Service Descriptions
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| Service | Information About Service | What Service BC Can Do to Assist | How (By Phone, Online, In Person) |
| Electrical and Gas Permits | The British Columbia Safety Authority is an independent, self-funded corporation that provides cost-effective and essential safety services to business, industry and the general public. | Service BC centres, in areas where a BC Safety Authority Office does not exist, can provide electrical and gas permits. |
In Person |
| Employment Standards Information | The Employment Standards Branch administers the Employment Standards Act and Regulation, which set minimum standards of wages and working conditions in most workplaces. | Service BC centres provide copies of the publication "Guide to the Employment Standards Act" free of charge to employers and employees. | In Person |
| Explore BC Parks | Service BC centres accept payments, other than credit cards, for BC Parks reservations anywhere in the province. | Online / In Person | |
| Freedom of Information Request | The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) is independent from government and monitors and enforces British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). FIPPA allows access to information held by public bodies (such as ministries, universities and hospitals) and determines how public bodies may collect, use and disclose personal information. PIPA sets out how private organizations (including businesses, charities, associations and labour organizations) may collect, use and disclose personal information. | All Service BC centres have the applications for freedom of information requests. | In Person |
| Graduated Licensing Program | Service BC centres provide front line services for driver's license services in 29 locations throughout the province. | In Person | |
| Hunter Number Cards | Service BC centres have hunter number cards available. Service BC centres recommend hunters ensure they meet all requirements two months in advance of a hunt. | In Person | |
| Hunting in B.C. | Available from a private vendor for B.C. residents. | Service BC centres have hunting licences available for B.C. Residents and non-B.C. Residents. | In Person |
| Insurance Corporation of British Columbia | The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is a provincial Crown corporation established in 1973 to provide universal auto insurance to B.C. motorists. In addition, the corporation is responsible for driver licensing, vehicle registration and licensing. | Community Access Terminals (CATs) are available in Service BC centres. These terminals provide improved access to the government programs and services where the public can go to use the Internet to obtain government information, make application to government programs electronically and access a wide variety of information pertaining to all levels of government. | Online |
| Land Title Searches |
The purpose of conducting a land title search could be to confirm the registered owner and/or legal description of the land or restricted interests such as: legal notations; charges, liens and interests; undersurface rights; restrictive covenants, and pending applications. | Service BC centres provide computerized title search information to the public, Crown, Crown agencies and taxing authorities. Service BC staff are able to conduct a search with a title number, parcel identifier number, legal description or a registered owner's name. |
Online / In Person |
| Learner's Licence Testing | Service BC centres provide front line services for driver's license services in 29 locations throughout the province. | In Person | |
| Legal Change of Name Information and Registration | The Vital Statistics Agency also issues certificates pertaining to Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates, Marriage Licences, Vital Statistics in BC, Wills, Notices and Searches. Legal Change of Name Information and Registration can be applied for online. |
Service BC centres carry out the responsibilities of their appointments, maintain a supply of forms for all Vital Statistics functions; direct requests for information to their Vital Statistics regional manager as required; direct deposits through the Revenue Management System of all vital statistics revenue - certificates, change of name revenue and will search fees; the only exception is adoption reunion registry fees; provide information on where similar services may be obtained on vital statistics events which occurred in other provinces and countries. |
Online / In Person |
| Legal Services Society | The legal services society is B.C.'s legal aid services provider. | Service BC centres provide services on behalf of the Legal Services Society of British Columbia by: carrying LSS legal information publications assisting clients to navigate Internet-based legal resources acting as a mail and fax drop-off/pick-up point for LSS clients assisting clients to contact the LSS call centre |
In Person |
| Logging Tax Permits | Service BC centres accept logging tax payments from the public on behalf of the Income Taxation Branch. | In Person |
