New regulations ensure that student society fees can continue to be collected from all students at public post-secondary institutions, including those who resign their membership in a student society.

The regulations are in response to the explicit authority to resign membership in a society under the new Societies Act.

The regulations bring into force amendments to the University Act and the College and Institute Act allowing for the collection of fees from students who resign their membership, and define the types of fees that will be collected.

The amendments and regulations were made following consultations with student societies at public post-secondary institutions throughout British Columbia.

Examples of fees defined under the regulations include: extended health and dental plans, transit programs, support services in addition to capital and operating expenditures of a student society.