification and modernization of the law."

British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) is the successor for the British Columbia Law Reform Commission and retains annual reports, publications and other documents of the former Commission. It was incorporated in January 1997 under the Provincial Security Act.