Difference between revisions of "BC Human Rights Code (6:III)"

The ''BC Human Rights Code'' (HRC or the ''Code'') protects people from discrimination in certain protected areas and provides a mechanism for filing a complaint regarding discriminatory treatment. It is administered by the BC Human Rights Tribunal. The HRC applies to matters within the provincial constitutional heads of power and covers both public and private bodies, as well as individuals. For example, the HRC applies to provincially regulated employers, unions, professional associations, most commercial businesses, Crown corporations, landlord-tenant relationships, and the provincial government itself.

:'''NOTE:''' The Tribunal’s decisions are available online at http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/law-library/decisions. They are indexed by year dating back to 1997 and searchable based on a variety of criteria. They are also available on CanLII BC ([http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bchrt]/).  

If the Tribunal has made any of these errors, the Court may set aside the decision and will usually direct the Tribunal to reconsider the matter. Section 57 of the ''Administrative Tribunals Act'' mandates that an application for a judicial review must be submitted within '''60 days''' of the date the Tribunal’s decision was issued. In order to seek a judicial review, an individual is required to prepare a petition and affidavit, file the petition and affidavit at the BC Supreme Court, and serve a copy of the filed petition and affidavit on the Tribunal, the Attorney General of British Columbia, and any person whose interests may be affected by the order you desire the Court to make.  

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