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The BCPCA sets out a restriction on the amount allowed to be charged to a person in fees for cashing a government-issued cheque, such as a cheque issued under the ''Employment and Assistance Act'' for income assistance (''BPCPA'' s 112.13). Specifically, under the ''Government Cheque Cashing Fees Regulation'' BC Reg 127/2018 [GCCFR], a person may not charge a cheque cashing fee of more than $2 plus 1% of the value of the cheque up to a maximum of $10 total (GCCFR s 3).

== K. Consumers and Services Handling Human Remains ==

Furthermore, the ''Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act'', SBC 2004, c35 [CIFSA] governs much of the activity surrounding the handling of human remains, including the disposition, exhumation, removal, transportation, and storage of these remains. This legislation also dictates contractual requirements for contractual interactions between consumers and services including crematoria, funeral providers, and cemeteries, as well as containing stipulations for other types of interactions between consumers and these services.