ually ▁report ▁on ▁changes ▁to ▁reg ulations ; ▁the ▁Personal ▁Property ▁Security ▁Am end ment ▁Act ▁which ▁allows ▁transfer able ▁lic ences ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁province ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁coll ater al ; ▁and ▁the ▁Natural ▁Resource ▁Comp liance ▁Act ▁which ▁merged ▁all ▁Crown ▁land ▁comp liance ▁and ▁enfor cement ▁staff ▁into ▁a ▁new ▁positions ▁called ▁" natural ▁resource ▁officers ". ▁The ▁Metal ▁De al ers ▁and ▁Rec y cl ers ▁Act ▁created ▁a ▁Reg istr ar ▁of ▁Metal ▁De al ers ▁and ▁Rec y cl ers ▁in ▁which ▁people ▁who ▁buy ▁and ▁sell ▁sc rap ▁metal ▁will ▁be ▁registered ▁and ▁requires ▁them ▁to ▁record ▁and ▁report ▁transactions . ▁The ▁Te ach ers ▁Act ▁repe aled ▁the ▁Te aching ▁Prof ession ▁Act ▁and ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁old ▁act ' s ▁BC ▁College ▁of ▁Te ach ers ▁to ▁make ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁BC ▁Te ach ers ' ▁Council ▁and ▁a ▁Dis cipl inary ▁and ▁Professional ▁Con duct ▁Board . ▁The ▁new ▁teacher ▁reg ulations ▁and ▁discipl inary ▁procedures ▁were ▁meant ▁to ▁fix ▁the ▁old ▁system ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁in effect ive , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁critic ized ▁for ▁making ▁discipl inary ▁hear ings ▁of ▁teachers ▁open ▁to ▁the ▁public . ▁The ▁Family ▁Law ▁Act ▁gave ▁cou ples ▁who ▁have ▁lived ▁together ▁for ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁years ▁the ▁same ▁rights ▁as ▁married ▁cou ples . ▁ ▁Seven ▁more ▁pieces ▁of ▁legisl ation ▁were ▁adopted ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁Education ▁Im prov ement ▁Act ▁was ▁passed ▁following ▁months ▁of