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 "municipality_id": "gx-000152",
 "municipality": "View Royal",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.viewroyal.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License and Regulation Bylaw No. 952, 2016",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.viewroyal.ca/assets/Town~Hall/Bylaws/952%20Business%20License%20and%20Regulation%20Bylaw%20consolidated%20to%20January%202017-.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires business licences for all businesses operating in View Royal including home-based businesses; consolidated to January 2017.",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "any person carrying on a business within the Town of View Royal",
    "renewal": "annual, January 1–December 31; renewal by January 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 14(1)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 14(1)",
    "renewal": "s. 15(1), s. 18(1)"
   },
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}