However, it is advisable to check the Legislative Digest as well. Carswell publishes Annual Legislation as part of the Canadian Abridgment . You can use Annual Legislation to track legislative amendments and new legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions. If there is a current commercial consolidation of the statute available, this will speed up your task. However, you may not want to rely completely on a commercial publisher.
Mistakes do occur.
As with the other publications, you will need to update using the BC Legislative Digest . Amending legislation will either be listed by year and chapter number, or by bill number. Locate a copy of the amending legislation, using the print or electronic sources described above. Finding legislative history To conduct effective research, and particularly to look for judicial consideration of a statutory provision, you need to know its prior year, chapter, and section numbers. This is the system employed in all prior BC revisions.