Bill 43 — A Bill To Amend the Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act (Legislature 14, Session 5)

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No. 43 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL 43 A Bill to amend The Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act HON. MR. HINMAN Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note 2. (

a) The Act requires departments to purchase supplies through the Agency and

section 2" clause (

b) defines "department" for the purposes of the Act. As the Act presently reads, the organizations named in the words being struck out are required to purchase through the Agency. The amendment to

section 2, clause (

b) together with the amendment to

section 8 (see dause 5 of this Bill) will make use of the Agency by these organizations permissive rather than mandatory. (

b) ISection 2, clause (

c) defines· "head" of a department. The defined word is used only in

section 6 of the Act whioh is being repealed and replaced by Clause 4 of this Bill. The word is not used in the new

section and the definition is therefore no longer required in the Act.

Section 5, subsections (1) and (2) require the Director of Purchases to provide a performance bond. As the Director is a permanent civil servant and bonded under the Government's bond ing plan, these provisions are not required.

Section 6 presently reads: "6.

(1) There is hereby cons'tituted for each dep'artment an ad visory commiDtee to be known as "The Advisory PurchBising Committee" for that department which shBIB include (

a) the chairman of the Marketing Board established pursuant to The Albel1ta Ma,rketing Act, (

b) one other person rep,resenting Ute depal"tment who shall be appointed by the head of that department, and (

c) such other person, if any, as the Lieutenant Governor in Council designa tes.

(2) An advisory comm~ttee shal'l no't in any case consist of more than three membe'rs.

(3) The duties of each advisory committee shall be to determine (

a) the nece.ssHy for the acquisition by the department of supplies of any kind, (

b) t1;1e proper amount of supplies to be acqui~ed, (c) <the quantity, nature, kind and description of such supplies, and (

d) the persons from whom the sup!p,ues are to be acquired.

(4) No supplies shall be purchased except with the approval of all the members of the adviso~y committee of the department requiri,ng the supplies, and if a member of the committee does not approve of a pro posed pUlrcha:se (

a) the Director of Purchases shall forthwith noUfy the Minister in writing thereof, and (

b) the,reupon the Mi'll.ister sha.ll refer to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for determination the question al"ising in relation to the purchase o.f the suppHes.".

BILL No. 43 of 1963

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act, being

chapter 271 of the Revised Btatutes, is hereby amended.

Section 2 is amended (

a) as to clause (

b) by striking out the words ", and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes the Workmen's Compensation Board, the Alberta Liquor Control Board, the Queen's Printer and the Department of Telephones", (

b) by striking out clause (c).

Section 5 is amended by striking out subsections (1) and (2).

Section 6 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: G.

(1) There is hereby constituted an advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Purchasing Committee which shall consist of (

a) the supervisor of ,purchases for the Agency, (

b) a buyer of the agency, appointed by the Director of Purchases, and (

c) the buyer responsible for the order being reviewed.

(2) The duties of the committee are to determine (

a) the quality, nature, kind and description of sup plies to be acquired, and (

b) the persons from whom the supplies are to be acquired.

(3) No supplies shall be purchased except with the ap proval of all the members of the Advisory Purchasing Com mittee and if a member does not approve a proposed pur chase the committee shall so notify the Director of Pur chases.

2 s.

Section 8 presently reads: "8. NotwHhstanding any provision of The Liquor Control Act to the contrary (

a) The Albert'a Liquor Control Board may purchase liquor within the meaning of that Act through the Agency, and (

b) the Agency may purchase liquor for and on ,bebalf of and as agent for The AlbeI'ta Liquor ContJrol Board.". See note to clause 2 of this Bill.

(4) The Director .of Purchases may, if he considers it necessary, advise the Minister of the disapproval of the purchase and the Minister shall thereupon refer to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for determination the ques tion arising in relation to the purchase of supplies.

Section 8 is amended by renumbering the

section as subsection (1) and by adding after the renumlbered sub section (1) the following:

(2) The Agency may act as a purchasing agency for the Workmen's Compensation Board and the Alberta Govern ment T'elepfhone's Commission. 6. This Act comes into force on the- day upon which it is ass,ented to.

No. 43 FIFTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BI LL

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third Time ....................................... . HON. MR. HINMAN Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 43,

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Purchasing Agency Act

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