What authority does a member of a committee have to impose conditions and restrictions on the rights, privileges or powers of the committee?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Forliti v. Forliti, 2016 BCSC 743 (CanLII):

The authority to impose conditions and restrictions on the “rights, privileges or powers” of a committee is found in s. 16 of the PPA. In the alternative, if s. 16 is not broad enough to authorize these conditions and restrictions, I would invoke my parens patriae jurisdiction to include such provisions in the committeeship scheme pursuant to a legislative gap. In Temoin v. Martin, 2011 BCSC 1727, aff’d 2012 BCCA 250, Madam Justice Fisher applies the parens patriae jurisdiction in a separate issue in the PPA. She summarized:

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