Alberta Regulation 75/2015

Municipal Government Act

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS (EXTENSION OF EXPIRY

DATE) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 1, 2015

For information only: Made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs (M.O. MSL:016/15)

on March 3, 2015 pursuant to sections 250 and 602.29 of the Municipal Government Act.

1 The Investment Regulation (AR 66/2000) is amended in

section 4 by striking out "June 30, 2015" and substituting

"June 30, 2020".

2 The Major Cities Investment Regulation (AR 249/2000) is

amended in

section 6 by striking out "June 30, 2015" and

substituting "June 30, 2020".

3 The Regional Services Commission Debt Limit

Regulation (AR 76/2000) is amended in

section 5 by striking

out "June 30, 2015" and substituting "June 30, 2020".

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Alberta Regulation 76/2015

Judicature Act

Provincial Court Act

COURT FEES (FEE WAIVER) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 7, 2015

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 116/2015)

on April 7, 2015 pursuant to

section 28.1 of the Judicature Act and

section 9 of the

Provincial Court Act.

1(1) The Provincial Court Fees and Costs Regulation

(AR 18/91) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1.1 is amended by adding "of Justice and Solicitor

General" after "Minister".

(3) The following is added after

section 3:

3.01 The clerk of the Court may waive the whole fee or part of the

fee payable under

section 3(

a) by an individual who the clerk,

applying the guidelines, if any, established by the Minister of Justice

and Solicitor General, considers is unable to pay that fee.

(4) The following is added after

section 3.2:

3.3(1) In this section,

(a) "certificate" means a Legal Aid Certificate issued by the

Legal Aid Society of Alberta;

(b) "document" means any document that may be filed or issued

for which a fee is payable under

section 1(

a) to (

b) or

section

3(a).

(2) If requested to file or issue a document, the clerk of the Court

must waive the fee otherwise payable if presented with a subsisting

certificate issued in respect of the person for whom the document is

to be filed or issued.

2(1) The Surrogate Rules (AR 130/95) are amended by this

section.

(2) The following is added after

section 44:

Waiver of fees

44.1 The clerk may waive the fee payable by an individual under

Schedule 2, in whole or in part, in accordance with guidelines, if

any, established or adopted by the Minister of Justice and Solicitor

General for persons unable to pay fees.

3(1) The Alberta Rules of Court (AR 124/2010) are amended

by this section.

(2) Rule 13.37(2) is amended

(

a) by adding "or an application in the course of an action or

proceeding" after "document";

(

b) by adding "or 3.4 respectively" after "item 1".

4 This Regulation comes into force on May 1, 2015.

Alberta Regulation 77/2015

Responsible Energy Development Act

ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR ADMINISTRATION FEES

RULES AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 7, 2015

For information only: Made by the Alberta Energy Regulator on March 31, 2015

pursuant to

section 29 of the Responsible Energy Development Act.

1 The Alberta Energy Regulator Administration Fees Rules

(AR 98/2013) are amended by this Regulation.

Section 2(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) For the purposes of these Rules, the prescribed date for the

2015-16 fiscal year is December 31, 2014.

Section 3(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, the annual adjustment factor is

3.713571.

Section 4 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "2013" and

substituting "2014";

(

b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the

following:

(2) An operator of a coal mine shall pay an administration fee

with respect to a coal mine calculated as follows:

coal production x $0.118762 for each tonne of coal

= administration fee

Section 5 is amended by repealing subsections (4) to

(8) and substituting the following:

(4) The administration fee payable by an operator of one or more

Class 1 approved oil sands projects is the amount calculated in

accordance with the following formula:

Fee for Class 1 = [(A x $5000) + B + (C x total bitumen

volumes produced in the base year by the operator's Class 1

oil sands projects)] x 3.417290

where

A is the number of Class 1 oil sands projects approvals

held by the operator;

B is the fixed amount selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 1 oil

sands projects;

C is the variable rate selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 1 oil

sands projects.

(5) The administration fee payable by an operator of one or more

Class 2 approved oil sands projects is the amount calculated in

accordance with the following formula:

Fee for Class 2 = [(A x $5000) + B + (C x total bitumen

volumes produced in the base year by the operator's Class 2

oil sands projects)] x 5.090885

where

A is the number of Class 2 oil sands projects approvals

held by the operator;

B is the fixed amount selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 2 oil

sands projects;

C is the variable rate selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 2 oil

sands projects.

(6) The administration fee payable by an operator of one or more

Class 3 approved oil sands projects is the amount, in respect of each

project, calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Fee for Class 3 project = [$5000 + A + (B x C)] x 3.118329

where

A is the fixed amount selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the amount that is determined by

dividing the difference between the maximum amount

of bitumen volumes that may be produced by the project

in the base year under the approval and the volumes that

were actually produced by the age of the approval or the

most recent amended approval, calculated from the date

of issuance to December 31 of the base year and

rounded up to a full year (but if the bitumen volumes

produced exceed the maximum amount that may be

produced, A is $5000);

B is the variable rate selected from Table A which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table A that contains the amount that is determined by

dividing the difference between the maximum amount

of bitumen volumes that may be produced by the project

in the base year under the approval and the volumes that

were actually produced by the age of the approval or the

most recent amended approval, calculated from the date

of issuance to December 31 of the base year and

rounded up to a full year (but if the project did not

produce any bitumen in the base year or if the bitumen

volumes produced exceed the maximum amount that

may be produced, B is 0);

C is the amount determined by dividing the difference

between the maximum amount of bitumen volumes that

may be produced by the project in the base year under

the approval and the volumes that were actually

produced by the age of the approval or the most recent

amended approval, calculated from the date of issuance

to December 31 of the base year and rounded up to a

full year.

(7) The administration fee payable by an operator of one or more

Class 4 approved oil sands projects is the amount calculated in

accordance with the following formula:

Fee for Class 4 = [(A x $10 000) + B + (C x total bitumen

volumes produced in the base year by the operator's Class 4

oil sands projects)] x 1.998134

where

A is the number of Class 4 oil sands project approvals held

by the operator;

B is the fixed amount selected from Table B which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table B that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 4 oil

sands projects;

C is the variable rate selected from Table B which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table B that contains the total bitumen volumes

produced in the base year by the operator's Class 4 oil

sands projects.

(8) The administration fee payable by an operator of one or more

Class 5 approved oil sands projects is the amount, in respect of each

project, calculated in accordance with the following formula:

Fee for Class 5

project = [$10 000 + A + (B x C)] x 12.869544

where

A is the fixed amount selected from Table B which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table B that contains the amount that is determined by

dividing the difference between the maximum amount

of bitumen volumes that may be produced by the project

in the base year under the application or approval and

the volumes that were actually produced by the age of

the approval, the most recent amended approval or the

most recent application for an amendment to the

approval, calculated from the date of issuance to

December 31 of the base year and rounded up to a full

year (but if the bitumen volume produced exceed the

maximum amount that may be produced, A is $2500);

B is the variable rate selected from Table B which

corresponds to the applicable production range from

Table B that contains the amount that is determined by

dividing the difference between the maximum amount

of bitumen volumes that may be produced in the base

year under the application or approval and the volumes

that were actually produced by the age of the approval,

the most recent amended approval or the most recent

application for an amendment to the approval,

calculated from the date of issuance to December 31 of

the base year and rounded up to a full year (but if the

project did not produce any bitumen in the base year or

if the bitumen volumes produced exceed the maximum

amount that may be produced, B is 0);

C is the amount determined by dividing the difference

between the maximum amount of bitumen volumes that

may be produced by the project in the base year under

the application or approval and the volumes that were

actually produced by the age of the approval, the most

recent amended approval or the most recent application

for an amendment to the approval, calculated from the

date of issuance to December 31 of the base year and

rounded up to a full year.

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Alberta Regulation 78/2015

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

VEGETABLE NEGOTIATING AGENCY AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 15, 2015

For information only: Made by the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council

on October 31, 2014 and approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural

Development on March 19, 2015 pursuant to

section 33 of the Marketing of

Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Vegetable Negotiating Agency Regulation

(AR 25/2008) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The title is repealed and the following is substituted:

ALBERTA VEGETABLE GROWERS (PROCESSING)

NEGOTIATION AND ARBITRATION REGULATION

Section 1(1) is amended by repealing clauses (f), (h), (

i) and (l).

Section 4 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "or an application

under

section 13";

(

b) in subsection (7)(

a) by striking out "or renew a

contract".

Part 3 is repealed.

Section 16 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Mediator appointed

16 The Council, on receipt of a written notice under

section 12(1)

must, in consultation with the licensed processor and the Board,

appoint a mediator.

Section 17 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

Mediation process

17(1) On being appointed, a mediator must contact the Board

and the licensed processor to arrange commencement of

mediation as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "or contract"

wherever it occurs.

Section 18(3) is repealed.

Section 19(1) is amended by striking out "or (3)".

Section 21 is amended by striking out "or the unrenewed

contract".

Section 22 is amended by adding the following after

subsection (3):

(4) The last offer made by either party to the arbitration during

negotiations or mediation does not constitute that party's final offer

or the complete offer referred to in subsection (1) or that party's

complete offer referred to in subsection (3) unless that party

(

a) submits that offer to the arbitrator under subsection (1), or

(

b) agrees that it may be used by the arbitrator as the party's final

offer under subsection (1) or complete offer under subsection

(3).

Section 26 is amended by striking out "or contract"

wherever it occurs.

Section 41 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

Negotiation not commenced or completed

41(1) If

(

a) a party, the Board or a licensed processor, as the

case may be, receives a notice under

section 3(1)

and does not advise the other party, the Board or

the licensed processor, as the case may be, under

section 3(2), or

(

b) the members of the Agency do not refer an

unaffected Agreement or specific issues in it to

either mediation or arbitration, or both, in

accordance with this Regulation,

then

(

c) the Board may determine the minimum prices that

must be paid to licensed producers for the

regulated product or any class, variety, grade, size

or kind of the regulated product, and

(

d) if the Board makes a determination pursuant to

clause (c), the Board must issue an administrative

order or directive to that effect.

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "order" and

substituting "administrative order or directive".

Section 43 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015"

and substituting "November 30, 2025".

Alberta Regulation 79/2015

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act

ALBERTA VEGETABLE GROWERS (PROCESSING) BOARD

AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: April 15, 2015

For information only: Made by the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council

on October 31, 2014 and approved by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural

Development on March 19, 2015 pursuant to sections 26 and 27 of the Marketing of

Agricultural Products Act.

1 The Alberta Vegetable Growers (Processing) Board

Authorization Regulation (AR 159/2007) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The Title of the Regulation is amended by striking out

"BOARD".

Section 1 is amended by renumbering it as

section 1(1)

and by adding the following after subsection (1):

(2) Words used in this Regulation that are defined in the Act or Plan

have the same meaning when used in this Regulation.

Section 2 is amended

(

a) in clause (f)

(

i) in subclause (

i) by striking out "and licence fees,

as the case may be,";

(ii) in subclause (ii) by striking out "and licence fees,

as the case may be";

(

b) in clause (g)(

i) by striking out ", licence fees or levies,

as the case may be,";

(

c) in clause (

h) by striking out ", licence fees";

(

d) by repealing clause (i).

Section 3 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (b);

(

b) by adding the following after clause (c):

(c.1) regulating and controlling the production or marketing,

or both, of the regulated product, including the times

and places at which the regulated product may be

produced or marketed;

(

c) by adding the following after clause (f):

(f.1) regulating and controlling agreements entered into by

producers of the regulated product with persons

engaged in the marketing or processing of the regulated

product, including to prohibit any provision in the

agreements;

(

d) by repealing clause (g).

Section 4 is repealed.

Section 5 is amended by striking out "June 30, 2015" and

substituting "November 30, 2025".